Over the remainder of the summer, the Milwaukee Athletic Department will be compiling a "Getting to Know" series for fans to learn more about the members of the coaching staffs and administrative staffs.
 
Today we continue the series with baseball head coach Scott Doffek.
 
The 2013 Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association College Coach of the Year and two-time Horizon League Coach of the Year, Doffek just concluded his 14^th season as the head coach in 2020. A mainstay in the MKE baseball program, Doffek has spent 26 total years with the Milwaukee coaching staff after the first 12 of those years as the assistant head coach.

Doffek became just the second coach in program history to top 300 career wins in 2017, becoming the program leader with victory No. 348 in March of 2019.
 
The Panthers posted a runner-up finish in the Horizon League regular season and tournament in 2019, finishing in the Top 25 in the NCAA in numerous categories, including batting average, hits, doubles and runs-per-game. Two players – Jake Sommers (Round 10/St. Louis) and Trevor Schwecke (Round 13/Toronto) – were selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft.
 
The pair make it nine MLB-draftees in the past five years under Doffek and 23 in school history. In fact, Doffek has now coached a list of 47 players that have been either drafted by Major League Baseball or signed by professional teams.
 
Doffek was named the seventh head coach in the history of the Milwaukee baseball program on Sept. 25, 2006.
 
As the assistant head coach in the past, he worked primarily with the team's hitting and defensive units while also serving as the lead recruiter and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the program. During Doffek's time at Milwaukee, he has been instrumental in the Panthers' rise to a league and regional power. Since his first season in 1995, the Panthers have reset every offensive record and set school marks for wins and winning percentage multiple times.

Doffek's influence reached a national level in 1999 when Milwaukee upset No. 1 Rice University during the program's first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Doffek, along with Jerry Augustine, was named the 1999 Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association (WBCA) Co-Coach of the Year.
 
*What is the favorite part of your job with the Panthers?
"Watching the guys develop, seeing them meet their goals, and being a small part of their journey."
 
*What originally got you interested in this line of work?
"Fell in love with the sport growing up. When I was done playing I just knew I had to stay in and around the sport. Once I realized I could have an impact on others it just felt like home."
 
*What is the best career advice you were ever given?
"Find your passion and your job will never feel like work."
 
*What is the best part about working in collegiate athletics?
"Every day is a competition whether you have a game or not."
 
*What is the first thing you would do if you won the lottery?
"Pay off my bills and find ways to travel more."
 
*What is the most memorable place you have traveled?
"Utah"
 
*If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would it be?
"Babe Ruth"
 
*Do you have any pets?
"Yes, 2-year old rotti/lab named after #2 Jeter."
 
*Ice cream or frozen custard?
"Ice cream"
 
*If you could only watch one TV show, what would it be?
"The Office"
 
*What is the most unusual thing you have ever eaten?
"Ostrich"
 
*What is your most prized possession?
"Family"
 
*If you could go back and live during a specific time period, what would it be and why?
"Early 1900's. The advances made at turn of the century. It would be cool to be part of the growing technology."