Head Coach

Stephen Lynn
Head Baseball Coach

Favorite Verse: "Therefore since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of God's throne." Hebrews 12 1-2

Stephen Lynn become the head coach of the Yellow Jackets in May of 2005 after serving as interim head for the 2005 season and an assistant coach for Howard Payne five months before that. 

Coach Lynn has produced over 30 different All-Conference players in his time so far as the head man of the Howard Payne program. He is most proud of the many Academic All-Conference players that have come through the program in his time at the helm.

Lynn Family PhotoIn 2019, the Yellow Jackets won the American Southwest Conference regular season championship with a 17-4 league mark (26-16 overall) hosting the ASC Championship Tournament for th first time in school history.

After leading the nation as a team in Triples per game in 2018, Lynn coached outfield Noah Payne who set the HPU and American Southwest Conference record for Triples in a season with 12 and the Howard Payne career record for Triples with 20 in 2019.

In 2008 the Yellow Jackets set an American Southwest Conference record for runs scored in a game with 32 against Concordia University Texas. Coach Lynn also produced that season the 2008 ASC West Division Freshman of the Year, Taylor Zambreski.

In 2014, Lynn led the Jackets to their first conference tournament appearance since 2002 and their third since joining the ASC. The Jackets had narrowly missed the ASC tournament in the three previous season (2011-2013).

Since then HPU has made five of six ASC tournaments (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019) and been highly competitive in the ASC Championship race under his direction.

A graduate of HPU, in his two seasons playing he compiled a .370 batting average receiving honorable mention all-conference both season while being named academic all-conference both years. In his last season with HPU he received the Yellow Jackets Award for best HPU baseball player.

Before coming to Howard Payne, Lynn played two years at Ranger Junior College where he graduated with his associated degree in May of 2002. There he earned all-academic team in 2002.

During his time playing collegiate baseball, Lynn also excelled in the class room as he became members of the Phi Theta Kappa (Ranger JC) and Kappa Delta Phi (Howard Payne) honors societies. He graduated Howard Payne University in May of 2004 with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Sports Science and with a Master of Education in Sport and Wellness Leadership in 2017 from Howard Payne.

Stephen is married to Katrina, who is also employed at HPU as the Business and Human Resources Coordinator. They have a daughter, Brooklyn, that was born in December of 2011.