Contact Coach Titus:

Telephone: 
800-755-5200 x5415

Email:
jarrod.titus@ottawa.edu

Coach Titus is entering his 13th season as Head Coach of the Ottawa Braves Baseball team.  Under Titus the Braves have captured 6 KCAC Conference titles in 12 years, 95, 97, 98, 02, 03 and 06.  Along with the conference championships the Braves under Titus have had 14 NAIA All-Americans, 16 All-Regional players, 97KCAC All-Conference players, 7 Conference players of the Year, 2 Regional players of the year. Titus was also named KCAC coach of the year 6 times and Regional coach of the year in 2003.  In 2006 Coach Titus also surpassed legendary Ottawa University Coach Bill Frear to become the winningest coach in Ottawa University history in all sports since 1865.

Prior to coaching at OU Titus was the assistant baseball coach at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri.  While the assistant at Jewell Titus helped NAIA Hall of Fame Coach Fred Flook attain two conference championships in two years.  Titus was also a head coach in the Kansas City Ban Johnson league for five years with 2 league championships.

A native of Lee's Summit, Missouri Titus spent his playing days as a three year starting shortstop for the William Jewell College Cardinals and a one year starter for the  University of Kansas Jayhawks where he received multiple honors while playing shortstop.  At Jewell he was all-conference and all-regional and at KU he received Big 8 player of the week twice.

Coach Titus and his wife Kendra live in Ottawa, Kansas and have two great children, Riley 5 and Jake 2.

 
Contact Coach Read:

Telephone: 
800-755-5200 x5405

Email:
matt.read@ottawa.edu

Coach Read is currently in his sixth season as an assistant coach under head coach Jarrod Titus. Before coming to OU, he was a player/coach in Germany for two years in 2002 and 2003. He was the head coach for the Elmshorn Alligators in the First Bundesliga, Germany's top pro league. As a player for the Elmshorn Alligators, he led the team in batting average and was the starting catcher for the Northern All-Star Team.   While coaching in Germany, he was in charge of the pro, junior and youth teams.  In 2003, Read had the opportunity to coach the Junior All-star team from the state of Schleswig-Holstein.  Under Read's guidance, the team won their first two games in the history of the team.

After graduating from Bartlesville High School, as a two-year varsity starter, Read continued his playing career as a freshman at Coffeyville Community College.  While there, the Red Ravens won the Jayhawk Eastern Conference Tournament Championship.   He then transferred to Ottawa University to finish his remaining three years of eligibility.  Read was a three year starter at OU and helped lead the team to two KCAC Championships in 1998 and 1999. During those three years, Read was also a two-time all-conference performer, earning All-American honors in 1998. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ottawa University and earned his Masters in Sports Studies from the University of Kansas.

Read works primarily with the pitchers, catchers and the hitters and coaches first base on game days.  He is also in charge recruiting and the Head JV Coach.  He and his wife Antje, whom he met in Germany, reside in Lawrence with their son.

 
Contact Coach Woods:

Telephone: 
800-755-5200

 
Contact Coach Prothe:

Telephone: 
800-755-5200