Hired, June 1, 2023, Brock Nehls is the 11th head coach in Hutchinson Community College Baseball history.

Nehls comes to Hutchinson after serving four seasons as pitching coach at Emporia State University. Nehl also has several seasons under his belt serving as either a player or assistant coach at three different Jayhawk Conference schools.

Hutchinson is Nehls’ second head coaching position. He was the head coach at William Woods University from 2017 to 2019.

Nehls’ pitching staffs at Emporia State were Top 5 in the powerful MIAA in all major pitching categories in 3 of his 4 seasons with the Hornets. Nehls’ 2022 staff featured two all-MIAA players (Jared Kengott and Aaron Bechtel). Kengott and Jarrett Seaton both signed independent professional baseball contracts after the 2022 season. Over four seasons, Nehls guided three all-MIAA pitchers and had several pitchers ranked in the MIAA Top 10 in strikeouts in each season.

Nehls was the head coach at NAIA William Woods in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons, posting a three-year record of 81-82-1.

In 2019, the William Woods’ pitching staff was third in the American Midwest Conference with a 4.63 ERA, ranked second in walks and walks per game, third in strikeouts per game and fourth in opponent batting average.

During his second season with the Owls in 2018, William Woods went 31-24 overall and 17-13 in the AMC. The Owls reached No. 20 in the NAIA national rankings. Not only did the Owls succeed on the field but also in the classroom as 25 players earned Academic All-AMC honors. Ten players earned NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors, the most of any baseball team in the nation.

During Nehls’ first season in 2017, the Owls had three All-Conference and the first AMC Dual Position Player of the Year winner. The Owls made an AMC postseason run and finished in third place, one game away from qualifying for the NAIA Baseball National Championship.

Prior to William Woods, Nehls spent five seasons as pitching coach at Dodge City Community College. He was a part of a NJCAA World Series team in 2015 and the first two 40-win seasons in Dodge City history in 2015 and 2016. During his time, Dodge City accumulated 171 wins. In 2015, Nehls' pitching staff led the Jayhawk Conference with a 4.09 ERA and 441 strikeouts.

Nehls was the pitching coach at Cloud County Community College in 2011, where he helped the staff break a school season record for team ERA with a 3.75 ERA. In 2009, Nehls was the pitching coach at Barton County Community College. He also was an assistant coach for the Emporia AAA Legion team that summer, and was the head coach for the Emporia Aeros fall baseball program.

As a player Nehls was a part of two MIAA championship teams at Emporia State in 2007 and 2008. He won 17 games in his two years as a Hornet starter. During his senior year, Nehls helped the Hornets to a 50-10 record and a MIAA-record 35-game win streak.

After graduation he played Independent professional baseball with the Evansville Otters and Harlingen Whitewings. Nehls started his collegiate baseball career at Barton CC.

He was a starting pitcher for the Cougars from 2005-06. His sophomore year he led Barton in victories, ERA and strikeouts.

Nehls graduated from Hays High School in 2004 and received his bachelor's degree in Recreation from Emporia State in 2008. Nehls and his wife, Ashley, have three children: Kyndal, Hudson and Chance.