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Pat Casey, Head Coach

In 2009, Oregon State head coach Pat Casey led the Beavers to their fourth trip to the postseason in five years. Oregon State fought to a second-place finish at the Fort Worth Regional, punctuating one of the most successful decades in school history.

Arguably one of the most successful active Division-I head coaches in the country, Casey has established a level of winning unrivaled in the program's history.

Casey is coming off an incredibly successful decade as head coach of the Beavers. Oregon State was named the10th-best program in the 2000s decade by College Baseball Today after the club won national titles in 2006 and 2007 and Pacific-10 Conference Championships in 2005 and 2006.

Perhaps an even more special honor was bestowed upon Casey this past summer. He and his wife, Susan, were recipients of the Nell and John Wooden Coaching Achievement Award. The honor goes to a head coach and his spouse for their dedication to success on the field and in making an impact on the lives of their players.

Truly, Pat Casey has been the right person to led Oregon State baseball over the last decade and a half.
Now in his 16th season, Casey has established a 505-314-4 record with the Beavers. In 22 seasons as a collegiate coach, the Newburg, Ore., native takes a 676-427-5 mark into 2010.

In the past five seasons alone, Casey has guided the Beavers to 214 victories, which is second in the Pac-10. During that same stretch, Casey's clubs have won 56 conference games, which is second-most among division clubs.

In that five-year stretch, six players have earned All-America honors while 14 players have been recognized as All-Pac-10 performers. That includes two league Most Valuable Player awards and two Defensive Player of the Year selections.

Casey and the Beavers advanced to the championship game of the Fort Worth Regional in 2009. Oregon State finished the 2009 campaign with a 37-19 record and 15-12 mark in Pac-10 play, tying the club for third.

On May 19, 2009, Casey became just the third head coach in school history to record 500 victories with the Beavers when OSU defeated Oregon. His 505 wins at the start of 2010 sits in third place in school history.
Casey and his staff mentored a number of newcomers who made big impacts on the club, maybe none more so than Sam Gaviglio, who became a freshman All-American after posting what is believed to be a school-record 10 wins by a freshman.

Casey also recruited players like Adalberto Santos, Stefen Romero, Jared Norris and Tyler Waldron. These transfers helped recharge the Beavers, and will ensure that OSU challenges for a top spot in the Pac-10 in 2010.

In 2008, Casey and the Beavers went 28-24 and missed out on the postseason. But the Beavers played perhaps their most ambitious schedule in school history and took series from five schools that earned either No. 1 or No. 2 seeds in NCAA Regionals. Oregon State posted a 5-5 record against College World Series teams, taking 2-of-3 in separate series against Arizona State and Georgia.

In 2008, Casey made marks on the program, literally. He spearheaded a fundrasing campaign to expand Goss Stadium, adding nearly 1,000 permanent seats, a stadium suite, new player's lounge, academic room and Hall of Fame room. The additions transformed Goss Stadium from one of the best in the West into one of the nation's finest collegiate stadiums.

In 2007, Casey, his staff and the team's players worked hard to build team chemistry, coming together at the right time for a second-straight national championship. Oregon State went an incredible 39-4 in non-conference games, including an 11-1 mark in the postseason. After losing their second game at the Charlottesville Regional, the Beavers went on a dynamic run, winning their last 10 games -- including five in Omaha -- to claim the national title.

That title thrusted Oregon State into NCAA baseball lore. The Beavers became just the fifth program to win back-to-back national titles, joining Texas (1949-50), USC (1970-74), Stanford (1987-88) and LSU (1996-97).
For his ability to mold the Beavers into the nation's finest, Casey was again recognized as a national coach of the year, this time by Collegiate Baseball and the American Baseball Coaches Association. The honors comes a year after Casey was the consensus national coach of the year in leading Oregon State to its first title.

That 2006 title was just as special, as the Beavers became the first program from the Pacific Northwest to the NCAA Division I College World Series.

The 2006 Beavers had a storybook season, capped by a run through the CWS that saw them win six elimination games in Omaha to win the national championship. After being beaten by Miami (Fla.) in its opening game, OSU won four straight - including back-to-back shutouts of top-ranked Rice - to reach the championship series. In the best-of-three finals against North Carolina, OSU lost the opening game and trailed by five runs in the second game before rallying for wins of 11-7 and 3-2 for the title.

