Noe became the fifth head coach in Longwood baseball history in the summer of 2024 after building a resume of success that made him one of the top assistant coaches in mid-major college baseball.
In his first season leading the team, the Lancers had an offense that led the Big South in steals while having three players earn all-conference accolades: Myles Webb (Big South First Team), Mikey Urbaniak (Big South Freshman Team) and James Nelson (Big South Academic Team). The team went 14-38 overall and 8-16 in the Big South.
Prior to Longwood, Noe worked his way up the bench at Virginia Military Institute, serving as lead assistant and recruiting coordinator in 2023-24. He guided a VMI offense that posted 73 home runs, with Grayson Fitzwater breaking the program record for home runs in a single season. As a team, the Keydets batted .292, the fourth-best average in the Southern Conference, and they led the nation with 178 stolen bases. In addition, the team ranked 36th in the nation with a .410 on base percentage.
As the team’s hitting coach in 2023, he helped guide VMI to a historic season on offense. The Keydets finished fifth in the nation with a .322 batting average, tied for 44th in hits and tied for 49th in runs. In addition, the squad ranked 16th in slugging percentage (.529) and 25th in on base percentage (.409).
Noe started his collegiate career as an assistant at VMI in 2019, working his way up to the lead assistant and recruiting coordinator role in the fall of 2023.
A four-year starter on the baseball team at Wittenberg University from 2007-11, he was an all-conference and all-state selection as a senior. He served as a team captain for his final two seasons as well.
Even while he played, Noe began to lay the foundation for his coaching career, working with Ohio Elite Baseball in Dublin, Ohio throughout his four years at Wittenberg. After obtaining his degree in early education/intervention specialist in 2011, he served as a coach at the high school level for the next seven years.
He posted a 52-32 record in his last stop at Pickerington High School Central before moving to IMG Academy, where he worked from 2018-19. While at IMG, he worked with the outfielders on the top-ranked team in the country and dove into analytics before moving to VMI.
In addition to his undergraduate degree from Wittenburg, Noe obtained a Master’s of Sports Coaching from The Ohio State University in 2018.
He and his wife, Mary, have one daughter, Emilia.
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