Tyler Shewmaker enters his third season as a member of the Campbell baseball coaching staff, moving to an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator role after he spent the 2019 season as a volunteer assistant coach. He spent his first year as the director of baseball operations.
Shewmaker oversees the development of the Campbell catchers, completes day-to-day work with the hitters, and assists with offensive game planning; he also supervises Campbell’s recruiting efforts.
Since becoming a Fighting Camel, Shewmaker has taken time out of the offseason to share his catching expertise as one of eight featured speakers at the 2018 and 2019 CatcherCON conventions in Nashville, Tenn.
At the 2018 convention, he shared his knowledge in developing a culture in a catcher core, growing catchers together through training and team-oriented goals, and at last year’s gathering, he provided techniques, methods and training for the new development of catchers in stances, technology and drill work.
Shewmaker joined the Camels after serving as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Kentucky Wesleyan College, in 2017. Shewmaker assisted heavily with recruiting for the Panthers and helped lead them to their first NCAA Division II Regional.
In addition to recruiting, Shewmaker worked full-time with Kentucky Wesleyan’s catchers and assisted with hitting and base running. He also created and monitored the Panthers’ strength and conditioning program for position players.
With over three years of coaching experience, Shewmaker has coached and assisted with recruiting players from all three NCAA divisions, NAIA and NJCAA.
Shewmaker spent the summer of 2017 as an assistant coach for the Fayetteville SwampDogs of the Coastal Plain League. He helped lead the team to the first-half division title and a league playoff berth. Since 2017, including once that year, eight players that Shewmaker coached in Fayetteville have either been drafted or signed by an MLB club.
As a player, Shewmaker was a career .306 hitter in three seasons at Kentucky Wesleyan. Between 34 hits, he tallied four doubles and three triples. He also drove in 17 runs and drew 17 walks. Off the field, he was a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee and was named a member of “Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges.”
Shewmaker is the son of Tim and Rita Shewmaker and he has two sisters, Brittany and Bethany. He also has three nephews, Lincoln, Ryker and Bentley, who all still reside in his hometown of Corydon, Ind.