Oregon State's 50-16 season set a school record for wins for the second straight season, and the Beavers refuse-to-lose style of play captured the hearts of not only those watching in Omaha, but college baseball fans across the nation.

After the 2006 season, Oregon State signed Casey to a new 10-year contract to guarantee his future in Corvallis. Casey had become an attractive candidate for coaching vacancies at a number of high-profile schools given the Beavers' amazing success.

In retaining Casey, Oregon State instantly kept its most successful coach in Corvallis. It also allowed the Beavers to have the knowledge they have one of the most recognized coaches in the nation. In 2006, after winning the team's first title, was Casey was recognized as the National Coach of the Year by Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America and American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).

In 2005, he was named the Pac-10's Coach of the Year after guiding the Beavers to their first of two straight conference titles. He earned the honor again in 2006 with the second title. In both years, he was recognized as the ABCA's West Region Coach of the Year.

With back-to-back titles comes increased exposure. For the second time under Casey's tenure, Oregon State has expanded the Beavers' home field, and both times, Casey has been a driving force behind the renovations.
In 1999, Oregon State expanded what is now known at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, adding increased seating, improved locker rooms and a full press box.

And Casey and the Beavers have rewarded the fans with increased chances to watch the team play. In each of their three College World Series years, the Beavers played a super regional at venerable Goss, and it has paid off. Oregon State has gone 6-1 at super regionals in Corvallis, defeating USC, Stanford and Michigan.

In 2005 and 2006, Casey earned both the Pacific-10 Conference and NCAA West Region Coach of the Year honors for guiding the Beavers to back-to-back Pac-10 championships and berths in the CWS.
Since Casey became Oregon State's head coach prior to the 1995 season, the Beavers have moved into a prominent position on the national scene.

OSU has had players earn spots on the USA Baseball national team four times, earn All-America honors 11 times, and had players taken in the top 10 rounds of the Major League Baseball draft 23 times - including first-rounders Jacoby Ellsbury in 2005 and Kunz and Canham in 2007. Ellsbury became Oregon State's first former player to win a Major League World Series when he and the Boston Red Sox won their second title in four seasons in 2007.

In 2005, OSU had been picked to finish sixth in the Pacific-10 in the annual coaches poll; Casey guided the Beavers to the Pac-10 championship and the College World Series. OSU's 46-12 record was a school record for wins in a season, the Beavers' No. 7 finish in the the final polls was Oregon State's highest ever, and OSU's No. 2 ranking during the season was the highest it had ever climbed in the national rankings.

Casey was also named Co-Coach of the Year in the Pacific-10 Northern Division for the 1997 season, and the Beavers have set numerous school records during Casey's time at OSU.

Casey was instrumental in the drive to build Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, the 1999 renovation to Oregon State's longtime ballpark. The OSU head coach was heavily-involved in fundraising for the $2.3 million project; when the go-ahead was given for construction, he had a hand in the ballpark's design to assure that it would be one of the most user-friendly facilities in college baseball. In 2002, the ballpark also received its first set of lights for night play.
For the 2007 season, a new scoreboard with video replay capabilities and a new FieldTurf infield were installed at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. In all, Casey has been a guiding force in each step of renovation at Goss, and those improvements have made the picturesque ballpark one of the finest in the nation and in the Pac-10.
Oregon State hired Casey in the summer of 1994, asking him to follow in the large footsteps of Jack Riley, who retired after 22 seasons as head coach.

Most of the key players from OSU's 1994 Northern Division pennant-winning team had graduated, but Casey's first season saw the Beavers battle to a winning record of 25-24-1 in 1995. That set the stage for one of the finest three-year runs in the long history of baseball at Oregon State.

In 1996, the Beavers posted a 32-16-1 record and went into the final weekend of the season with a chance to win the Pac-10 Northern Division pennant. In 1997, Oregon State set a school record for wins in the regular season with a record of 38-12-1 and took postseason hopes into the final weekend.

In 1998, Oregon State broke into the national rankings for the first time in four years and went 35-14-1. The season included series sweeps of Arizona, which was ranked in the top 10 at the time, and UCLA.

