Pat Bloom

Head Baseball Coach -
Associate Lecturer

Office: 134 HEC
Phone: 346-4412
Email: pbloom@uwsp.edu

Courses Taught

P ED 391-Organization and Administration of Physical Education and Athletics

It’s taken Pat Bloom just four seasons to leave his mark on the UW-Stevens Point baseball program, already ranking second on the school’s all-time wins list with a 132-62 career record while leading the team to back-to-back Division III World Series appearances.

Bloom's past two squads have posted the highest finishes in school history as the 2007 team finished third at the World Series with a 34-17 overall record and the 2006 squad finished fifth in the country with a 35-18 record. Both deep postseason runs featured plenty of memorable moments as the Pointers won 13 games when facing elimination, including three straight in last year's regional to reach the World Series. The Pointers won 10 times with their season on the line in 2006 as Bloom was named the Midwest Region Coach of the Year.

The Pointers have won three straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament championships and have reached the regional title game three straight years. In 2005, the Pointers posted their most single-season wins in school history with a 38-11 record before losing the regional title game to eventual national champion UW-Whitewater, which suffered five of its seven losses to the Pointers. He was named the WIAC Coach of the Year and Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association Collegiate Coach of the Year following the season.

Bloom, a 2001 graduate of UW-Stevens Point, is a former pitcher and assistant coach for the Pointers. He has a psychology degree from UW-Stevens Point and owns a Master’s Degree in Sports Sciences with emphases in Sport Behavior and Performance and Sport Organization from Miami University (Ohio).

A Tomah native, Bloom played two seasons at Carthage College before completing his final two seasons at UW-Stevens Point. A relief pitcher, he was a member of two conference championship teams at Carthage and one Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title team at UW-Stevens Point. Bloom also played on Carthage’s 1997 Division III World Series team that defeated UW-Stevens Point in the second round.

Following his playing career, Bloom spent one season as the Pointers’ pitching coach as UW-Stevens Point won the WIAC tournament and advanced to the Division III tournament.

Prior to returning to UW-Stevens Point, Bloom served as a graduate assistant in the Miami athletic department, working closely with the CHAMPS/Life Skills program and teaching two classes designed for freshman student-athletes. Bloom was also in charge of community service and leadership programming for Miami athletics.

Bloom is in charge of one of the nation’s winningest Division III programs over the past 11 years. The Pointers have posted a 344-144-1 record (.704 winning pct.), including three WIAC titles and eight NCAA tournament appearances. In addition to his coaching duties, Bloom teaches in the university’s department of Health, Exercise Science and Athletics and assists with event management.