Alex Backhaus is in his second season as a Lindenwood baseball coach in 2017.
In his first year at Lindenwood, the offense ranked eighth in the MIAA by scoring over seven runs a contest. He helped coached honorable mention All-American Nathan Prindle, as well as first-team all-MIAA Wes Degener and three other honorable mention all-MIAA hitters.
Prior to coming to Lindenwood, Backhaus was an assistant coach at Kansas City Kansas Community College, where he assisted with catchers, hitters, and runners. He helped the team win 33 games and advance to the Region VI Sub-Regional.
Backhaus spent two seasons prior to that as a graduate assistant coach at Ottawa University. He helped the Braves to 31 wins over those two seasons, including a 19-win campaign in 2014. Among the players he coached was Aaron Marshall, a first-team all-KCAC and honorable mention NAIA All-American.
From 2009-2012, Backhaus was a four-year letterwinner at the catcher position for William Jewell College. He helped the team win one regular season conference championship and one conference tournament title. The Cardinals participated in the NAIA Regional Tournament his first three seasons before the program entered its transition season to the NCAA Division II level in his senior year.
Backhaus graduated from William Jewell in 2012 with a degree in physical education, and earned his master’s from Ottawa in 2014 in education intervention. He and his wife, Jaimie, currently reside in St. Charles.
