Tyler Willis joined the Central College baseball staff in 2018
He spent the 2017-18 year year as a graduate assistant at Simpson College, where he is working towards a master’s degree. He received 2015 all-Iowa Conference honors as an infielder at Wartburg College, where he graduated in 2016 and was coached for two seasons by Central head coach Matt Schirm, who was an assistant at Wartburg from 2011-14. Willis was a team captain in 2016.
In 2018, Willis was also an assistant coach at Grinnell High School and previously served as a seventh grade and 10th grade coach at Waverly-Shell Rock High School.
Following graduation, Willis spent a year as athletic facilities coordinator at the University of Minnesota and worked as a baseball camp counselor for the Gophers in 2017. He was also a student assistant football coach at Wartburg for four years.
At Central, Willis works with the infielders and serves as hitting coach.
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