Stephen Duncan, who was named the 12th baseball coach in Washington University in St. Louis history in July, 2010, enjoyed a successful inaugural campaign on the Danforth Campus, leading the Bears to a 29-17 overall record during the 2011 season.
The 46 games played represented a new Washington University single-season record and the Bears ended the regular season ranked sixth in the NCAA Central Region. Implementing an aggressive offensive philosophy, Duncan's 2011 squad also set a new single-season record for stolen bases (120), with freshman Kyle Billig swiping 34, a new individual record.
Duncan also mentored three student-athletes to Rawlings/ABCA All-Region honors, while junior Brandon Rogalski became just the third student-athlete in program history to garner first-team All-America accolades.
Duncan arrived on the Danforth Campus after serving as an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins University for three seasons (2008-10). The Blue Jays posted an overall record of 114-31 (.786) during Duncan’s stint, including three Centennial Conference championships, two regional titles and two trips to the NCAA Division III College World Series.
Johns Hopkins posted a 44-7 record in 2010, and placed fifth at the World Series. Duncan helped develop three All-Americans, including 2010 D3baseball.com National Player of the Year Dave Kahn. The Blue Jays posted a 42-8 record and a second-place finish at the World Series in his first season, and a 28-16 mark with a South Region runner-up finish in 2009.
Prior to his stint with Johns Hopkins, Duncan served as an assistant baseball coach at Biola University in 2004, working under head coach and former major leaguer John Verhoeven. The Eagles posted a 34-13 overall record, and won the Golden State Athletic Conference regular season championship, and earned a regional playoff berth.
Duncan was a four-year starter as a first baseman and pitcher for Wheaton College (Ill.), and earned first team all-conference honors in 2002. He was also an academic all-district selection in 2002. Duncan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business and economics from Wheaton in 2002, and went on to earn a master’s degree in philosophy of religion and ethics from Biola in 2004.
Following graduate school, Duncan worked for Merrill Lynch as a financial advisor in Baltimore, Md., from 2005-07, and in sales at Drive Financial from 2007-08.