Staff Directory

Rob Fournier

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Rob Fournier was introduced as the seventh head coach in Omaha baseball history, June 1, 2026. He brings more than three decades of college coaching experience and a hall of fame resume to the Mavericks dugout.

Recognized as one of the nation’s top NCAA Division I recruiters during his four seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator with Western Kentucky, Fournier posted two nationally recognized recruiting classes for the Hilltoppers (2024 and 2026), including the signing of six top-ranked junior college prospects in 2024.

His first recruiting class as Omaha head coach was impressive. Fournier added 22 players, including six with NCAA Division I experience, and a pair of JUCO All-Americans. Fourteen players on Fournier's first Mavericks roster have local ties.

From 2024 through 2026, WKU posted a 112-63 (.640) record, highlighted by the team's 2025 CUSA Championship, the first in program history, and fifth NCAA tournament appearance. In 2022, Fournier was named as one of D1Baseball's top 30 assistant coach hires of the year.

In 2026, WKU finished at or near the top of the CUSA statistical rankings in batting average (88th nationally) and doubles (12th nationally). Junior infielder Lane Arroyos finished the regular-season fifth in Division I in doubles (24) and seventh in doubles per game (seven). With Fournier on staff, the Hilltoppers earned a total of 14 All-CUSA selections.

The Ojai, California native spent 26 seasons as the head coach at Wabash Valley College (WVC) prior to arriving at WKU. During his illustrious tenure, the Warriors amassed 1,109 victories, capturing 16 Great Rivers Athletic Conference (GRAC) championships. His squads rattled off 26 consecutive winning seasons, recording at least 30 wins in each campaign while collecting 17 total 40-plus-win seasons. Wabash totaled 50 or more wins in eight seasons and in his last three years as head coach, the team boasted the best record in the country, going a combined 129-16 (.890).

Fournier won 14 GRAC Coach of the Year awards and was inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame in 2022.
Nationally, his 2019 team won 49 consecutive games and spent eight weeks ranked No. 1. In 2020, his team finished the shortened season ranked first in the nation. His teams made two NJCAA Division I World Series appearances, earning a third-place finish in 2017 and fourth-place finish in 2022.

On the recruiting front at WVC, Fournier posted top 35 junior college recruiting classes in all but two seasons from 2015-22. His 2020 recruiting class ranked third in the nation.

Fournier's tutelage at the junior college level has led to individual success, as 390 of his WVC student-athletes went on to NCAA Division I programs. 93 players have been drafted or signed professionally.

Fournier spent two seasons as the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator at MacMurray College where he played two years as an all-conference centerfielder. During his two seasons on staff (1995 and 1996), MacMurray posted a 62-22 record while making two regional appearances.

He and his wife Jen have been married since 2003 and live in Elkhorn, Neb. They have two children Kyle and Nikolas and three grandchildren with a fourth due any day now.