Staff Directory
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- Director of Player Development
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Jack Van Remortel enters his first season as director of player development for the Illinois baseball program.
Van Remortel joined to the Fighting Illini after spending the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Akron.
While with the Zips, Van Remortel managed and led infield development while assisting with hitting development. He also designed and implemented practice plans, scouting reports, and game strategy. He was in charge of planning and facilitating youth and prospect camps and assisted with on- and off-campus recruiting efforts.
Across his two seasons at Akron, he coached NCBWA Third-Team All-American Brady Bowen in addition to two All-MAC selections and two All-MAC Defensive Team honorees.
After competing at Michigan from 2018-23, Van Remortel served as a graduate assistant as his alma mater during the 2024 campaign. In that role, he was the first base coach while assisting with on-campus recruiting and infield development. He also implemented and facilitated hitting development, developed and executed practice plans, participated in coaching meetings that involved game strategy and recruitment, and analyzed Trackman videos and data.
As a student-athlete with the Wolverines, he was part of Michigan's 2019 NCAA Tournament runner-up squad and won the Big Ten championship in 2022. Named to the 2023 Shriners College Classic All-Tournament Team, Van Remortel was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree. He posted a career .264 batting average while competing in 106 games with 78 starts.
A native of Carmel, Indiana, Van Remortel earned his bachelor's degree in sport management with a minor in entrepreneurship before completing a graduate certificate in real estate development.
