Dan Skirka
Updated: 12/11/2025, 1:18:13 PM Wikipedia source
Daniel Skirka is an American college baseball coach and former shortstop. Skirka is the head coach of the Murray State Racers baseball team.
Infobox
2008
Grand Rapids Community College (asst.)
2009
Ouachita Baptist (asst.)
Title
Head coach
Team
Murray State
Conference
Missouri Valley
Record
206–151
Born
(1985-05-20) May 20, 1985 (age 40)Coldwater, Michigan
2004–2005
Kellogg Community College
2006–2007
Grand Valley State
Position
Shortstop
2010–2014
Murray State (asst.)
2015–2018
Walters State Community College (asst.)
2019–present
Murray State
Overall
206–151
Tournaments
MVC: 6–4OVC: 4–4NCAA: 5–4
Tables
Statistics overview · Head coaching record
Murray State Racers (Ohio Valley Conference) (2019–2022)
Murray State Racers (Ohio Valley Conference) (2019–2022)
Season
Murray State Racers (Ohio Valley Conference) (2019–2022)
2019
2019
Season
2019
Team
Murray State
Overall
24–30
Conference
16–14
Standing
T–5th
Postseason
Ohio Valley Tournament
2020
2020
Season
2020
Team
Murray State
Overall
10–7
Conference
2–1
Postseason
Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021
2021
Season
2021
Team
Murray State
Overall
33–25
Conference
18–12
Standing
2nd
Postseason
Ohio Valley Tournament
2022
2022
Season
2022
Team
Murray State
Overall
30–25
Conference
11–13
Standing
7th
Postseason
Ohio Valley Tournament
Murray State:
Murray State:
Season
Murray State:
Overall
47–40 (OVC)
Murray State Racers (Missouri Valley Conference) (2023–present)
Murray State Racers (Missouri Valley Conference) (2023–present)
Season
Murray State Racers (Missouri Valley Conference) (2023–present)
2023
2023
Season
2023
Team
Murray State
Overall
31–28
Conference
14–13
Standing
5th
Postseason
MVC Tournament
2024
2024
Season
2024
Team
Murray State
Overall
37–20
Conference
17–10
Standing
2nd
Postseason
MVC Tournament
2025
2025
Season
2025
Team
Murray State
Overall
44–17
Conference
17–8
Standing
T–1st
Postseason
College World Series
Murray State:
Murray State:
Season
Murray State:
Team
206–151
Overall
48–31 (MVC)
Total:
Total:
Season
Total:
Team
206–151
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
Season
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
| Murray State Racers (Ohio Valley Conference) (2019–2022) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Murray State | 24–30 | 16–14 | T–5th | Ohio Valley Tournament | ||||
| 2020 | Murray State | 10–7 | 2–1 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Murray State | 33–25 | 18–12 | 2nd | Ohio Valley Tournament | ||||
| 2022 | Murray State | 30–25 | 11–13 | 7th | Ohio Valley Tournament | ||||
| Murray State: | 47–40 (OVC) | ||||||||
| Murray State Racers (Missouri Valley Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Murray State | 31–28 | 14–13 | 5th | MVC Tournament | ||||
| 2024 | Murray State | 37–20 | 17–10 | 2nd | MVC Tournament | ||||
| 2025 | Murray State | 44–17 | 17–8 | T–1st | College World Series | ||||
| Murray State: | 206–151 | 48–31 (MVC) | |||||||
| Total: | 206–151 | ||||||||
| National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion | |||||||||
References
- www.issuu.comhttps://issuu.com/murraystate/docs/13_guide/39
- www.njcaa.orghttp://www.njcaa.org/sports/bsb/2003-04/div2/teams/KelloggCommunityCollege/players/DanSkirka.html
- www.njcaa.orghttp://njcaa.org/sports/bsb/2004-05/div2/teams/KelloggCommunityCollege/players/DanSkirka.html
- www.cstv.comhttps://web.archive.org/web/20180705004428/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stories/060805aam.html
- www.grfx.cstv.comhttps://web.archive.org/web/20180705003808/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/grva/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/07bb-PlayerProfiles.pdf
- www.gliac.prestosports.comhttp://gliac.prestosports.com/sports/bsb/2006-07/news/bb_allcon_07.pdf?dec=
- www.gvsulakers.comhttps://web.archive.org/web/20180705004020/http://gvsulakers.com/news/2007/5/21/052107aaa_192.aspx?path=baseball
- www.obusignal.comhttps://www.obusignal.com/obu-baseball-to-hold-skills-camp/
- www.prebaseballreport.comhttps://www.prepbaseballreport.com/news/TN/Walters-State-Recruiting-Coordinator-Dan-Skirka-Talks-Juco-Baseball-1896524073
- www.paducahsun.comhttp://www.paducahsun.com/sports/general/skirka-introduced-as-msu-baseball-coach/article_9cdabf22-adca-5ed4-8128-f8b8410af570.html
- Murray State Baseballhttps://goracers.com/news/2025/5/24/untitled-story
- Yahoo Sportshttps://sports.yahoo.com/article/college-world-series-murray-state-clinches-final-spot-in-omaha-with-5-4-win-over-duke-020511052.html