Ted Tom is entering his first season as as head coach of the Shawnee State Baseball program.  Tom played for Shawnee State from 2001 – 2004.  He was a red-shirt member of the 2000 team that finished 5th in the NAIA World Series.  He was a career .283 hitter with 21 doubles and 52 RBI.  He earned All-AMC honors as a senior. 

Tom graduated from Shawnee State with a degree in Sport Management in 2004.  He spent the following two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach at Indiana University where he obtained a master’s degree in athletic administration.   

In 2006 he was named the outfield instructor at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL.  While there, he also served as an assistant coach at the Pendleton School and head coach in the Florida Collegiate Instructional League.  He was head coach of the Outer Banks Daredevils in the Coastal Plain League during the summer of 2006.

He and his wife Lisa reside in Portsmouth.