Bio

Coach Jon Olsen is entering his sixth season as head baseball coach at McCook Community College.  Olsen enters his twelfth year overall as a junior college head coach., Olsen was the first head coach in MCC history in 2002 then had a five year stint at Independence Community College in Independence KS before returning in the summer of 2007 to take over the Indian program again.
Coach Olsen, a McCook native graduated from McCook Senior high school in 1995, following graduation he played two years of junior college baseball in Kansas.  After graduating with his A.A. from Colby Olsen transferred to Wheaton College in Wheaton IL, where he completed his baseball eligibility and graduated in the fall of 1999 with a B.S. in Kinesiology.  Olsen stayed on in the spring of 2000 as an assistant coach at Wheaton, then in 2000-2001 Coach Olsen went back to Colby and spent one year as an assistant there.   Olsen also spent six seasons as the head coach in the McCook American Legion Baseball program in the summers from 1997 to 2002.  Olsen completed his Masters degree in Health PE and Recreation from Emporia State University.
Coach Olsen was hired in the spring of 2001 to start the baseball program at McCook Community College.   After one season as the Indians head coach, Olsen was hired to take over the head coaching position at Independence Community College in Independence KS.  At Independence Olsen built the Pirates into a program that consistently competed for a top spot in the highly competitive Jayhawk East.  In his first season as Pirates head coach Olsen lead the Pirates to their first winning season in school history and was named the 2003 Jayhawk East coach of the year.   Olsen’s final two recruiting classes in Kansas produced three Major League Baseball draft picks, in 2007 Josh Beal was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds, in 2008 Jon Nagel to the Chicago Cubs, and in 2009 Justin Beal went to the Philadelphia Phillies. 
In July of 2007 Coach Olsen happily accepted the head coaching position at McCook Community College.  The Indians have seen steady improvement with him at the helm reaching the Region IX region tournament two of the past three years. In 2010 Olsen guided the Indians to their best season in school history, which included setting the school record for wins, and the Indians first trip to the Region playoff under the new format. Olsen is excited for his sixth year at MCC, and hopes the Indians can make a push towards McCook’s first region IX title. Olsen feels this years team is the most talented he has had since he’s been at McCook, but also knows the Indians must show it on the field.  Olsen also is a full time Health and PE instructor and athletic director at MCC.  Olsen is engaged to Nicole Felker and will be married this summer.
 
Coaching Resume:
2007-Present - Head Coach - McCook Community College - McCook, NE
2003-2007 - Head Coach - Independence Community College - Independence, KS
2002-2003 - Head Coach - McCook Community College - McCook, NE
2001-2002 - Assistant Coach - Colby Community College - Colby, KS
2000-2001 - Assistant Coach - Wheaton College - Wheaton, IL