Kyle Hallock

Kyle Hallock (born August 6, 1988) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Bowling Green Falcons.^[1] He played college baseball and won four Mid-American Conference championships at Kent State for coach Scott Stricklin from 2008 to 2011 before advancing to the AAA level professionally with the Houston Astros during his career from 2011-2014.

Hallock attended Perkins High School in Sandusky, Ohio, where he earned 11 varsity letters in baseball, basketball, football and golf. He was named All Ohio in both basketball and baseball during his junior and senior years. In 2018, Hallock was inducted as an inaugural member of the Perkins High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Upon graduation in 2007, Hallock was recruited to play baseball at Kent State, where he would pitch on scholarship. Hallock was drafted in the 49th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies, but he declined signing and returned to Kent State. As a senior in 2011, Hallock pitched himself to the Mid-American Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year Award.^[2] Hallock was then drafted in the 10th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft by the Houston Astros.^[3]

In 2011, Hallock played for the Class A Short Season Tri-City ValleyCats. He posted a 3–4 record for the Cats while holding a 2.63 earned run average over 61+2⁄3 innings pitched. His played earned him NYP Mid-Season All-Star and MiLB.com Organization All-Star.^[4] In 2012, Hallock split the time between the Class A Lexington Legends and Rookie league GCL Astros. He held a combined record 1–3 over 30+2⁄3 innings pitched. In 2013, Hallock started the season in Class A with the Quad City River Bandits where he would appear in just one game before being promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City RedHawks. For the RedHawks, Hallock had a 1–0 record in nine appearances and a 3.72 earned run average over 19+1⁄3 innings pitched. Hallock would then finish the season between the Class A-Advanced Lancaster JetHawks and Class AA Corpus Christi Hooks. Over three affiliated seasons, Hallock threw 188+2⁄3 innings and struck out 138 batters while holding a 9–13 record.^[5]

In 2014, Hallock served as assistant coach of the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League.^[6] In the fall of 2014, Hallock was named the pitching coach at Malone University. In the fall of 2018, Hallock was named the pitching coach at Bowling Green State University.^[7] On June 3, 2020, Danny Schmitz stepped down as the head baseball coach at Bowling Green, and Hallock was promoted to interim head coach.^[8] In 2021, Hallock was the youngest head coach in the country during his first season at the helm.^[9] In 2022, Hallock coached the Falcons to a win over Michigan State, the program's first win against a Power 5 opponent since 2014.^[10] In 2023, the Falcons defeated No.5 ranked Louisville for their first top five victory in program history.^[11] On May 12, 2024, Bowling Green defeated Eastern Michigan 8–6, which secured their first regular season championship since the 2009 season.^[12] The 13 game win improvement earned Hallock MAC Coach of the Year honors. He is also the first individual in MAC History to be named MAC Player of the Year as a student-athlete and MAC Coach of the Year as a head coach.^[13]

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)