Scott Berry retired as the head baseball coach at Mayville State University in Mayville, North Dakota, in 2023. Over 42 seasons as head coach, he led his alma mater to a record of 1,196-698-1, which is good for a .631 winning percentage.
Under Berry's guidance, the Comets won 23 regular season conference championships, including 17 consecutive titles from 1986-2002. Additionally, the Comets collected 21 conference tournament championships and appeared in the NAIA national playoffs 26 times. In those 26 appearances, Berry's teams won three NAIA regional titles, the 2002 Plains Super Regional title and had a top-five finish at the NAIA World Series.
Berry was named as Conference Coach of the Year 23 times, District 12 Coach of the Year nine times and NAIA Region Coach of the Year four times while coaching 35 NAIA Scholar-Athletes, 25 NAIA All-Americans and 22 players who signed professional contracts.
Prior to his career as a coach, Berry attended Mayville State where he lettered four years under ABCA Hall of Fame coach Al Meyer, receiving All-Conference honors his junior and senior seasons. After graduating from Mayville State, Berry coached high school baseball teams in Ellendale, Binford, Rolla and Casselton, North Dakota. He returned to his alma mater as an assistant under Meyer in 1981 and became the head coach the following year. Berry also coached the summer amateur baseball team in Mayville, with his "Red Caps" competing in the state finals six out of seven years and coming away with championships in 1981 and 1984.
A very active participant in local, state, and national baseball organizations, Berry has been heavily involved with the ABCA for over four decades. In addition to serving as ABCA President in 2014, Berry currently serves on the ABCA’s Board of Directors, Hall of Fame Committee, and Nominations Committee. Additionally, Berry has been involved in the North Dakota Baseball Coaches Association, North Dakota Amateur Baseball Coaches Association, North Dakota College Athletic Conference and USA Baseball.
Along with his induction into the ABCA Hall of Fame, Berry has been honored with induction into the Mayville State University Athletic Hall of Fame, the NAIA Hall of Fame for Baseball, the North Dakota Amateur Baseball Association Hall of Fame, and the Christian Sports Commission Hall of Fame. He has also been honored with the North Dakota Associated Press Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association "Special Achievement Award", the NAIA Robert E. Smith Achievement Award and the FCA Jerry Kindall Character in Coaching Award.
