COACHES

HEAD COACH: JASON BECK

Coach Jason Beck came to Southeastern in August 2004 and will enter his fifth season as the head coach of the Southeastern in the fall of 2008.

Coach Beck won his 300th game this year and has a career record of 318-200.

At Southeastern, Beck has a coaching record of 118-53, and a remarkable 66-10 record in the South Region. He has guided the Fire to four straight NCCAA II National Championships, and he also posted a 23-20 record versus opponents outside the NCCAA in 2008.

SEU earned victories over NAIA opponents Embry-Riddle, Webber International, Warner Southern, and Oakland City last year and also got two victories over NCAA II opponents Eckerd and Mercy College.

Since Coach Beck's first season in 2005, the Fire has enjoyed a perfect 17-0 record in the NCCAA II National Tournament.

Coach Beck came to Southeastern from Nyack College in Nyack, New York. He played for Nyack College from 1989 to 1992, where he starred as a pitcher and at first base and was named team captain his sophomore year. After leaving Nyack, he joined the workforce of THK America as a district manager. It was through this experience that Coach Beck learned the business and interpersonal skills needed to be a head baseball coach on the college level.

After ten years in the working world, Coach Beck felt the calling of the Lord to take on a full-time job working with young Christian men, using baseball as his ministry. The Lord blessed him with the opportunity to apply for the vacant coaching job at Southeastern.

Coach Beck accumulated a 134-125 record at Nyack, winning the NCAA Division II Conference Championship in 2004.

Coach Beck brought high expectations to the Southeastern baseball program, and his presence is being felt throughout the Southeastern athletics community. Also, he is an outstanding recruiter because of his many relationships with high school coaches throughout the country, particularly in Florida. These relationships enable him to try to draw many of the outstanding Florida prospects to Lakeland, continually benefitting the quality of the Southeastern baseball program. 

Coach Beck resides in Lakeland with his wife Deborah and two children, Gavin and Kelsey.

MARK NORTON: ASSISTANT COACH

Coach Mark Norton came to Southeastern in 2005 and will be entering his fourth full season as an assistant baseball coach in the fall of 2008.

Coach Norton worked with the Fire pitching staff his first two seasons. Under his leadership, SEU starting pitchers went a perfect 8-0 in the national tournament in 2005 and 2006.

The past two seasons, Coach Norton has been Coach Beck's main assistant coach. In the spring of 2008, he earned the head coaching position for the Conyers Miracle, a collegiate baseball team competing in the Great South League, formerly the Georgia Collegiate League.

In 2006, Coach Norton helped Coach Beck with a team that not only won the NCCAA II National Championship but also had the program's best NCCAA I finish in school history, earning fifth place in the nation.

Coach Norton played his college baseball at Nyack College under Coach Beck. He was primarily a pitcher at Nyack, and he will work with the Fire pitching staff again in 2006-2007.

Coach Norton resides in Lakeland with his brother Josh.