C.J. Thieleke is in his second year as MATC assistant baseball coach. Thieleke was born in Madison, WI and grew up in Iowa City, IA. At Iowa City High School, he was a four-sport standout athlete. He received first team all-state baseball honors in his junior and senior seasons while batting an impressive .470. In his senior season, he was named Iowa’s high school baseball player-of-the-year. After graduating high school in 1993, Thieleke received a baseball scholarship to attend the University of Iowa. In 1994, he was named Big Ten freshman-of-the-year and played second base for the Hawkeyes from 1994-96. In 1996, Thieleke was drafted in the 32nd round of the Major League amateur draft by the Minnesota Twins and played in the organization for two years.
In 1998, Thieleke graduated from the University of Iowa with a Sports Management degree. Since then, he has served as assistant coach at Mount Mercy College, volunteer assistant with the University of Iowa, and was the top assistant coach with the Madison Mallards for two summers before being named head coach during the 2005 season.
Under Coach Thieleke’s guidance, the Madison Mallards finished the 2005 season with a 43-25 overall record. The team was runners-up in the Northwoods League, losing by one run in game three of the league championship. Thieleke will coach for the Mallards again this summer.
