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PAT CASEY PAT CASEY Head Coach • 24Th Year 845-446-5 (Oregon State) 1,016-560-6 (30 Years) #5 George Fox, ‘90 Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball 2018 OREGON STATE BASEBALL Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball HEAD COACH PAT CASEY PAT CASEY Head Coach • 24th Year 845-446-5 (Oregon State) 1,016-560-6 (30 years) #5 George Fox, ‘90 Pat Casey, considered one of the top coaches in the country, is in his 24th season at the helm of the Oregon State program in 2018. One of the most influential sports figures in the state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, Casey has made Oregon State a national power. • Oregon State finished the 2017 campaign with a school-record 56 wins. The team went 56-6 overall, and its .903 winning percent- age tied for the fourth-best in NCAA Division I history. • Casey guided Oregon State to its sixth-ever trip to the College World Series, and fifth since 2005. • Oregon State set a Pac-12 record for the most wins ever in conference play, going 27-3. That surpassed the 1981 record previ- ously held by Arizona State at 26 wins. OSU won the conference by six games, the largest margin in more than 30 years. • Casey’s squad was ranked as the consensus No. 1 team in the nation for 10 consecutive weeks to end the regular season. Oregon State began the year ranked in the top 10 and rose to No. 1 by at least one publication for 12 straight rankings. OSU is the only team to ever be ranked for 10 straight weeks or more in the 58-year history of the Nell and John Wooden Collegiate Baseball rankings. Coaching Achieve- • He was named the 2017 Pac-12 Coach of the Year and the Na- ment Award. The Pat Casey In Pac-12 History tional Coach of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers honor goes to a head Association (NCBWA). coach and his spouse Active Coaches • Casey became the 16th active coach with 1,000 or more wins at for their dedication to Category Total Place four-year schools when he reached the milestone May 12 at Oregon. success on the field Pac-10/12 titles* 4 1st National titles 2 1st Not only did he reach the milestone that night, but the Beavers won and in making an im- their fifth conference crown since 2005. Winning Percentage .654 1st pact on the lives of Wins 845 1st their players. * Since 1999 • Casey is 845-446-5 in his 23 seasons at Oregon State, record- • Oregon State ing a .654 winning percentage. players have been All-Time • All-time, as a collegiate head coach, Casey’s teams have gone named an All-Ameri- Category Total Place 1,016-560-6 (.644). He went 171-114-1 (.600) in seven seasons at can a total of 24 times Wins 845 7th Division III George Fox. during his tenure, in- Winning Percentage .654 14th • Casey’s 845 wins at Oregon State ranks seventh all-time in cluding four in both Pac-12 Conference history. 2006 and 2017. Mi- • Since coming to Oregon State prior to the 1995 season, Casey’s chael Conforto became the first Oregon State player to be named teams have advanced to the NCAA postseason 12 times, including a an All-American three times when earned the honor in 2012, 2013 school-record seven straight appearances from 2009-2015. and 2014. • The Beavers became just the fifth program in NCAA history to • Three other players, Dallas Buck, Jonah Nickerson and Andrew win back-to-back NCAA titles when Oregon State defeated North Moore, have been named an All-American in two different seasons. Carolina in 2006 and 2007. • Twenty players who competed under Casey have made an • In winning the 2006 title, Oregon State became the first “North- appearance at the Major League level, including a school-record 11 ern” school to win an NCAA Championship in decades. during the 2017 season. In 2017, the Beavers had nearly 30 former • Casey has been honored nationally multiple times, being named players compete at the professional level. the National Coach of the Year in 2006, 2007 and 2017 and the Co- • Two former Beavers - Jacoby Ellsbury in 2007 and 2011 and Coach of the Year in 2005. Andrew Susac in 2014 - have won World Series titles. A third former • He was selected as the Pac-10’s Coach of the Year in 2005, Beaver, Michael Conforto, played in the 2015 series and became one 2006 and 2011 and the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2013 and 2017. of the youngest players to ever homer in the World Series. A little • Prior to the 2010 season, Casey was named the top collegiate more than one year prior, Conforto had finished his Oregon State coach of the previous decade by Baseball America. The voting was career as one of the top offensive players in