Mark Vig joined the Colorado Mesa baseball staff in August of 2022. His primary responsibilities involve recruiting Colorado and Utah, assisting with defense, pitching and aiding in all day-to-day operations of the program.
Vig comes to CMU, being no stranger to the RMAC, after spending 9 years at MSU Denver and Regis University. In his 9 seasons in the RMAC, he has coached 31 All-RMAC players, 3 RMAC Freshman of the Years, a RMAC Player of the Year, 15 All-South Central Region players, and 8 All-Americans.
The past six seasons, Vig served as the pitching coach at MSU Denver. The Roadrunners improved in nearly every statistical category in each season since Vig took over the pitching coach duties. Numerous school records were shattered, and the team was consistently near the top in every pitching category in the RMAC. Cade Crader threw a 9-inning perfect game on March 27, 2021 against CSU Pueblo, the first in school history, RMAC history, and only the 11th 9-inning perfect game in NCAA division II history. The 2021 and 2022 seasons at MSU Denver were the most successful seasons in school history, to date. The program also reached its first ever NCAA postseason regional in 2022. At MSU Denver, Vig also assisted in game day operations with the athletic department and served as a facility supervisor for outside rentals with the athletic complex.
Prior to his six seasons at MSU Denver, Vig spent three seasons (2014-2016) at Regis University as a graduate assistant. At Regis, Vig worked primarily with outfielders and first basemen while also assisting with recruiting, opponent scouting, other day-to-day operations, and coached first base on game days.
In the summers of 2015 and 2016, Vig served as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for the Arvada Colts of the Rocky Mountain Baseball League. In the summer of 2014, Vig was the head coach for the St. Charles Captains of the Lewis and Clark Baseball League in St. Louis, Mo. In their inaugural season, the Captains made the Discovery Cup playoffs and Vig was named Manager of the Year in the LCBL. In the summer of 2013, Vig was involved with Colorado Sports Inc. baseball summer camps. Vig coached youth and VFW American Legion baseball in the Yankton (S.D.) Baseball Association from 2009 through 2012. In 2010 and 2012, Vig worked with the Kansas City Royals' “Pass It On” summer clinics.
Vig received his master’s degree in organizational leadership from Regis University in 2016. Vig graduated from the University of Sioux Falls in 2013 with a B.A. in business administration and a B.A. in sports management. At Sioux Falls, Vig was a 2013 Academic All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference player.
Vig is a native of Yankton, S.D. and resides in Grand Junction with his wife, Brittney, and their children, Jayney and Jacoby.
