Bobby Segal, a former catcher at Indiana University, is in his fourth season as hitting coach for the Otters and fourth year overall in professional baseball. In his first season in Evansville, Segal guided the Otters to solid offensive numbers with a team batting average of .270. The Otters scored 483 runs and finished with 73 home runs and 422 RBIs as a team in the regular season. As a collegiate hitting coach over nine seasons, Segal has helped his teams to a 338-159 (.680) overall record and 142-60 (.703) league mark. While making stops at Union College (2008-09), Butler University (2010), Iowa Western College (2011), Tarleton State University (2012) and Wabash Valley College (2013-16), his teams have earned six national rankings and made five appearances in national postseason tournaments. Segal, a native of Indianapolis, has developed and guided 70 junior college student-athletes who have moved on to play at four-year institutions and 40 other players who have signed professional baseball contracts. A three-year letterwinner and Academic All-Big Ten selection at Indiana, Segal earned a bachelor’s degree in sport management from IU in May 2006 and master’s degree in health and physical education from Union in May 2009. He and his wife, the former Rachel Harvey, live with their son, Asher, in Oakland City, Ind.