COACHING NEWS

Casey Considering Leaving Oregon State Baseball Post

July 21, 2011
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Casey Considering Leaving Oregon State Baseball Post

Ponders Departure For Second Time In Four Seasons… Long time Oregon State baseball coach Pat Casey may leave the diamond to accept an administrative position at the university. He has taken the program to unprecedented heights, with national championships in 2006 and 2007, in his 17 seasons in the position. Casey told The Oregonian...

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Butler Adds Two To Baseball Staff

July 21, 2011
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Butler Adds Two To Baseball Staff

INDIANAPOLIS – Head coach Steve Farley and the Butler baseball program have announced coaching staff changes for the upcoming 2012 season. DJ Throneburg, who joined the staff this past season, will now serve as the program’s top assistant coach. Michael Dalton and Brian Hiscox have also been added to the staff. Throneburg will continue...

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Fordham Names Leighton Baseball Coach

July 18, 2011
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Fordham Names Leighton Baseball Coach

Bronx, N.Y. – Kevin Leighton, the very successful head baseball coach at Manhattan College for the past six years, has been named head baseball coach at Fordham University it was announced today by Executive Director of Athletics Frank McLaughlin. “We are excited to find a coach with the experience and accomplishments of Kevin Leighton,”...

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Rhode Island Adds Pair To Baseball Staff

July 6, 2011
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KINGSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island baseball head coach Jim Foster has announced the hiring of Raphael Cerrato and Chris Smith. Cerrato – who previously served as a volunteer assistant under former URI head coach Frank Leoni – returns to Kingston as a full time assistant while Smith takes over as the Rams’ volunteer assistant....

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Central Florida Hires Mercadante To Baseball Staff

July 6, 2011
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ORLANDO, Fla.  – UCF head baseball coach Terry Rooney announced Friday that former Miami assistant coach Joe Mercadante will join his coaching staff as the Knights’ hitting coach and recruiting coordinator. “I am pleased to announce Joe Mercadante as our new assistant coach,” Rooney said. “Joe has a proven track record for developing hitters...

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Akron Names Rembielak Head Baseball Coach

July 3, 2011
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Akron Names Rembielak Head Baseball Coach

AKRON, Ohio – Rick Rembielak, a three-time Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year who has compiled more than 500 career wins at Wake Forest University and Kent State University, has been hired as the head baseball coach at The University of Akron, UA Director of Athletics Tom Wistrcill announced Friday. “Coach Rembielak is the...

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Santa Clara Names O’Brien Head Baseball Coach

July 1, 2011
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A two-time Division II National Coach of the Year, Santa Clara University announced Thurs., June 30 it has hired Dan O’Brien as the new Bronco head baseball coach.  O’Brien has spent the last 14 seasons as the head coach at UC San Diego, building that program into one of the premier programs at the...

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Bell Named Pitching Coach At Florida State

June 28, 2011
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Mike Martin didn’t have to sell Florida State’s rich baseball history in his search for a top-flight pitching coach with Division I experience. Mike Bell was a part of that history and now he’s back in Tallahassee where he helped the Seminoles earn a pair of College World Series appearances on...

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Vanderhook Named Cal State Fullerton Head Coach

June 24, 2011
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Vanderhook Named Cal State Fullerton Head Coach

UCLA Assistant Returns To Titans … FULLERTON, Calif. – Rick Vanderhook has been named head baseball coach at Cal State Fullerton, after serving as an assistant coach at UCLA the past three seasons. Vanderhook played at Cal State Fullerton in 1983 and ’84 before spending 21 seasons as an assistant coach for the Titans....

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Checketts Named Baseball Coach At UC-Santa Barbara

June 22, 2011
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Andrew Checketts, who has spent the past three seasons as the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Oregon, was named UC Santa Barbara’s new head baseball coach Director of Athletics Mark W. Massari announced on Wednesday. Checketts becomes the ninth head coach in Gaucho baseball history...

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