Bethel University Baseball

Brian Raabe enters his 15th season at the helm of the Bethel baseball program in 2025-26. The six-time minor league All-Star has led the Royals to the program's four NCAA tournament appearances. Raabe holds a 354-187 (.654) career record at Bethel and has established the program as a consistent MIAC contender with multiple regular season and playoff championships. Before Bethel, he spent 11 seasons as head coach at Forest Lake High School, where he turned the Rangers into one of the state's top perennial contenders in Class AAA, making three consecutive trips to the state tournament (2009-2011). As a player, Raabe had a professional baseball career spanning from 1990-1999, playing in the minor leagues and Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners, and Colorado Rockies. He won the Triple-A batting title (.351) in 1996 and compiled a career professional batting average of .310. Raabe was an All-American and All-Big Ten player at the University of Minnesota in 1990 and was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 41st round. He is also the lead hitting instructor for the Minnesota Twins Youth Training Academy and serves as a Play Ball! Minnesota Ambassador for the Minnesota Twins Community Fund.

Chad joined the Royals as an Assistant Coach and Director of Operations in the summer of 2022. Coach Richards has over 20 years of experience coaching baseball including

We are excited to welcome Jordan Krupke as an assistant coach for the 2025–26 season. A standout former player for the Royals, Krupke made a significant impact on

Paul Weidner enters his eighth total year as an assistant at Bethel spanning two separate stints, 2016-18 and 2022 to present. He previously sent three seasons NCAA

Pete enters his 12th season as a pitching coach for the Bethel baseball program in 2025-26. COACHING

Ryan joined the Royals as an Assistant Pitching Coach at the start of the 2023 season, helping guide Bethel to a MIAC Playoff title where the pitching staff gave