Defiance College Baseball Camps
Coaching Staff
Ben Babcock
Assistant Coach
Ben Babcock was named an assistant baseball coach at Defiance College in November of 2021 after spending spent time as a volunteer coach with the program during the fall.
Babcock has been an instructor with Empowered Sports in Lima, Ohio since 2019 where he works with hitters of all ages to improve their performance. He focuses on teaching and coaching all aspects of hitting from mechanics and approach to pitch selection and recognition.
Babcock coached the junior varsity team at Jefferson High in Delphos, Ohio from 2014-17 and also has served as an assistant varsity coach at Delphos St. John’s High School. He also has coached travel baseball for the Locos Express program.
A native of Delphos, Ohio Babcock graduated from The Ohio State University at Lima in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in early and middle childhood studies. Babcock is Driveline certified in the Foundations of Pitching and holds a Rapsoda pitching certification.
Nate Kaffenbarger
Assistant Coach
Nate Kaffenbarger enters his first season as a graduate assistant for the Defiance baseball program.
Kaffenbarger returns to Defiance after being a part of the Defiance baseball team for five seasons. As a player, he played multiple positions for Yellow Jackets and ended his playing tenure as one of the best hitters in Defiance history. Kaffenbarger sits as the all-time leader in career hits and is tied first all-time in career doubles.
Kaffenbarger was a two-time All-HCAC selection earning Honorable Mention in 2021 and First Team in 2022. He was also named D3baseball.com Third Team All-Region in 2022.
As a student, Kaffenbarger was a the HCAC Men's Represenative for SAAC and on the Executive Board, while also being a baseball camp worker.
Kaffenbarger earned his bachelors of science in education in May 2022 and will work towards his masters degree with a concentration of sport coaching at Defiance College.
