Baseball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- otten@xavier.edu
- Phone:
- 513.745.1962
He serves primarily as the recruiting coordinator and pitching coach for the Musketeers.
This year will be his 15th overall as a coach, as Otte has also spent time at Miami (Ohio) and Georgetown College.
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 AT XAVIER |
Under Otte's guidance, Xavier has posted six of the top-10 team ERA's in school history. The Musketeers have also had their two highest-ever draft picks, both pitchers, during Otte's time on staff.
In 2017, the XU pitching staff set a single season school record for strikeouts (461) as junior Zac Lowther posted one of the most dominant seasons by a starter in school history. The lefty, who was drafted 74th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, set XU's single season mark with 123 punchouts in 83.1 innings.
The 2012 pitching staff closed the season with a 3.87 ERA, third-best in program history. Otte's staffs have also set top-10 marks in 2013 (3.95), 2011 (4.25), 2014 (4.47), 2017 (4.50) and 2016 (4.57).
Otte has been instrumental in the success of several future professional pitchers at XU, including three MLB Draft selections off the 2017 roster: Zac Lowther (Comp. Round B, 74th Pick), Garrett Schilling (18th Rd.), Greg Jacknewitz (22nd Rd.)
Former XU pitchers Jacob Bodner (2015, 27th Rd.), Vinny Nittoli (2014, 25th Rd.), Seth Willoughby (2012, 4th Rd.) and Tommy Shirley (2010, 9th Rd.) have also been drafted during Otte's time with the program.
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 PRIOR TO XAVIER |
At Miami (OH), Otte was responsible for overseeing the progress and development of the outfielders. Additionally, he designed and implemented a year-long speed development program for the team, as well as a strength and power program for the pitching staff.
Otte spent his previous two years as the first assistant at Georgetown College, overseeing several aspects of the team. He served as the recruiting coordinator, strength and conditioning coordinator and pitching coach while also coordinating outfield play and base running. Otte coached the Mid-South Conference and Region IX Player of the Year and, in his second year, helped the team's ERA plummet from 5.23 to 4.13.
Otte also spent time at IPFW as the head assistant for two seasons while pursuing a master's degree. He served as the pitching coach, strength and conditioning coordinator and prepared advanced scouting reports.
During the summers of 2002 and 2004, Otte was a head coach and pitching instructor at IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla.
A four-year letter winner at Indiana, Otte was a scholarship student-athlete on the mound for head coach Bob Morgan. Current Xavier head coach Scott Googins was an assistant at IU during three of Otte's four years as a player.
Upon his graduation in 2002, Otte ranked in the top 10 at IU for career wins (17) and single season wins (eight in '99 and '01).
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 PERSONAL |
Otte graduated from Indiana in 2002 with a B.S. in public health education and a minor in human development and family studies.
He and his wife, Erin, reside in West Chester with their daughters, Anna and Paige.