In 2001, Oregon State again made a strong bid for the postseason, finishing with a 31-24 record. OSU had five wins over teams ranked in the final Baseball Weekly/USA Today coaches poll of the regular season and had a 10-9 record against schools selected for the NCAA Regionals.

In 2004, OSU's 7-0 start was the school's best in 42 years. That team had a then-school-record six players selected in the MLB draft and another signed as a free agent, and it set the stage for the magic of 2005 and 2006.

Casey came to OSU after seven seasons at George Fox College, a NAIA school in his hometown of Newberg, Ore. Under Casey, the Bruins went 171-113-1 (.602) overall and were 155-54-1 against NAIA competition; they won three District 2 titles, five Metro Valley Conference titles and two Cascade Conference titles.

During his time at George Fox, Casey was named Coach of the Year three times in District 2, four times in the Metro Valley Conference and twice in the Cascade Conference.

Casey earned his bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from George Fox in 1990. He played for the University of Portland from 1978-80 and was a first-team All-NorPac Conference outfielder his final two seasons. He was a second-team All-Region selection in 1980. He also lettered in basketball one season.

After being drafted in the 10th round by the San Diego Padres in 1980, Casey played seven professional seasons. He reached Class AAA with the Calgary Cannons in 1985-86 and the Portland Beavers in 1987.

After concluding his professional playing career, Casey took over George Fox's baseball program; while coaching the baseball team, he also played basketball for the Bruins while completing his degree.

Casey, 50, was born in McMinnville, Ore. He graduated in 1977 from Newberg High, where he starred in football, basketball and baseball.

Casey enjoys fishing, camping and spending time with his family. He and his wife, Susan, have four children - Jonathan (23), Brett (22), Ellie (18) and Joseph (11).
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Marty Lees, Associate Head Coach

Marty Lees returns for his ninth season in Corvallis, and in this past offseason, was promoted to the position of associate head coach for Oregon State.

Lees has made a steady impact on the Beavers in each of his areas, turning the Beavers into a top defensive squad season after season and helping deliver top recruiting classes in just two years as the team's coordinator.

The Beavers are one of the nation's top defensive teams on a yearly basis, and owe a large portion of that success to Lees' tutelage of infielders and catchers. In 2009, for the third straight season, the Beavers ranked in the top 20 nationally in fielding percentage, posting a .977 mark, which tied a school record and placed the Beavers in a tie for sixth nationally and first in the Pacific-10 Conference.

As recruiting coordinator, Lees has established a level of excellence in just two full seasons with the title. Lees has an eye for talent and it has shown in his national recruiting rankings. His recruiting class for the 2008 season, when it was announced in November, 2007, was rated third nationally by both Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball. His 2009 class was ranked 12th by Collegiate Baseball. The Beavers have continually pulled in top high school and junior college talent from across the nation and as stated above, it has been recognized.

During Oregon State's two national title runs and three straight visits to the College World Series from 2005-2007, pitching and defense were at the forefront.

In 2007, en route to its second straight national title, Lees' defense made school history for the third straight year.

The Beavers posted a .977 fielding percentage -- second in the Pac-10 and second nationally -- just a year after posting a then-school record mark of .975. In 2005, Oregon State finished the season with a .969 fielding percentage, then a program best.

During that time, the Beavers also increased their ability at turing two. In 2005, Oregon State turned 52 double plays.

In 2006, that number jumped up to 62, while in 2007, the Beavers turned 69. In 2007, the team ranked 22nd nationally with 1.03 double plays turned per game

From 2005 through 2009, eight starting OSU infielders who were eligible to turn professional were either selected in the Major League Baseball draft or signed free agent contracts with MLB teams. Most recently, Joey Wong signed a professional contract with Colorado after a fine OSU career. Darwin Barney, a former OSU shortstop, reached as high as Triple-A with the Chicago Cubs organization this past season.

The Pac-10 began its Defensive Player of the Year award in 2006, and the initial recipient was Kunda. The shortstop in 2005 and 2006, Barney, was named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2005 and was selected to Team USA, the United States national team that plays an international summer schedule, in 2006.

