With over 50 years of coaching experience, Bill Percy's influence in the game of baseball has spanned the globe. 

His coaching career began in 1974 at Florida Southern College, where after winning the 1972 NCAA Div. II College World Series as a player for the Moccasins, Percy joined the coaching staff as an assistant under ABCA Hall of Fame coach Hal Smeltzly. After receiving his bachelor's degree from Florida Southern, Percy went on to earn his master's degree in education from Central Missouri State University where he served as a graduate assistant. 

Percy began his high school teaching and coaching career in Colorado Springs, Colorado, becoming the head baseball coach at Palmer High School in 1978 before taking over at Mitchell High School in 1990. Percy’s 1992 and 1993 Mitchell teams both advanced to state championship games, finishing runner-up each year. 

Percy was honored as an ABCA/Diamond Sports High School Regional Coach of the Year following the 1999 season at Mitchell. Percy retired from St. Mary’s High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2022 after 16 years at the helm. The St. Mary’s skipper was named Tri-Peaks East Division Baseball Coach of the Year in 2019 after the Pirates went 17-6 and made it to the Elite 8 of the state tournament. 

A Lifetime Member of the ABCA, Percy remains active in his home state of Colorado, currently serving as an assistant coach at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado, while also serving as the Executive Director of the Colorado Dugout Club Coaches Association. A Past President of the Colorado Dugout Club, Percy was inducted into the association’s inaugural Hall of Fame Class of 2010. 

Percy has traveled to four continents coaching and teaching the game of baseball to players and coaches worldwide. Percy became a Major League Baseball Envoy coach in 1997 with assignments in Croatia, Serbia, Austria and Hungary, and from 1998-2005, he served as head coach of the Croatian Senior National Team. In 2002, he was awarded the Julio Puente Envoy Award by Major League Baseball for exceptional dedication to the development of baseball overseas. Percy became involved with USA Baseball in 1990, where he coached the Junior National Team to a silver medal in the Pan American Games in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Just three years later, Percy's Junior National Team brought home a gold medal in Chicago. In 1996, Percy served as head coach of the USA Youth 15U team that competed in the IBAF World Championships in Chiba, Japan. He was also an assistant coach with the USA Olympic Sports Festival East Team in 1995 that competed in Colorado Springs. 

In his many coaching positions, Percy has had the opportunity to coach a number of players who went on to illustrious careers in Major League Baseball. Along with coaching and his MLB Envoy work, Percy has organized baseball coaching seminars throughout Colorado, the United States and Europe and was a featured clinician at the 2004 ABCA Convention in San Antonio, Texas. He also served as a member of the ABCA High School All-America and Coach of the Year Committee from 1998-2005.

The 2026 season will mark John Vodenlich’s 23rd season at the helm of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater program and his 25th season overall as an NCAA Div. III head coach. 
Vodenlich took over the UW-Whitewater program prior to the 2004 season following two seasons as head coach at nearby Edgewood College in Wisconsin. In 22 seasons as a collegiate head coach, he has compiled a 806-275-1 record, becoming the winningest coach in Whitewater baseball history while boasting one of the highest win percentages among NCAA Div. III coaches. 
Under Vodenlich, the Warhawks have advanced to the NCAA Div. III College World Series seven times during their 16 NCAA Tournament appearances, capturing national titles in 2005 2014 and 2025 earning their skipper ABCA National Coach of the Year honors all three years. His Warhawk teams have won 16 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championships, with Vodenlich earning WIAC Coach of the Year honors 12 times. 
A six-time ABCA Regional Coach of the Year, Vodenlich been honored three times as the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association (WBCA) College Coach of the Year and was named the 2005 WBCA Man of the Year. In 2015, he became the youngest inductee into the WBCA Hall of Fame. He has also been inducted into the Racine County Sports Hall of Fame (2019) and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Athletic Hall of Fame (2007) as a former student-athlete. 
Vodenlich has been a featured clinician across the globe. In addition to being a featured clinician at the 2014 ABCA Convention, he has conducted coaching clinics in Germany, England, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary. He is a member of the International Sports Group Board of Directors. Prior to being named the seventh head coach in UW-Whitewater history. 
Before joining the coaching ranks, Vodenlich starred for the Warhawks from 1989- 92. He finished his collegiate career with a .397 career batting average, good for third in school history. His .456 average in 1991 is the third-best single-season average in program history. He became the first two-time All-American in UW-Whitewater history, receiving the honor in 1991 and 1992. Following his collegiate career, Vodenlich went on to play professionally in Europe, winning the Slovenian National Championship in 1994. He currently serves as the coach of the Serbia National team.