Baseball Coaches

Assistant Baseball Coach Nick Mcintyre

Nick McIntyre will be entering his 14th season as an assistant coach at the University of Toledo in 2022. He is entering his 13th season as a full-time assistant after working as a volunteer assistant in 2009. McIntyre’s main responsibilities are serving as the hitting coach  recruiting coordinator.

Toledo has had some of its best offensive seasons with McIntyre as the hitting coach. In 2021, the Rockets slugged 64 home runs, one off the program record for most home runs in a season. The 2010 season saw the best offensive campaign in school history. The Rockets set school records for hits (679), runs (431), doubles (150), RBIs (393), total bases (1,043) and at-bats (2,068). In addition, Toledo’s batting average (.328) and home run (62) total rank second and third in the school’s single-season record book, respectively. In 2018, the team set the program record with 259 walks, breaking a record that was set in 1977. Individually, Ross Adolph tied the single-season Toledo home run record with 15.

Under McIntyre’s guidance, six Rocket infielders have made All-MAC honors on nine occasions, including 2021 MAC Player of the Year Chris Meyers. 2017 Varsity ‘T’ Hall of Fame inductee Joe Corfman, Deion Tansel, Dalton Bollinger, Chris Dudics, and Jared Hoying all earned all-conference distinctions under McIntyre’s coaching as well. Hoying, Meyers, and Tansel were both selected in the MLB Draft, three of the five infielders drafted during his tenure.

The Rockets have been stellar defensively since McIntyre’s arrival. Four of the top five fielding seasons in school history have occurred since he came to Toledo, and Tansel became to first two-time MAC Defensive Player of the Year in the award’s history. Ross Adolph was named to the MAC’s All-Defensive Team in 2018.

McIntyre came to Toledo following an outstanding career as a four-year starter at Purdue (2000-03) and graduated with a degree in secondary history education. He was a multi-dimensional player for the Boilermakers, starting games at catcher, second base and in the outfield. He appeared in 208 career contests and accumulated a .320 average (242-for-756) with 142 runs scored, 49 doubles and 144 RBIs. A 2003 Academic All-Big Ten honoree, McIntyre wrapped up his four years in West Lafayette ranked fourth in school history in hits, doubles and at-bats, as well as tied for seventh in RBIs and eighth in runs scored and total bases (344).

After graduation, McIntyre was selected in the 20th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Detroit Tigers. He spent the 2003 season with the Oneonta Tigers in the New York-Penn League, before playing the next two years with the West Michigan Whitecaps in the Midwest League (Low A). He was named the Detroit Tigers Minor League Player of the Month for June of 2005 as well as the Topps Midwest League Player of the Month. McIntyre finished the 2005 season with a .303 average, eighth-best in the league, with 30 doubles and seven home runs.

In 2006, McIntyre was elevated to the Lakeland Tigers (High A) in the Florida State League and also spent time with the Erie Seawolves (AA) in the Eastern League. He led Lakeland with a .283 average, 11 two-base hits and seven round trippers.

McIntyre is married to former Boilermaker golfer and Sylvania, Ohio native Heather Zielinski. The couple has two daughters, Mia and Morgan and a son, Mason.

Assistant Baseball Coach Matt Silberman

The 2024 season will be the first for Matt Silberman with the Toledo Baseball program. Silberman joined the Rockets in September 2023.

In two seasons at Cal Baptist, Silberman helped mentor two MLB draft picks as well as 2023 WAC Pitcher of the Year Liam Rocha. Former CBU pitchers CJ Culpepper (2022) and Spencer Bengard (2023) were selected in the 13th and 15th rounds of the draft, respectively.

In 2023, Silberman had the CBU pitching staff ranking in the top third of the WAC in ERA, hits allowed per nine innings, and strikeouts per nine innings. The Lancers went 36-20 and 18-12 for a runner-up finish in the WAC West Division in 2022, Silberman's first season, and he mentored Culpepper to Second-Team All-WAC honors as well.

Prior to his stint at CBU, Silberman worked at Mt. San Antonio College, where he worked with the pitching staff and the strength and conditioning program.

Silberman pitched collegiately at Vanguard University where he was an All-Region First Team Selection in 2016.  He helped lead his team to the NAIA World Series in 2015 and was part of the two most successful seasons in Vanguard history. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Vanguard and his master's degree in Exercise Science and Coaching from Concordia University in Irvine.

Assistant Baseball Coach Matt Phipps

Matt Phipps enters his first year as an assistant coach for the Toledo's baseball program.

"I couldn't be happier to announce that Matt Phipps has joined our staff," Reinstetle said. "I've known Matt for years after recruiting and coaching him when I was at Western Kentucky. Matt was one of those players you just knew would make a great coach one day. He brings great baseball knowledge to us and has a lot of passion and energy for this profession. He hits on all the things we needed in this position."

A Dublin, Ohio native, Phipps was a catcher for two years at Allen Community College (2017-18) and three at Western Kentucky (2019-21). In his senior year with the Hilltoppers, he started 40 games and was a Buster Posey Award Watch List member for a second time. He led WKU with a .368 hitting mark and tied for second on the team with 21 hits, nine walks, and six doubles in the Covid-shortened 2020 season. In 2019, Phipps started 49 games and ranked fifth on the team with a .275 batting average en route to collecting 32 RBIs.

Phipps will coach Toledo's catchers and assist with hitting, base-running, and recruiting. He will also coordinate the Rocket Baseball Camps.

Assistant Athletic Trainer Devin Cassity

Devin Cassity has been a member of the University of Toledo sports medicine staff since July 2020. He currently holds the title of  Assistant Athletic Trainer and works with the Rockets' baseball and football programs.