The 2011-2012 season will be the second for Jon Lies with the Defiance College baseball program. Lies serves as the team’s primary assistant coach, while helping with recruiting.

Lies came to Defiance after spending six years as the assistant director of ticket operations with the South Bend Silver Hawks. During that time, Lies gained valuable coaching experience as an instructor at the School of Hard Knocks, while also volunteering for several seasons at Penn High and the Jim Reinebold Fall Baseball Camp.

Prior to entering the coaching ranks, Lies was a four-time lettermen on the diamond at Tri-State University, now known as Trine University, where he earned All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association honors as a senior.

Lies graduated with a degree in sport management and a minor in business from Tri-State and is continuing his education at Defiance, as he works towards a master’s degree in education from DC.