Contact Info.
Phone: 479-968-0648
Fax: (479) 968-0648
E-Mail: ddawson3@atu.edu

Education:
High School:
West Plains High School (West Plains, Missouri), 1991
College:
Ottawa University (Ottawa, Kansas), Bachelor of Arts, 1996
University of Saint Mary (Leavenworth, Kansas), Master of Arts in Education, 2005

Playing Experience:
Dawson lettered for four seasons at Ottawa University (Ottawa, Kan.) from 1992-96. As a player, he was named a three-time All-KCAC All-Conference performer as a catcher and served as the team's captain in both 1995 and 1996. He holds the school's all-time career walks record with 72.

Coaching Experience:
Dawson comes to Tech after spending the past four seasons (2006-09) as the head baseball coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kan. In his four seasons at KWU, Dawson led the Coyotes to back-to-back regular season KCAC titles in 2008 and 2009 and compiled a 115-94 record, including winning a school-record 40 games in 2009. In addition, he led KWU to two KCAC Baseball Tournament titles in 2007 and 2009 and helped the school advance to the championship round of the 2009 NAIA World Series Opening Round and achieve the school's first-ever national ranking in the NAIA Top 25 Baseball Poll. Along with all of KWU's accomplishments in 2009, Dawson also led the team to a school-record 26-game winning streak and also helped the team to a batting average of .366, which was sixth-best in the NAIA. In his tenure at KWU, Dawson was named KCAC Coach of the Year three times (2006, 2008 & 2009), was named the Region IV Coach of the Year in 2008, coached 38 All-KCAC performers, including 13 first-team honorees and also coaches four NAIA All-Americans and had two players win Rawlings Gold Glove Awards. Prior to working at KWU, Dawson spent two seasons (2004-05) as an assistant coach at the University of Saint Mary. At Saint Mary, he was in charge of recruiting and served as the team's hitting coach and infield defense coach. While at Saint Mary, the team won the 2005 KCAC Baseball Tournament title. During the summer of 2005, Dawson served as an assistant coach for the MBSL Royals of the Ban Johnson League in Shawnee Mission, Kan. The MBSL Royals was a select group of college baseball players. Before going to Saint Mary's, Dawson spent seven years as a high school baseball coach and six summers as an American Legion Baseball coach. He started his high school coaching career at Higbee High School in Higbee, Mo., in 1997 and then spent six years (1998-03) as the head baseball coach at Piper High School in Kansas City, Kan. From the summer of 1998 through 2003, he spent severed as the head coach of the American Legion Post 199 team in Kansas City. Dawson began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, Ottawa. In his one season (1997) as an assistant at Ottawa, Dawson was in charge of recruiting and helped the Braves win the 1997 KCAC Conference title.

At Tech:
He is entering into his first season at Arkansas Tech during the 2009-10 season.

Personal:
Dawson is 36 year old. He was born on November 28, 1972, in West Plains, Mo. He is married to the former Janene Binns of Leoti, Kan. The couple have two children, Cole (7) and Blake (4).

Contact Info.
Phone: 479-968-0211
Fax: (479) 968-0648
E-Mail: jtitus@atu.edu

Education:
High School:
Lee's Summit High School (Lee's Summit, Missouri), 1987
College:
William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri), Bachelor of Arts, 1991

Playing Experience:
Titus lettered for seasons as a shortstop at both William Jewell College and the University of Kansas. He was a three-year starter at William Jewell and earned All-Conference and All-Region honors. In high school, Titus played four years at shortstop and was a four-time All-District selection.

Coaching Experience:
Titus comes to Tech after spending 14 seasons as the head baseball coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kan. During his tenure with the Braves, Titus led OU to six KCAC Conference titles, earned KCAC Coach of the Year honors six times and was selected as the Region IV Coach of the Year in 2003. In addition, he coached 14 NAIA All-Americans, 16 All-Region players, 97 All-KCAC selections, seven KCAC Players of the Year, two Regional Players of the Year. At Ottawa, Titus won 313 career games in 14 seasons and is the all-time winningest coach in the school's history in all sports since 1865. Prior to going to Ottawa, Titus spent three seasons as an assistant baseball coach at his alma mater, William Jewell. While at William Jewell, he helped NAIA Hall of Fame Coach Fred Flock win two conference titles and he also was a head coach in the Kansas City Ban Johnson Summer League for five summers and won two league championships.

At Tech:
He is entering into his first season at Arkansas Tech during the 2009-10 season.

Personal:
Titus is 41 years old. He was born on June 3, 1968, in Kansas City, Mo. He is married to the former Kendra Kimbrough of Drexal, Mo. The couple have two children, Riley (6) and Jake (4).