Paul Page served 29 seasons as head coach at Ohio Dominican University before retiring in 2016. The winningest coach in school history, Page compiled a career record of 1,007-552-7 (.643) and ranked among the top 13 in career NAIA wins (864) and fifth in win percentage (.683) prior to the program transitioning to NCAA status.
Under Page’s leadership, Ohio Dominican won at least 30 games in a season a remarkable 22 times, including 10 seasons of 40 or more wins. His teams played their way into six NAIA World Series appearances and captured 11 regular season and nine conference tournament championships.
Page’s 1996 team won 46 games and finished fifth at the NAIA World Series – a program best – and the Panthers appeared in the NAIA World Series three times in a row from 2001-03. The Panthers won a program-record 47 games (47-14, 19-4) in 2005, also reaching the World Series that season.
In his time at Ohio Dominican, Page produced 39 All-Americans and 20 Academic All-Americans. Under his tutelage, former Panther southpaw Jonathan Sanchez reached the big leagues and helped the San Francisco Giants to the 2010 World Series title, finishing his career with 194 appearances on the mound. Numerous other players went on to play at the professional level.
The five-time Conference Coach of the Year and two-time District Coach of the Year also served as Ohio Dominican’s Athletic Director from 1988 through 2004. As Athletic Director, Page initiated several of the athletic department’s fundraisers and helped improve and expand many of the school’s athletic facilities, including the planning and development of Alumni Hall, which opened in 1989. The athletic department expanded from six to 16 varsity sports under his leadership.
Page, a Williamstown, West Virginia native, graduated from Muskingum College in Ohio in 1973, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in history and was an all-conference catcher.
After his days as a Muskie, Page continued his education at Mississippi State. He coached for two seasons under ABCA Hall of Fame coach Ron Polk as a graduate assistant before receiving his master’s degree in health and physical education in 1978.
Page went on to serve as an assistant coach at Marietta College in Ohio under ABCA Hall of Fame coach Don Schaly, helping to guide the program to NCAA Div. III national titles in 1981 and 1983, before taking over at Ohio Dominican in 1988.
