Men's Coaches
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Justin Dedman
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Justin Dedman returns for his third season as a member of the Denison coaching staff and his first as the interim head coach for the Big Red baseball program in 2008.
A 2005 Denison graduate and a native of Springfield,
Ill., Dedman was a second-team All North Coast Athletic Association selection in 2005 after batting .417 with 25 runs
scored and 14 RBIs. Dedman posted a .363 career batting average in 91
total games with the Big Red. He was a part of three NCAC division
championship squads, and in 2004 Dedman saw action in 33 contests as the
nationally ranked Denison team won a school-record 31 games. In addition to his regular duties in the outfield, Dedman also saw time in both starting and relief roles within the Denison pitching staff.
Dedman earned a bachelor of arts in English and creative writing while minoring in Spanish. He has spent the last two years teaching Spanish and fitness at Welsh Hills School in Granville. In 2006 Dedman served as the Assistant General Manager of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League's Granville Settlers. This past summer he was the hitting coach of the Southern Ohio Copperheads, also of the GLSCL, and helped them to a third place finish in the league standings.
In addition to his coaching experience at Denison and the Great Lakes League, Dedman has assisted in the operation of clinics and camps at The University of Notre Dame, Ohio University, University of Hartford, Miami University (Ohio) and Occidental College.
Dedman resides in Granville.