school history. done by fellow collegiate coaches. Oregon State was named the No. • Oregon State players have been selected by MLB clubs in the 2 program of the decade, just behind Texas. draft a total of 110 times. Forty-five of those 110 selections have come • Also in 2010, he and his wife, Susan, were recipients of the 2006 & 2007 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 2013, 2014, 2017 PAC-12 CHAMPIONS 6 College World Series Appearances: 1952, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2017 | 6 NCAA Super Regional Appearances: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 2013, 2017 13 17 NCAA Regional Appearances: 1952, 1962, 1963, 1983, 1985, 1986, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 2018 OREGON STATE BASEBALL Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball HEAD COACH PAT CASEY Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball in the top nine rounds (41 percent). Casey has not only developed talent on the field and in the class- • Oregon State players have been named the Pac-10/12’s Most room, but he’s helped make Goss Stadium at Coleman Field into one Valuable Player six times, the Defensive Player of the Year four of the finest ballparks in the nation. times, the Freshman of the Year three times and the Pitcher of the • Prior to the 2017 season, Goss Stadium was named the 10th Year twice. toughest park to play in for opposing teams. It earned the distinction • Casey has guided Oregon State to the College World Series in a vote by the nation’s coaches. five times - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013 and 2017. His clubs have gone • In 1999, Casey spearheaded the expansion of Goss Stadium 15-10 (.600). from Coleman Field. The stadium saw increased seating, improved • In the postseason, Oregon State is 53-23 (.697) under Casey. locker rooms and a full press box. His 53 wins represent better than 90 percent of the Beavers’ 58 • In 2009, Casey again spearheaded a further expansion of Goss all-time. Stadium. The stadium saw additional seating added down the first • In 2013, the Beavers set a then school-record with 52 victories. and third base lines, as well as the Omaha Room, the team’s class- Oregon State won its first of two consecutive Pac-12 titles, setting a room and a trophy room, celebrating the program’s history. conference record with 24 victories. • In 2015, thanks to a generous donation from Jacoby Ellsbury, • Oregon State followed the 2013 season with a nearly as impres- the Jacoby Ellsbury Clubhouse was constructed down the third base sive 2014 campaign. The 2014 club won 45 games, and claimed the line. It is considered one of the top clubhouses in the nation. Pac-12 with a 23-7 record. The 47 conference victories in back-to- • The team’s players also enjoy the the use of the Bert and Shirly back seasons are easily a Pac-12 record. Babb Players Lounge, located next to the Jacoby Ellsbury Clubhouse. • Since 2005, the first of a school-record 13 consecutive win- ning seasons, the Beavers have totaled 550 wins, the best mark in A look at the Beavers’ five trips to Omaha under Casey. the conference. Oregon State has averaged better than 42 wins per season over that stretch, one of just two teams in the league to lay • The 2017 team set a school-record with 56 wins and its .903 claim to more than 40 a year. winning percentage tied for the fourth-best mark in NCAA Division I • In conference play, since 2005, the Beavers have won 254 history. The club advanced to Omaha after going 5-0 in the first two games, or more than 19 per season. That easily leads the conference rounds of the postseason. The Beavers posted two 23-game win over that stretch. streaks during the season and led the nation with a 1.93 ERA, which • Casey has a winning record against all but two Pac-12 oppo- also set the school record. nents. • The 2013 Oregon State team set a school record with 52 victo- • He is the winningest coach in Oregon State Athleics history. ries, advancing to the College World Series after defeating Kansas Casey surpassed Jack Riley on May 25, 2012 to earn that distinction. State in the Corvallis Super Regional. The Beavers finished with • Oregon State has thrown four no-hitters since the 2007 season, a 2.28 earned run average that season, the second-lowest mark while the rest of the league has totaled just two over that stretch. nationally. Drew Rasmussen became the first pitcher in conference history to • The 2007 club went 39-4 in non-conference games, including throw a perfect game in a league game on March 21, 2015 versus an incredible 11-1 record in the postseason.
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