Lees became a full-time assistant coach in 2004, having spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons as OSU's volunteer assistant coach. In addition to overseeing OSU's team defense, Lees supervises the Beavers' baserunning and coaches third base.

Lees, 40, was on the Beavers' staff while completing his standard teaching certification at OSU. He was also the athletic director and a teacher at Harrisburg High. He coached one of the state's top American Legion programs, the Pepsi Challengers of Eugene. In 2002, the Challengers went 56-13 and Lees was named the Oregon AAA Legion Coach of the Year.

Lees became head coach at Harrisburg in 2000, taking a team that was 4-20 the previous season and going 20-6 in his first year. In addition, he was also the athletic director at Harrisburg. Before going to Harrisburg, Lees was head baseball coach at Oakridge High.

Lees earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Western Oregon in 1994.

Lees also attended Lane Community College, playing baseball and basketball. He graduated from Lakeview High.

Lees and his wife, Kristy, have three sons, Brandon (10), Brady (8) and Jacob (4).
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Pat Bailey, Assistant Coach

Pat Bailey returns to Oregon State in 2010 for his third season with the Beavers.

In 2009, his second year with OSU, the team's hitting and outfield coach inherited a host of position players who were new to the program or who had seen little playing time in previous seasons. Bailey helped mold players such as Adalberto Santos, Stefen Romero and Michael Miller into everyday contributors who played key roles in the team's lineup. Santos was named to the All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention team in the process while Romero led OSU with five home runs.

Bailey came to Oregon State prior to the 2008 season. In his first year, he oversaw Daniel Robertson's senior season, guiding the outfielder to All-Conference honorable mention honors. Robertson hit .327 and was drafted in the 33rd round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by San Diego; he was named the Most Valuable Player of the Northwest League in his first professional season.

Bailey came to Oregon State prior to the 2008 season after spending 12 seasons at George Fox, winning a Division III national title with the Bruins in 2004.

Bailey, 53, compiled a 353-158 record and earned National Coach of the Year honors after that 2004 national title. He was also named the Northwest Conference Coach of the Year eight times.

During Bailey's tenure, the Bruins won or shared eight Northwest Conference titles. George Fox advanced to the NCAA tournament six times and to the NAIA playoffs twice before moving to the NCAA.

George Fox did not have a losing season during Bailey's time at the school, and he is the winningest baseball coach in the school's history. The Northwest Conference shifted from the NAIA to the NCAA in 2000, and since then the Bruins rank among the nation's top 20 schools at that level in wins with a 215-94 record.

In 2004, Bailey's team became the first George Fox squad in any sport to win an NCAA national championship. The Bruins went 40-10 overall, setting a new single-season record for wins and tying the record for best winning percentage at .800.

After tying for the 2004 NWC title, George Fox earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. The Bruins swept through four games at the NCAA West Regional in Orange, Calif., and then posted a 5-1 record at the Division III World Series in Appleton, Wis., beating Eastern Connecticut State 6-3 in the championship game. All nine of George Fox's postseason wins came against nationally ranked teams, and four of its five wins in the World Series were against pitchers who were first- or second-team All-Americans.

Seven of Bailey's George Fox players signed professional contracts, including five members of the national championship team. His players earned 10 All-America honors and four Academic All-America honors.

At George Fox, he was also associate director of athletics, director of the Bruin Athletic Association for athletic support, chair of the school's Sports Hall of Fame committee, and a teacher in the Department of Business and Economics.
Prior to arriving at George Fox, Bailey had been the head coach at West Linn High School in West Linn, Ore., for 10 years. The Lions reached the state championship game in his final season and made the semifinals on two other occasions; he was named league coach of the year four times. He stepped away from West Linn in 1992 to serve as the pitching coach at the University of Portland.

At West Linn, Bailey was also an assistant football coach and taught business courses. In 1994, he was named to Who's Who Among America's Outstanding High School Teachers; in 1995, he was one of 30 outstanding educators honored with a Education Excellence Award given by Associated Oregon Industries.

Bailey earned his business education degree from the University of Idaho in 1978 and his master of education degree in educational administration from the University of Oregon in 1983. Bailey earned two letters in baseball at Idaho and was the team captain.

