Mike Mendoza joined the WKU Baseball coaching staff in the summer of 2026. In hirs role, Mendoza will handle recruiting and hitting.
Mendoza comes to The Hill from New Orleans where he spent one season as an assistant coach. While with the Privateers Mendoza helped guide the team to 24 wins, including victories over Illinois and MCWS competitor Troy. Prior to his stint at New Orleans, Mendoza was the Associate Head Coach at Tennessee Wesleyan in which the Bulldogs finished the 2025 season with a 48-14 record and a berth in the NAIA World Series, finishing No. 5 in the final NAIA poll. In that season Tennessee Wesleyan had the Player of the Year (Daniel Stewart) and Newcomer of the Year (Kolton Reynolds).
Before his time with the Bulldogs, he spent five years at Southeastern (Fla.). During that time 2021 National Assistant Coach of the Year and helped guide the Fire to 59 wins en route to the NAIA National Championship.
From 2015-19 Mendoza spent time as a recruiting coordinator and assistant coach at Faulkner University. Mendoza played collegiately at Glendale CC and Iowa Wesleyan, earning All-America honors at both schools. While at Iowa Wesleyan, Mendoza was named Second Team All-America and was the Midwest Collegiate Conference Player of the Year.
Mendoza brings over a decade of coaching experience to WKU and has seen 20 players drafted or signed in free agency including New York Met, Alex Carillo. Mendoza went to 10 straight NAIA World Series, highlighted by a 2022 National Championship. He has seen eight conference player of the year recipients, four conference pitchers of the year, and two national pitchers of the year.
Mendoza graduated from Iowa Wesleyan in 2013 with a degree in public relations.
