Ty Calloway

During his 36 years as Western High School’s baseball coach, Ty Calloway built and maintained a rock-solid program, highlighted by his 2012 Panthers winning the IHSAA Class 3A state championship.

Calloway finished his career with a won-lost record of 663-310.  His victory total is tops among all Howard County baseball coaches. He led squads to 18 20-plus win seasons, 17 Mid-Indiana Conference crowns and postseason titles that included 16 sectionals, six regionals, one semi-state and one state. He enjoyed success in both single and multi-class eras. The 1993 and ’94 teams reached the semi-state finals in the single-class era. Calloway also coached 11 players who were named Indiana All-Stars.

In 2011, Calloway was the National Federation of State High School Associations Indiana Coach of the Year. In 2012, he was inducted into the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Calloway’s ties with Western baseball run deeper than just his 36 years as its coach. The 1968 Western graduate played four seasons of varsity baseball and was a member of the Panthers’ first Mid-Indiana Conference championship team. Following graduation from Ball State University, he served as an assistant baseball coach at Western for four seasons. Calloway also spent 19 seasons in the Panthers’ boys basketball program, serving as a JV and varsity assistant coach.