The Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of

Mississippi Valley State University Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU, The Valley or Valley) is a public historically black university in Mississippi Valley State, Mississippi, adjacent to Itta Bena, Mississippi.Itta Bena, Mississippi Itta Bena is a city in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,049 at the 2010 census. The town's name is derived from the Choctaw phrase ''iti bina'', meaning "forest camp". Itta Bena is part of the Greenwood, Mississipp ...

, United States. The team is a member of the

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, which is part of the

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's Division I. The team plays its home games at

Magnolia Field Magnolia Field is a 120-seat baseball park in Itta Bena, Mississippi. It is home to the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils baseball team of the NCAA Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC ...

Itta Bena, Mississippi Itta Bena is a city in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,049 at the 2010 census. The town's name is derived from the Choctaw phrase ''iti bina'', meaning "forest camp". Itta Bena is part of the Greenwood, Mississipp ...

. CJ Bilbrey is the team's head coach starting in the 2024 season.

History

Fourteen-year head coach Doug Shanks retired on November 12, 2014. After serving as an assistant to Shanks for all 14 seasons, Aaron Stevens was promoted to head coach on December 2, 2014. On the heels of back-to-back win-less seasons in 2020 and 2021, Stevens was not retained for the 2022 season. On July 27, 2021, Stanley Stubbs was named the head coach of the Delta Devils. With the Delta Devils improving by 10 wins over the previous season, Stubbs had done a good job helping turn around the Delta Devils fortunes, but on June 15, 2022, head coach he resigned due to health concerns. On August 11, 2022, Milton Barney Jr. was named the head coach of the Delta Devils.

Head coaches

Major League Baseball

Mississippi Valley State has had 15

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selections since the draft began in 1965.

Notable players

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baseball player for the

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* Dion Williams Born 1964 Greenville, Mississippi Signed free agent contract with Boston Red Sox 1987. Son of Former MLB All-Star George “Boomer” Scott. MVP Empire State League 1987

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