Adam Taylor was named the College’s 46th baseball coach on October 1, 2008. He takes over the program after spending the past three seasons as an assistant coach at William & Mary.

“There was no shortage of quality candidates for this position,” said Epps. “When it came down to it, Coach Taylor was the perfect fit for both the College and our program. He has a proven record of attracting talented ballplayers to academically rigorous institutions at all levels and we are confident that he will capitalize on the program’s current upward trajectory.”

Working closely with William & Mary’s catchers and hitters, Taylor was instrumental in the Tribe’s successes over the past two seasons, as the squad led the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in team batting average in 2007 (.319) and 2008 (.343). W&M led the CAA in 2008 in doubles (155), triples (17), and total extra base hits (247). The Tribe finished third in home runs with 75 round trips. No CAA team struck out less in 2008 than William & Mary.

Additionally, Taylor helped guide a number of individual players to outstanding seasons. The Tribe produced six American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-East Region honorees and a pair of All-Americans during Taylor’s stint. Highlighting this list was All-American third baseman Greg Sexton, who finished the season ranked second nationally with a .455 batting average. Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 10th round last summer, Sexton was honored as the CAA Co-Player of the Year and was selected to five All-America teams.

Taylor takes over an F&M program that has appeared in all but one Centennial Conference Championship (CC) Tournament since the 2002 season. The Diplomats captured the CC crown in 2005 and 2006, and sat at the top of the regular season standings in 2007. F&M has also topped the 20-win plateau in five of the past seven seasons. The Ivy League has taken notice of the Diplomats’ recent successes with Taylor’s immediate predecessors, Brett Boretti (Columbia) and Bill Walkenbach (Cornell) having been scooped up by Ivy institutions.

"It is an honor to be named the next Head Baseball Coach at Franklin & Marshall College.” Said Taylor. “Coach Walkenbach did a tremendous job leading this program. I am looking forward to the challenge of continuing to build on the rich baseball tradition here at F&M."

Taylor joined the Tribe staff in 2005 after spending the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Richmond, where he worked primarily with the outfielders and headed the Spiders’ recruiting. During the 2003 season, Taylor helped lead the Spiders to a 48-13 record, an A-10 Conference West Division Championship, an A-10 Conference Tournament Championship and a No. 2 seed in the Palo Alto Regional at Stanford University.

Richmond was ranked as high as No. 9 in the national polls in the 2003 season. During Taylor’s tenure at Richmond, the Spiders had 10 players drafted in the MLB Amateur Draft, and he was responsible for recruiting five players who were either drafted out of high school or have been drafted since his departure.

Prior to working with the UR program, Taylor was the assistant coach at Guilford College in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) for two seasons and Greensboro College one year. At Guilford, Taylor was responsible for hitting, infield defense instruction and recruiting.

In 2002, the Quakers finished with a 30-14 record. During his tenure at Greensboro, Taylor served as a baseball assistant and strength and conditioning coach. During the summer of 2002, Taylor served as an assistant coach for the Winchester Royals of the prestigious Valley Baseball League. While with the Royals, Taylor coached Kevin Kouzmanoff, the starting third baseman for the San Diego Padres.

Taylor, a native of Richmond, Va. and graduate of Mills Godwin High School, lettered four years as a third baseman at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va. He garnered Virginia Sports Information Directors’ All-State honors as a junior before earning his bachelor’s degree in economics and business in 1999.

Scheuing enters his fourth season as the Diplomat pitching coach. In his first year, he guided Diplomat hurlers to a 2.91 team ERA, tops in the Centennial Conference, and good enough for 11th in the nation.  In fact, the Diplomats have boasted the league’s best ERA in two of his three years. The Lancaster native has overseen the development of six All-Centennial pitchers.

Scheuing’s staff led the Conference in nine other statistical categories including fewest hits, runs and walks, and limited opponents to the lowest batting average at .240. F&M pitchers Matt Metsch (1.22) and Ted Serro (1.48) held the two lowest ERAs in the Conference in 2006 while Serro (8) and Jeremy Knox (10) notched the two highest win totals in the Conference. His 2007 staff featured Dan Tischler, whose 1.74 ERA led the Centennial and was 18th amongst all NCAA Division III hurlers. The team posted the 48th best ERA in the nation with a 3.73.

Scheuing played five seasons of minor league baseball. In 2005, the lefthander was 6-6 with 52 strikeouts and a 5.29 earned run average in 26 starts for the Lancaster Barnstormers, who completed their inaugural campaign with a 64-76 overall record, including a 37-33 Atlantic League second half mark.

Prior to pitching for the Barnstormers, he pitched for the Bangor (Maine) Lumberjacks of the Northeast League in 2003 and 2004 compiling an 11-5 record with a 3.99 ERA.

A 2003 graduate of Millersville, he recorded a 17-10 career record with three saves as a Marauder. In 2000, he finished with a 5-0 record as the Black & Gold concluded the season with a record-setting 45-14 mark as the team won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division and advanced to the NCAA Division II North Atlantic Region finals.

Schueing got his coaching start as an assistant at nearby Lampeter-Strasburg High School, helping the squad to a 2005 PIAA State Championship. Scheuing  remains a resident of Lancaster and teaches Modern United States History at Penn Manor High School.

Ryan Horning joins the staff at Franklin & Marshall for the 2009 season. He comes to F&M from Cornell University after stops at St. John Fisher and Longwood.

At Cornell, Horning was involved in all on-field and off-field aspects of the Big Red program. His primary duties included skill instruction for infielders and outfielders, as well as hitters. He will continue assisting Coach Taylor in those capacities at F&M. In his season at Cornell, Horning saw two of his infielders and one outfielder garner All-Ivy League honors.

Prior to his stint at Cornell, Horning spent two seasons at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York. At SJF, Horning produced six all-conference first team selections, six all-region players and saw one player earn All-America honors. He assisted the Cardinals in securing their first NCAA postseason berth. SJF finished as high as fourth in the region and earned a program-best 33rd spot in the national rankings.

Horning’s collegiate coaching start began on the Division I level with Longwood in 2005. In addition to evaluating recruits, he planned practices and weight training for the Lancers. On the field, Horning worked with the squad’s infielders and provided hitting instruction.

Horning’s coaching experience extends beyond the intercollegiate game. He spent two seasons (2007 and 2008) with the Watertown Wizards in the New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL), serving as the head coach this past summer.  He guided the Syracuse 16-year old All-Star Team to the 2004 Babe Ruth World Series Championship, making him the youngest coach to pull the feat. He led Syracuse to the Babe Ruth World Series in three of his four years as the club’s skipper.