Tim Epling

Timothy Douglas Epling (born November 9, 1962) is an American former baseball manager, coach and Christian minister who was the manager of the West Virginia Miners, an amateur collegiate baseball team part of the Eastern Conference of the Prospect League, from 2010 to 2018.

His parents, Doug and Linda Epling, own the Linda K. Epling Stadium in Beckley, West Virginia.

Early life Tim Epling was born on November 9, 1962 in Beckley, West Virginia, to businesspeople Linda and Doug Epling. Doug Epling, a coal baron of three coal mines, owns the Linda K. Epling Stadium in Beckley along with his wife, Linda.

Epling graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1981. He attended Methodist University in North Carolina for college.

Baseball career In his college years, Epling pitched for the North Carolina Methodist College baseball team where they finished #3 and #5 in the country in separate seasons from 1981 to 1983.

From 1985 to 1990, he was the field manager of the Liberty High School baseball team, a high school located in Raleigh County, West Virginia. At the high school, he led the baseball program to its first-ever Sectional Championship. In five seasons, he achieved a 101-32 record. and decided to coach with the Miners again solely as a general manager.

In 2023, the West Virginia Miners were defunct.

Miners stats The following are the stats of the West Virginia Miners baseball team during Epling's tenure as manager/head coach: Season Manager Record Win % League Division GB Post-season record Post-season win % Post-season result