Bill Fagler enters his fourth season as the head baseball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Fagler was hired in May of 2005, just days after resigning his baseball duties at Northeast High School. Fagler has a 55-62 overall record in three seasons as head coach of the Prairie Wolves.
Last year, he helped NWU to a winning record of 21-20 overall. The Prairie Wolves also finished 13-11 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference to earn the No. 6 seed in the GPAC Tournament. It was the third straight season that Fagler has led the Prairie Wolves to the postseason.
In 2007 he guided NWU to a 20-20 overall record and an 11-13 GPAC record. The Prairie Wolves received the No. 8 seed in the GPAC Tournament and advanced to day two of the tournament with a win over No. 4 Dakota Wesleyan University in an elimination game. The Prairie Wolves were then eliminated by eventual NAIA Region III Champion Northwestern College.
In his first season at the helm, Fagler helped the Prairie Wolves place fifth in the GPAC, their best league finish since 2001. They finished 14-22 overall, 12-9 GPAC.
While at Northeast, Fagler coached his sons, Jeff and Joe, and led the Rockets to a record of 252-209 and six state tournament appearances in 22 years of work. He also served as head coach for Northeast’s American Legion team and had a record of 330-176 in 14 seasons.
Fagler taught physical education, driver education and peer education at Lincoln Northeast and served as commissioner for the Babe Ruth Baseball Association for more than 20 years.
He earned his undergraduate degree in 1971 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he also received his Masters of Education in 1975. American Legion Baseball Coach of the Year (1982), Northeast High School Athletic Hall of Fame (1987) and KFOR Sportsman of the Year (1988) are among his many achievements. Fagler and his wife, Mary, reside in Lincoln. Both of their sons are NWU graduates.
| Year |
Overall |
Conference |
| 2006 |
14-22 |
12-9 (fifth) |
| 2007 |
20-20 |
11-13 (eighth) |
| 2008 |
21-20 |
13-11 (sixth) |
| Career |
55-62 |
36-33 |
 Mark Honnor
Assistant Coach
Mark Honnor is in his fourth year of his second stint at NWU, where he is currently in charge of the pitching staff. Honnor was also a baseball assistant for Nebraska Wesleyan from 1996-2001. During the 2001 season, NWU won the inaugural Great Plains Athletic Conference title.
Honnor played baseball at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he pitched for the Cornhuskers from 1982-86. In the summer of 1984, Honnor played in the Alaska Summer League for the North Pole Nicks, under former University of Southern California head baseball coach Mike Gillespie.
Honnor attended Northeast High School where he returned as an assistant coach in 1988 and was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003. He also coached at Lincoln East from 2002-05. Besides coaching, Honnor has worked at Pfizer Inc. for 23 years. He and his wife, Lisa, have a daughter, Ashton.
 Joe Fagler
Assistant Coach
Joe Fagler is in his fourth season as an assistant coach at Nebraska Wesleyan after playing baseball for the Prairie Wolves from 1997-2001.
He was a four-year letter winner and a co-recipient of the Vicente Colón Award in 2001. Fagler went on to graduate from NWU in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
Since 2003, Fagler has served as head coach for Sampson Construction’s American Legion baseball team. He also served as head coach for the junior varsity team at Lincoln High School from 2004-05. In addition to coaching, Fagler works at DBI, Inc. He and his wife, Lisa, reside in Lincoln.
Jim Harth
Assistant Coach
Jim Harth is back for his second season as an assistant baseball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan. Harth will also serve as the head junior varsity coach this season.
Harth was a two-year letterwinner in baseball at NWU playing from 2004-05. He was a pitcher and outfield for the Prairie Wolves after transferring to NWU after attending Air Force Academy and Glendale College. Harth currently is tied for the NWU single season record for saves with five.
Harth graduated from NWU in 2005 with a degree in Business Finance. He and his wife Ricque currently reside in Lincoln.
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