Billy Gernon

Billy Gernon

Gernon with Western Michigan in 2014
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Western Michigan
Conference	Mid-American
Record	305–400
Playing career
1986–1988	Indiana–Southeast
1990	Indiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996	Indiana (Asst.)
1997–1998	IPFW (Asst.)
2000–2008	IPFW
2009–2010	Michigan State (Asst.)
2011–present	Western Michigan
Head coaching record
Overall	461–667–3
Tournaments	MAC: 3–8 NCAA: 0–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MAC tournament (2024)

Billy Gernon is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Western Michigan Broncos baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 2011 season. He previously served as head coach of the IPFW Mastodons baseball team during their transition from Division II to Division I.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Gernon played three seasons at Indiana–Southeast before transferring to Indiana for his final season. In his senior season, he served as the Hoosiers closer. He later served as a student assistant coach with the Hoosiers. During that 1996 season, Indiana claimed the Big Ten baseball tournament championship and earned a berth in the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. He then served two seasons as pitching coach at IPFW while completing an education degree. He became head coach of the Mastodons prior to the 2000 season. Gernon guided the team from Division II to Division I and entry into The Summit League in 2008. He then served two seasons as an assistant at Michigan State before earning the head coaching job at Western Michigan.