Angelo State University Athletics

Sam Mote joined the ASU coaching staff in 2018 and has helped elevate the Rams to one of the best hitting teams in the country, leading the Lone Star Conference in batting average in four of his seven seasons.
 
During the 2023 National Championship season, Mote helped the Rams to the fifth best batting average in the country at .342 while also ranking third on-base percentage (.454) and runs (597). The Rams also held the top fielding percentage in Division II at .985.
 
The 2022 was the best offensive season the Rams have had, scoring a program record of 677 runs which led all of Division II. The Rams finished with a .357 batting average which was the fourth highest in the country while leading Division II in on-base percentage (.470), doubles (166), and ranking second in hits with 763 while making their second straight College World Series appearance.
 
While at Angelo State, Mote has coached eight different NCAA Division II All-Americans including the 2019 NCAA Division II Player of the Year, Josh Elvir.
 
Prior to his time at ASU, Mote was a volunteer assistant at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi. Before that, he spent two years as an assistant coach at the University of Northwestern Ohio. In 2016 he helped lead the Racers to program records in doubles, home runs and slugging percentage, followed by a 2017 season that placed UNOH in the top-10 of the NAIA concerning hits and runs per game.
 
Mote has also spent three years as an assistant coach at Iowa Western Community College, where he won the 2014 NJCAA National Championship and came in fifth at the NJCAA World Series in 2015.
 
The Ram assistant has also coached various summer league teams, worked as a scout director for the Prep Baseball Report Ohio and a site director for Pastime Tournaments.
 
Mote played collegiate baseball at Wright State University, winning a Horizon League Tournament Title in 2009 and a Horizon League Regular Season Championship in 2010.