Bart Osborne became the head coach of the Union College baseball program in July of 2003, making him the seventh person to hold the post since the sport was reinstated at the school in 1974.

Osborne has compiled a 214-89 record during his first five seasons at Union, which included a pair of 48-win seasons in 2006 and 2008 to set the program record for wins in a season. In addition, the Bulldogs have posted a 74-34 record in Appalachian Athletic Conference play under Osborne and won the 2006 Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament.

Union reached new heights in 2007 as it won the NAIA Region XII Tournament for the first time in program history and hosted the South Central Super Regional. In 2008, Osborne took the Bulldogs even further as Union won its second NAIA Region XII championship in a row and won the NAIA South Central Super Regional to advance to the Avista-NAIA World Series for the first time in program history.

The Bulldogs went 1-2 at the 2008 NAIA World Series to place fifth.

During his tenure, Osborne has produced one NAIA First Team All-American and nine NAIA All-American Honorable Mentions, 15 NAIA Region XII All-Region Team players, 19 First Team All-Conference selections, the 2006 Appalachian Athletic Conference Player and Freshman of the Year and the Appalachian Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2005 and 2008. In addition, Union had a player named the NAIA Player of the Year once in 2006 and a pitcher named the NAIA Pitcher of the Week twice in 2005. The Bulldogs have placed 24 players on the Academic All-Conference Team and seven have been named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

Under Osborne, Union has also had one player to be drafted in the MLB First-Year Player Draft while a total of five Bulldogs played professionally.

Prior to coming to Union, Osborne spent the past six years as an assistant coach at Murray State University. While there, Murray State made postseason tournament appearances every season and won the 2003 Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship. In addition, Murray State has produced 19 All-Conference team members, broken 16 offensive school records and raised it conference winning percentage from 39 percent to 51 percent.

Before coaching at Murray State, Osborne spent three seasons at Southeast Missouri State University as an assistant, was the head coach at Kirby High (Tenn.) School for two years and served as a graduate assistant at Delta State (Miss.) University for two seasons.

He received his Bachelor's degree from Middle Tennessee State University and his Master's from Delta State. Osborne played at Roane State (Tenn.) Community College, helping it win the state championship in 1987 and was the team captain in 1988.

Osborne is married, and he and his wife, Julie, have two daughters - Addison and Leanna, and a son - R.J.

Adam Hines is in his fifth year as the assistant coach of the Union College baseball team, serving as the team's pitching coach.

The Bulldog pitching staff has flourished under Hines as two players have been selected as the Appalachian Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year, first in 2005 and then again in 2008. Also, one pitcher has been drafted in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft under Hines.

In 2008, as Union made its first-ever NAIA World Series appearance, the Bulldog pitching staff set program records for innings pitched (499.1), strikeouts (71) and shutouts (11) while eight individual season pitching records were either tied or broken.

During the 2004 season, he first with the Bulldogs, Union had one of the top pitching staffs in the NAIA. The Bulldogs rated in the top 20 in seven of nine pitching categories. Union ranked fourth in Team ERA (3.03), 10th in Strikeouts Per Game (6.14), 14th in Total Strikeouts (356) 19th in Walked Batters Per Game (2.71), 13th in Runs Allowed Per Game (3.84), 17th in Total Runs Allowed (223), and 11th in Hits Per Game Allowed (6.88).

Prior to coming to Union, Hines spent the four years (2001-04) as the head baseball coach at Southeastern Illinois College. In all, he spent five seasons on the coaching staff at Southeastern Illinois as he spent the 2000 season as an assistant.

The Evansville, Ind. native is a 1993 graduate of North High School. Hines then went on to pitch two seasons at Southeastern Illinois, where he received his Associates Degree in Science in 1995. From there, he continued his playing career at Murray State (Ky.) University, pitching two seasons for the Thoroughbreds. Having earned his degree in 1998 from Murray State, Hines served as a student assistant coach in 1998 and as a graduate assistant in 1999.

Hines is married to the former Heather Jones of Indianapolis, Ind., and the couple resides in Barbourville.

Bobby Segal is entering his second season as a member of the Union College baseball staff.

During his first season with the Bulldogs, Union tied the school record for wins in a season in going 48-18 while also winning the NAIA Region XII and NAIA South Central Super Regional championships as it made its first-ever Avista-NAIA World Series appearance.

Prior to coming to Union, Segal spent much of 2007 working in the Cincinnati Reds organization by splitting time in Cincinnati and the Sarasota Reds, an minor-league affiliate of the Reds. During his time with the Reds, Segal working in the baseball operations department and assisted with advanced scouting and helped with pre- and post-draft operations.

A native of Indianapolis, Ind., Segal received his bachelor's degree in sports marketing/manangement from Indiana University in Bloomington. He was a four-year member of the Hoosiers' varsity baseball team and earned Academic All-Big Ten honors three times.

Segal spent five seasons working for the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians. From 2000-02, he served as a bat boy and worked as a member of the grounds crew during the 2003 and 2004 campaigns. In his first year with the team, the Indians defeated Memphis in the Triple-A World Series.

In addition, Segal was a game operations intern for the Indiana Pacers in 2005 as well as travelling across the country with an entertainment company called the ZOOperstars in 2005 and 2006.

Segal is single and resides in Barbourville.