BALTIMORE, MD -- Johns Hopkins Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Director of Athletics Jennifer S. Baker announced the appointment of Nate Mulberg as the University's head baseball coach today.  Mulberg comes to Johns Hopkins after serving as a full-time assistant coach at the University of Richmond since 2017.
 
Mulberg replaces Bob Babb as the Blue Jays' head coach.  Babb wrapped up a remarkable 46-year run as the head coach at Johns Hopkins at the conclusion of the 2025 season.
 
"We are thrilled to welcome Nate to Homewood as our next head baseball coach," Baker stated.  "The depth and breadth of his coaching experience, his player-centric philosophy centered on the primacy of academics, and his innovative approach to player development all set him apart among a deep and talented pool of candidates.  Nate has a deep respect for the program that coach Babb built, and is committed to honoring that legacy while leading the Blue Jays into their next chapter.  We are very excited about the future of the program under his leadership."
 
A 2014 graduate of the University of Rochester, Mulberg joined the Richmond coaching staff in January 2017.  There, he has focused his work with the infielders and catchers while also serving as a hitting instructor.  The Spiders have ranked among the Atlantic 10 leaders in numerous offensive categories in recent years while also being one of the league's soundest defensive teams.  The longest tenured member of the Richmond staff, Mulberg has also served as the program's recruiting coordinator since 2018 and has developed a national recruiting base that has helped build a roster that currently features players from 15 different states.
 
"I am honored to be named the next Head Baseball Coach at Johns Hopkins," Mulberg stated.  "I want to thank Jennifer Baker, Allison Fondale and the entire search committee for their trust in me and giving me this opportunity. Ever since I became a college coach, Johns Hopkins has been a dream job of mine. It is the gold standard of high-academic Division III baseball. I am so excited to get to work with our scholar-athletes to continue Hopkins Baseball's incredible tradition of success."
 
Mulberg got his start in coaching as an assistant coach at Franklin & Marshall, which competes alongside Johns Hopkins in the Centennial Conference.  He spent two seasons at F&M (2015, 2016) and helped guide the Diplomats to an appearance in the 2015 Centennial Conference title game.  He was involved in all facets of the program at F&M, including offense, defense, scouting and recruiting.
 
After a brief stop as an assistant at Bucknell in the fall of 2016, he moved on to Richmond in January 2017 and has been an integral part of the staff since then.  In addition to his current on-field and recruiting duties, he has been instrumental in Richmond's year-round player development model that has helped the Spiders reach a pair of Atlantic 10 Championship games (2022, 2024).  Richmond has led the Atlantic 10 in batting average twice in the last three years, while the achievements in recent years for his catching corps include a perfect fielding percentage in 2021, when they also led the Atlantic 10 by throwing out nearly 38% of opposing base stealers.
 
"There are so many mentors who have helped shape me into the person I am today," Mulberg added.  "I would like to thank my former bosses Mik Aoki, Tracy Woodson, Scott Heather and Ryan Horning, as well as my college coach Joe Reina, for their on-going support throughout the years.  This incredible opportunity would not have been possible without the guidance and trust and each of those individuals has provided."
 
During his time at Richmond, Mulberg has also recruited and coached 15 players who have gone on to play professional baseball, including Vinny Capra, who made his major league debut with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2022.
 
In addition to his extensive work at Richmond, Mulberg was also as an assistant coach with Team Israel at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.  Serving as the first base coach, Mulberg helped guide Israel to a fifth-place finish in the Olympic Games and had the opportunity to coach, among others, Ian Kinsler, Danny Valencia and Ryan Lavarnway, who have all played in the major leagues.  Israel won the WBSC European qualifier for the first time in 2020 to advance to the Olympic Games.
 
Mulberg graduated cum laude from Rochester in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in English and minor in business and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his Master of Education in Sport Management from Millersville University in 2016 and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as well as a Master of Non-Profit Management from the University of Richmond in 2022.
 
A four-year starting shortstop at Rochester, Mulberg and the Yellowjackets reached the first Liberty League Championship game program history in 2014, a season in which Mulberg served as a team captain and hit .359 with an on-base percentage of .468.  He was named to the Liberty League All-Tournament Team that year and finished as the sixth toughest batter to strike out in Division III.
 
At Rochester, he was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection, was named to the Liberty League and UAA All-Academic Teams three times and was honored by the Rochester Department of Athletics with the John Vitone Sportsmanship Award in 2014.
 
Mulberg inherits a Johns Hopkins team that recently completed a 2025 season that saw the Blue Jays post a 44-5 record, win the Centennial Conference, NCAA Baltimore Regional and Super Regional titles and advance to the Division III World Series for the seventh time in program history, including the fourth time since 2019.