SPRINGFIELD – Ryan Copeland has been promoted to the lead position of the UIS baseball program.

Copeland will now take the reins of the program for which he has been the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for the last four seasons.

In the past four years, UIS has gone 149-70-1 overall and 88-26-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

Copeland was a four-year starter at Illinois State and was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals and spent three seasons in the organization.