Ohio Valley Conference

Elvis Dominguez

Eastern Kentucky University Director of Athletics Chip Smith has announced that Elvis Dominguez, assistant coach at the University of Iowa, has been named head baseball coach at EKU.

Dominguez, 38, recently completed his fourth year as an assistant coach at Iowa, where he had been serving the Hawkeyes as infield and hitting coach and recruiting coordinator.

"Elvis Dominguez is a dynamic young coach with experience as both a coach and a player on the college level. His recruiting acumen has produced nationally-ranked recruiting classes for five of the past eight years," said Smith. "We are fortunate to have him to carry on the tradition of Colonel Baseball."

As the recruiting coordinator at Iowa, two of Dominguez/ last three recruiting classes have been nationally ranked as one of the top 50 classes in the annual Collegiate Baseball recruiting rankings.

"I'm extremely excited about joining the athletic department and family at Eastern Kentucky," Dominguez said. "This is a great opportunity for myself and my family and something I've been working toward for the past 13 years.

"I hope to build upon the success and outstanding achievements coach (Jim) Ward has accomplished there. I'm anxious and ready to meet the players."

Prior to joining the Iowa staff, Dominguez spent five years (1993-97) as assistant head baseball coach at Creighton University, serving as infield and hitting coach. He also served as Creighton's recruiting, academic, schedule and practice coordinator.

Dominguez, a native of Cienfuegos, Cuba, played his collegiate baseball at Creighton, where he started all four years (1983-86), leading the Bluejays in hitting with a .348 batting average his senior season.

He and his wife, Mary Pat, have three children: daughters Breanne Marie (10) and Brooke Lauren (8) and a son, Christian Joseph (5).