Bill Fagler Head Coach E-mail: wfagler@nebrwesleyan.edu 402-465-2171

Bill Fagler is in his third season as 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 34-42 overall record in two seasons as head coach of the Prairie Wolves. 

Last season he guided NWU to a 20-20 overall record and a 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 Great Plains Athletic Conference (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 has taught physical education, driver education and peer education at Lincoln Northeast since 1992 and has 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.

Mark Honnor
Assistant Coach

Mark is in the third year of his second stint at NWU. 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 22 years. He and his wife, Lisa, have a daughter, Ashton.

Joe Fagler
Assistant Coach

Joe Fagler is in his third 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.

Charlie Colón
Assistant Coach

Charlie Colón, who also served as an assistant coach for the Prairie Wolves from 1998-2001, is back for a third year under Bill Fagler.

In college, Colón was a catcher and pitcher at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1987-90. He lettered all three seasons with the Huskers and was a two-time Academic All-Big 8 selection. In 1991, he transferred to Nebraska Wesleyan to finish out his collegiate career and was named to both the All-Conference First Team and the All-Midwest Region First Team. He also earned league Player of the Year honors.

Besides coaching at NWU, Colón also served as the head coach of the Lincoln Polecats semi-professional baseball club from 1995-2002. In 2001, he was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at Lincoln Northeast High School, where he played for Fagler.

In 2005, Colón earned his MBA from UNL and is currently employed at The Gallup Organization. Colón and his wife, Dawn, have two children, McKynzie (8) and Cooperstown (5).