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COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Baseball Head Coach Steve Bieser will not return, Director of Athletics Desireé Reed-Francois announced. The terms of Bieser’s contract will be honored by Mizzou Athletics.
“Coach Bieser represented the University with a high level of character and integrity,” Reed-Francois said. “We are grateful for his contributions to our program, on and off the field, and we wish him, Diahann, and their family the very best in the future.”
Bieser recently finished his seventh season as Mizzou’s head coach, concluding his tenure with a 188-155-1 overall record. Mizzou finished the 2023 season with a 30-24 mark, 10-20 in Southeastern Conference play and the Tigers made their first SEC Tournament since 2019. The Tigers last earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament in 2012.
“Baseball is important to our University, our conference, and our state,” Reed-Francois said. “We understand the vital role baseball plays, and we are committed to further increasing our investment in the program and look forward to future successes. We will work quickly and expeditiously to find the candidate who is the best fit to return Mizzou Baseball to the national stage.”
“I would like to thank the University of Missouri for entrusting me to lead this program for the past seven years,” Bieser said. “We have faced many challenges along the way, but the bottom line is we just didn’t win enough games in this tough and rugged conference. I want to thank all of the players that I have had a great opportunity to coach. You’ve always represented this program in a first-class manner and I’m proud of you. I wish our current players great success and I will be pulling for you. God has a different plan for me. Keep representing the C2E way.”
The national search for a new leader of the baseball program will begin immediately.
