Nate Mulberg

Nate Mulberg
Richmond Spiders
Assistant Baseball Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Born: Newton, Massachusetts
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Nate Mulberg is an American assistant coach of the Richmond Spiders baseball team, and of the Israel national baseball team.[1][2] In college, he played shortstop for the Yellowjackets at the University of Rochester.

Early and personal life

Raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey,[3] Mulberg played prep baseball at Cherry Hill High School East, where he graduated in 2010.[4] He played baseball for the high school for four years, and ran cross country for two years.[5] After high school, he attended the University of Rochester where he captained the baseball team. He completed a Master of Education from Millersville University in 2016,[6] a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2022, and a Master of Non-Profit Management from the University of Richmond in 2022. Mulberg now lives in Richmond, Virginia with his wife Kristen Litchfield Mulberg.[6]

College playing career

Mulberg was a four-year starting shortstop for the Yellowjackets at the University of Rochester ('14), where he studied English and Business. He graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.[1] He is in the top 10 in school history in sacrifice hits, assists, double plays turned, and most times hit by a pitch.[1] He is a two-time CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District selection, and a three-time Liberty League/University Athletic Association All-Academic team.[1]

In his senior year in 2014 he batted .359 with a .468 on base percentage, and was the 6th-toughest batter to strike out in NCAA Division III.[1] As team captain, he helped lead Rochester to its first ever Liberty League Championship Game while being named to the 2014 Liberty League Championship All-Tournament Team.

College coaching career

Mulberg was Assistant Baseball Coach/Recruiting Coordinator at Franklin & Marshall College from 2014 to 2016.[7] He was then Assistant Baseball Coach at Bucknell University for the Bisons in 2016.[8][7] He has been a University of Richmond Assistant Baseball Coach/Recruiting Coordinator and infield/catching instructor for the Spiders since 2017.[9]

Team Israel

Mulberg has been the baseball assistant coach of the Israel national baseball team since 2019.[10][11]

The team played in the 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool in early July 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, winning all five of its games and advancing to the playoffs against Team Lithuania in the 2019 Playoff Series at the end of July 2019 for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.

In September 2019, Mulberg coached Team Israel to a fourth-place finish at the 2019 European Baseball Championship in Germany. Among the teams Team Israel defeated was Team Germany.[12][13]

He also was on the coaching staff for Israel at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, which Israel won to qualify to play baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Mulberg was the first base coach for Team Israel at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Israel won the country's first-ever Olympic baseball game after defeating Mexico, en route to finishing in fifth-place in Tokyo.

In October 2021, Mulberg was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award [14] at the 11th annual Katz JCC Sports Award Dinner for his work as a coach for Israel.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Nate Mulberg - Baseball Coach". University of Richmond Athletics.
  2. ^ Davis, Marc. "Richmond's Mulberg, an assistant with Israel baseball, gears up for Olympics with no fans". NBC12.
  3. ^ Bochner, Rea. "Israeli baseball team qualifies for Olympics with help of Maccabi alum: Meet Nate Mulberg...", Jewish Community Voice, November 6, 2019. Accessed July 19, 2021. "While his parents (both doctors) and his sister attended Columbia University, Mulberg, who grew up in Cherry Hill, had only one career aspiration: Professional baseball."
  4. ^ Friedman, Josh. "Cherry Hill East grad Nate Mulberg relishes improbable opportunity to coach Team Israel at Olympics", Courier-Post, October 8, 2019. Accessed July 19, 2021. "Mulberg had his best season as a senior and the 2010 Cherry Hill East graduate carried over that success to Division-III Rochester, where he started for four years at shortstop."
  5. ^ Atlas, Alexa. "East alum hopes to lead Israel to an Olympics baseball win".
  6. ^ a b "Interview: Who's on First? The Answer is Nate Mulberg". September 16, 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Nate Mulberg - Assistant Coach (Recruiting Coordinator) - Staff Directory". University of Richmond Athletics.
  8. ^ Blass, Bethany (October 20, 2016). "Mulberg transitions to D-I coaching in hopes of molding baseball squad on and off field".
  9. ^ "Assistant Coach Nate Mulberg Named Assistant for Team Israel". University of Richmond Athletics.
  10. ^ "Israeli baseball team qualifies for Olympics with help of Maccabi alum". jewishvoicesnj.org. October 30, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  11. ^ "Richmond's Mulberg, an assistant with Israel baseball, gears up for Olympics with no fans". NBC12. July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  12. ^ "Moving on up". Jewish Baseball News. September 13, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  13. ^ "Hidden figures - Behind Team Israel's win - J-Spot". The Jerusalem Post. September 8, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  14. ^ "76ers superstar Allen Iverson to headline JCC's Sports Award Dinner | Jewish Community Voice".

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