Nike Baseball Camp at Central Methodist University

Entering the 2023 season, Breland holds an overall record of 209-118. His 200th career win came courtesy of a 7-0 victory over Missouri Valley at Estes Field on April 13, 2019. Under his guidance, 50 Eagles have earned All-Conference honors, seven players have been named NAIA All-Americans, and three players have earned Player of the Year recognition by the Heart. Breland also coached Peyton Long, who became the first Eagle to get drafted since 2011 when the Milwaukee Brewers took him in the 30th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft.

In 2019, Central Methodist finished with a 35-15 record, including 19-8 in Heart play, narrowly missing out on a second straight regular-season conference championship. The Eagles did earn an at-large bid to the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round, traveling to Montgomery, Ala., as the No. 2 seed in their bracket. It marked the fourth straight season that the Eagles qualified for the national tournament. For their work in the classroom, the Eagles were named as an NAIA Scholar Team in 2019.

For his work in guiding the Eagles to a Heart regular season championship in 2018, Breland was honored as the Heart Coach of the Year. He also coached the Eagles to a Heart Tournament championship in 2016.

Since cracking the Top 25 for the first time in school history in March 2017, Central Methodist has not fallen out of the national rankings, reaching as high as No. 5 in 2017. The Eagles will enter the 2020 season ranked in 20 straight polls. Off the diamond, his program earned the highest increase in GPA among male teams at Central Methodist. Breland has coached 12 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

Breland's teams hold every team record in program history, including wins in a season with 44 in 2016. His teams consistently rank among the Top 25 nationally in team statistics.

Breland has been an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator with the program since 2007. He has assisted in the NAIA national ratings and conducted winter baseball camps. Breland is also a member of the America Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and MSHAA Umpire Association.

A former Central Methodist baseball player himself (2002-06), Breland earned All-Conference honors all four years, three times at catcher and once as an outfielder. Breland was also named First Team All-Region as a senior. Breland still owns the school's single-season record for most at-bats (203 in 2004) and career records for most hits (241) and at-bats (646).

Breland obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education in 2006 and a Master's degree in Education in 2008. Prior to his time with the baseball program, Breland served six years as the strength and conditioning coach at Central.

Ehlers has been an integral part of the turnaround made by the Eagles in the past eight years, including four 40-plus win seasons.

Coach Ehlers helped lead the Eagles to their best season in program history in 2021. Central swept the Heart Regular Season and Heart Tournament Championships and won the Opening Round of the O'Fallon Bracket, sending CMU to their first-ever Avista NAIA World Series berth in school history.

Central finished the National Championship with a 3-2 overall record and a runner-up finish, falling to Georgia Gwinnett by a score of 8-4 in the championship series. CMU finished the year at No. 2 in the NAIA Baseball Coaches' Top 25 poll, the highest national ranking in program history.

For his efforts in 2022, Ehlers was named the National Assistant Coach of the Year by NAIA Ball.

In 2020, the Eagles jumped out to a red-hot 16-5 start and reached a program-high No. 10 national ranking before the season was abruptly ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2019, the Eagles wrapped up play in May during their fourth consecutive appearance in the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round, ending the season with a 35-15 overall record and picking up the No. 21 slot in the final ranking release.

In 2018, the Eagles finished with an overall record of 41-16 and ended the regular season as the Heart of America Athletic Conference regular season champions, punching their ticket to the NAIA Baseball National Tournament Opening Round.

Ehlers, a former Central Methodist baseball graduate assistant (2008-10) with the program, served as a Special Education Teacher for Gwinnett County (Ga.) School District prior coming to Central Methodist. Ehlers was an assistant baseball coach for 6-4-3 DP Cougars in 2011 of the Sunbelt Collegiate League (SCL). He was tasked with recruiting student-athletes from around the southeast, communicating with all University coaches to ensure all pitch counts were followed and developing and organizing all pitching rotations.

In 2010, Ehlers was an assistant coach with the Sunbelt Collegiate League's Atlanta Astros and helped lead the squad to a divisional title. He also was an assistant for Southern Polytechnic State (Ga.), which was ranked as high as second in the nation and reached the championship game of the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round.

As a player, Ehlers began his playing career at Iowa Western Community College before transferring to Mount Mercy (Iowa) where he earned a Bachelors degree in 2000. He received his master's degree from Central Methodist in 2010. A native of Denison, Iowa, Ehlers graduated from Denison-Schleswig High School. Rob is married to his wife, Leta.

Schwellenbach helped lead the Eagles to their best season in program history in 2021. Central swept the Heart Regular Season and Heart Tournament Championships and won the Opening Round of the O'Fallon Bracket, sending CMU to their first-ever Avista NAIA World Series berth in school history.

Central finished the National Championship with a 3-2 overall record and a runner-up finish, falling to Georgia Gwinnett by a score of 8-4 in the championship series. CMU finished the year at No. 2 in the NAIA Baseball Coaches' Top 25 poll, the highest national ranking in program history.

In 2020, the Eagles jumped out to a red-hot 16-5 start and reached a program-high No. 10 national ranking before the season was abruptly ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2019, the Eagles wrapped up play in May during their fourth consecutive appearance in the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round, ending the season with a 35-15 overall record and picking up the No. 21 slot in the final ranking release.

Schwellenbach came to Central Methodist after serving as the pitching coach at Saginaw Valley State University in University Center, Mich. for three seasons. During his time with the Cardinals, he oversaw many All-Conference and All-Region performers, including Mike Ellenbest, who was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 24th round of the MLB Draft.

Prior to getting into coaching, Schwellenbach was a pitcher for Northwood University in Midland, Mich. He appeared in 58 games, which is fourth all-time for the Timberwolves. In his collegiate career, he compiled a 7-7 record with eight saves, good for third all-time at Northwood.

After graduation, he was named the head coach of the Michigan Area Braves, a wood bat summer team located in the Great Lakes Bay region of Michigan. In his lone season as the head coach in the summer of 2014, the team was a regional champion and an NABF World Series quarterfinalist.

Schwellenbach also serves as the Coordinator of Residental Life at CMU.