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.
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