Tim Epling
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Tim Epling | |
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 Epling (undated photo) | |
| Born | November 9, 1962 Beckley, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Education | Methodist University |
| Occupations | Baseball manager, sports coach |
| Spouse | Diane Epling (née Sumpter) |
Timothy Douglas Epling (born November 9, 1962) is an American former baseball manager, coach and Christian minister who was the manager of the West Virginia Miners, an amateur collegiate baseball team part of the Eastern Conference of the Prospect League, from 2010 to 2018.[1]
His parents, Doug and Linda Epling, own the Linda K. Epling Stadium in Beckley, West Virginia.
Tim Epling was born on November 9, 1962 in Beckley, West Virginia, to businesspeople Linda and Doug Epling.[2] Doug Epling, a coal baron of three coal mines, owns the Linda K. Epling Stadium in Beckley along with his wife, Linda.[3]
Epling graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1981.[citation needed] He attended Methodist University in North Carolina for college.
Baseball career
In his college years, Epling pitched for the North Carolina Methodist College baseball team where they finished #3 and #5 in the country in separate seasons from 1981 to 1983.[4]
From 1985 to 1990, he was the field manager of the Liberty High School baseball team, a high school located in Raleigh County, West Virginia. At the high school, he led the baseball program to its first-ever Sectional Championship. In five seasons, he achieved a 101-32 record.[4]
From 2001 to 2008, he served as the head coach of the West Virginia Tech baseball team.[4]
Epling was the manager and coach of the West Virginia Miners, based at the Linda K. Epling Stadium in Beckley; owned by his parents from 2010 to 2018. He came out of retirement in October 2019,[5] and decided to coach with the Miners again solely as a general manager.
In 2023, the West Virginia Miners were defunct.
Miners stats
The following are the stats of the West Virginia Miners baseball team during Epling's tenure as manager/head coach:
| Season | Manager | Record | Win % | League | Division | GB | Post-season record | Post-season win % | Post-season result | Notes |
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| 2010 | Tim Epling[4] | 26–30 | .464 | 10th | 2nd | 13.0 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | |
| 2011 | Tim Epling | 29–27 | .518 | 5th | 1st | – | 1–1 | .500 | Won East Division Championship (Slippery Rock)
Lost Prospect League Championship (Quincy) |
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| 2012 | Tim Epling | 40–19 | .678 | 1st | 1st | – | 3–0 | 1.000 | Won East Division Championship (Chillicothe)
Won Prospect League Championship (Dubois County) |
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| 2013 | Tim Epling | 38–22 | .633 | 2nd | 1st | – | 4–0 | 1.000 | Won East Division Championship (Chillicothe)
Won Prospect League Championship (Quincy) |
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| 2014 | Tim Epling | 38–22 | .633 | 4th | 3rd | 2.0 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | |
| 2015 | Tim Epling | 35–24 | .593 | 3rd | 2nd | 2.5 | 2–3 | .400 | Won East Division Championship (Chillicothe)
Lost Prospect League Championship (Terre Haute) |
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| 2016 | Tim Epling | 34–25 | .576 | 5th | 1st | – | 4–0 | 1.000 | Won East Division Championship (Kokomo)
Won Prospect League Championship (Quincy) |
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| 2017 | Tim Epling | 30–28 | .517 | 4th | 2nd | 6.0 | 0–2 | .000 | Lost East Division Championship (Butler) | |
| 2018 | Tim Epling | 30–29 | .508 | 6th | 3rd | 7.0 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | |
| 2019 | Mike Syrett | 18–42 | .300 | 11th | 6th | 22.0 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | |
| 2020 | Season cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) | |||||||||
| 2021 | Tim Epling | 23–36 | .390 | 15th | 4th | 12.5 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | |
| 2022 | Tim Epling | 20–37 | .351 | 15th | 4th | 16.5 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | |
| Totals | 361–341 | .514 | 14–6 | .700 | ||||||