Bailey graduated in 1974 from Moscow (Idaho) High School, where he played football, basketball and baseball, being named the baseball team's Most Valuable Player.

Bailey and his wife, Susan, have two children: son Alex, who played baseball for George Fox in 2003; and daughter Ann.
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Nate Yeskie, Assistant Coach

Nate Yeskie returns for his second season as Oregon State's pitching coach and is just a year removed from making a big impact on the team's staff.

In 2009, the Beavers' staff played a big part in the team advancing to the Fort Worth Regional. The club sported an ERA of 3.93, good for eighth in the nation while the team was sixth in hits per nine innings.

A number of individual pitchers had fine seasons, including Sam Gaviglio, who set a team freshman record with 10 victories. He teamed with fellow newcomer Tyler Waldron, lefties Tanner Robles and Josh Osich, and righty Jorge Reyes to form an impressive starting staff that has designs on improving even more in 2010 under Yeskie's tutelage.
Yeskie does so by bringing an organized and professional approach to the staff, utilizing tools and techniques from stops in Minor League baseball and the collegiate game.

Yeskie last served as the pitching coach at his alma mater, UNLV, from 2005 to 2007. During his tenure with the Runnin' Rebels, Yeskie mentored eight players who earned either an All-Conference or All-Tournament Team selection.

In 2005, Yeskie's staff helped enable UNLV to win the Mountain West Conference regular season, the MWC Tournament and earn a berth to the Tempe Regional.

Seven UNLV pitchers who were tutored by Yeskie in his three seasons have been selected by Major League Baseball clubs, while another signed as an undrafted free agent.

Prior to returning to UNLV as a coach, Yeskie spent five seasons in the Minnesota Twins Minor League system, reaching as high as Double-A New Britain. He finished with a 27-24 record and 4.91 earned run average over the five seasons. Yeskie went 11-7 with Fort Wayne of the Midwest League in 1997, recording 111 strikeouts in 165 1/3 innings of work.

In 2000, his last season, the La Crosse, Wis., native went 4-1 in 21 appearances.

In the 1999 offseason, Yeskie played for the Grand Canyon Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, a league often reserved for the top professional prospects.

During his time in professional baseball, Yeskie worked with current Detroit Tigers pitching coach Rick Knapp as well as MLB veterans Bert Blyleven, Mel Stottlemyre, Jr., the current Arizona Diamondbacks pitching coach, and former pitching coach Billy Connors, who once held the position of Director of Player Personnel with the New York Yankees.

Yeskie came to the Twins organization after being drafted in the ninth round of the 1996 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Minnesota selected the right-hander after he finished his UNLV career with a 22-12 mark, including 16 complete games.

In 1994, 1995 and 1996, Yeskie made five Team USA Olympic Trial appearances. He was also rated as the sixth-best MLB Draft prospect entering his junior year at UNLV.

A three-year letterwinner, his 147 strikeouts in 1995 still stand as UNLV's single-season record. The mark was also fifth-best nationally that season, and coupled with his nine complete games - which led the Big West Conference - earned him First-Team All-Big West and First-Team All-Region honors.

Yeskie was drafted in the sixth round of the 1993 draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers after a stellar high school career at Carson High, one that saw him set a number of school records. En route to earning first-team All-America honors in 1993, he finished with a 12-0 record and a school record for strikeouts in a season (158) and strikeouts in a game (20).

In 1993, as a senior, he was named a Baseball America First-Team All-American. That same year he was the Nevada Player of the Year and a First-Team All-State pitcher, a distinction he was also given as a junior in 1992. Yeskie also got his first taste of Team USA Baseball in high school. In 1992, he played for Team USA at the Area Code Games in San Jose, Calif., and at the Goodwill Series in Seoul, Korea.

Prior to his tenure at UNLV, Yeskie served as the Director of Field Operations for the Las Vegas Bowl, coordinating pre-game and halftime shows for the postseason game from 2001-04. From 2001-05, he was the President/Head Coach of the Nevada Bulldogs Baseball Organization. Four players who played for the Bulldogs were later drafted by Major League Baseball clubs, while five players made their way to NCAA Division I clubs.

Yeskie earned his bachelor of arts in communications from UNLV in 2003, earning Dean's List honors.

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