CCOACHESOACHES & SSTAFFTAFF TTHEHE CCOACHINGOACHING SSTAFFTAFF Head coach (Mississippi State University, 1990) JohnJohn Cohen,Cohen, regardedregarded byby manymany asas oneone ofof col-col- UnderUnder Cohen’sCohen’s direction,direction, KentuckyKentucky llegeege baseball’sbaseball’s toptop offensiveoffensive tacticians,tacticians, isis inin hishis ppostedosted a school-bestschool-best 44-win44-win season,season, thethe ssecondecond yearyear asas headhead baseballbaseball coachcoach atat Mississip-Mississip- sschool’school’s fi rrstst SoutheasternSoutheastern ConferenceConference base-base- ppii StateState University.University. HeHe waswas introducedintroduced asas MSU’sMSU’s bballall championshipchampionship andand broughtbrought thethe fi rrstst NCAANCAA 116th6th headhead baseballbaseball coachcoach JuneJune 7,7, 2008,2008, exactlyexactly 1818 rregionalegional baseballbaseball tournamenttournament toto a LexingtonLexington yyearsears toto thethe dayday afterafter leavingleaving Omaha,Omaha, Neb.,Neb., andand ccampusampus notednoted moremore forfor itsits hoopshoops prominence.prominence. tthehe 19901990 NCAANCAA CollegeCollege WorldWorld SeriesSeries followingfollowing hishis TThathat tteam,eam, ffeaturingeaturing thethe likeslikes ofof All-AmericanAll-American fi nalnal gamegame asas a MississippiMississippi StateState player.player. sstandouttandout andand SECSEC PPlayerlayer ofof thethe yearyear RyanRyan C Cohen’sohen’s returnreturn toto Starkville,Starkville, Miss.,Miss., andand DudyDudy SStriebytrieby andand All-SECAll-SEC pperformerserformers JJohnohn ShelbyShelby NNobleoble FieldField inin 20092009 completedcompleted a success-success-fi lledlled aandnd SeanSean Coughlin,Coughlin, virtuallyvirtually rewroterewrote thethe Ken-Ken- aandnd fast-pacedfast-paced circlecircle thatthat beganbegan whenwhen thethe Tusca-Tusca- ttuckyucky recordrecord book.book. lloosa,oosa, Ala.,Ala., nativenative fi rstrst joinedjoined thethe BaseballBaseball BulldogBulldog Cohen’sCohen’s coachingcoaching effortsefforts diddid notnot gogo un-un- ffamilyamily aass a pplayerlayer iinn 11987.987. nnoticed.oticed. HeHe waswas accordedaccorded nnationalational coachcoach ofof HeHe rreturnedeturned ttoo MMississippiississippi StateState seasonedseasoned tthehe yyearear hhonorsonors byby bothboth thethe CollegeCollege Base-Base- wwithith 1177 yearsyears ofof collegiatecollegiate coachingcoaching experience,experience, bballall FoundationFoundation andand CollegeBaseballInsider.CollegeBaseballInsider. nnineine yearsyears asas a collegiatecollegiate headhead coach,coach, thethe previ-previ- ccomom and,and, forfor thethe thirdthird timetime inin hishis career,career, waswas oousus fi veve asas headhead coachcoach atat SoutheasternSoutheastern Confer-Confer- ttabbedabbed byby hishis peerspeers forfor conferenceconference coachcoach ofof eencence EasternEastern DivisionDivision rivalrival Kentucky.Kentucky. tthehe yearyear accolades.accolades. T Thehe BulldogBulldog skipper,skipper, anan All-SoutheasternAll-Southeastern TheThe nnewew BBulldogulldog coachcoach hashas maintainedmaintained CConferenceonference outoutfi elderelder duringduring hishis playingplaying careercareer a ttorridorrid pacepace sincesince hishis arrivalarrival atat MississippiMississippi aatt MississippiMississippi State,State, sportssports a 346-226-1346-226-1 coachingcoaching SState.tate. mmarkark (.605)(.605) enteringentering hishis 11th11th seasonseason asas a colle-colle- HeHe assembledassembled a well-respectedwell-respected andand ggiateiate headhead coachcoach inin 2010.2010. hhighly-skilledighly-skilled staff,staff, featuringfeaturing coachescoaches well-well- InIn hishis previousprevious coachingcoaching assignmentsassignments atat Mis-Mis- vversedersed inin MississippiMississippi State’sState’s colorfulcolorful baseballbaseball ssouriouri (1992-97),(1992-97), NorthwesternNorthwestern (La.)(La.) StateState (1998-(1998- hhistory,istory, thethe MagnoliaMagnolia State’sState’s highhigh schoolschool andand 22001),001), FloridaFlorida (2002-03)(2002-03) andand KentuckyKentucky (2004-08),(2004-08), jjuniorunior collegecollege programs,programs, andand thethe highly-com-highly-com- CCohenohen hashas beenbeen associatedassociated withwith teamsteams thatthat piledpiled ppetitiveetitive SoutheasternSoutheastern Conference.Conference. uupp 555555 winswins andand earnedearned fi veve NCAANCAA postseasonpostseason AllAll thethe whilewhile CohenCohen hashas continuedcontinued toto aadvancements.dvancements. mmoveove thethe MSUMSU baseballbaseball programprogram forward.forward. aatt StateState thatthat semester.semester. MississippiMississippi StateState addedadded HisHis prowessprowess asas oneone ofof thethe nation’snation’s toptop youngyoung InIn thethe all-importantall-important recruitingrecruiting realm,realm, Cohen’sCohen’s ttoo itsits SECSEC leadlead inin all-timeall-time academicacademic all-confer-all-confer- hhittingitting instructorsinstructors hashas mountedmounted withwith eacheach stepstep fi rrstst fullfull recruitingrecruiting class,class, 2020 signeessignees strong,strong, waswas eencence awardsawards whenwhen a league-bestleague-best 1919 DiamondDiamond aalonglong thethe wayway inin hishis coachingcoaching career.career. ButBut ItIt tooktook tthehe SEC’sSEC’s largestlargest forfor 2008-09.2008-09. MoreMore importantly,importantly, DDogsogs werewere nnamedamed toto thethe SECSEC AAcademiccademic HonorHonor oonn nationalnational proportionsproportions inin 20062006 when,when, inin hishis thirdthird iitt waswas rankedranked byby BaseballBaseball AmericaAmerica asas thethe nation’snation’s RRolloll forfor 2009.2009. InIn addition,addition, fi vvee MSUMSU ffreshmenreshmen sseasoneason atat Kentucky,Kentucky, hehe guidedguided thethe WildcatsWildcats toto eeighth-best,ighth-best, thethe highesthighest nationalnational forfor anan MSUMSU base-base- wwereere aaccordedccorded SECSEC FreshmanFreshman AcademicAcademic HonorHonor a remarkableremarkable worst-to-worst-to-fi rstrst fi nishnish inin thethe ruggedrugged bballall recruitingrecruiting classclass sincesince 2000.2000. RRolloll status.status. SSoutheasternoutheastern Conference.Conference. OnOn thethe facilitiesfacilities front,front, MississippiMississippi State’sState’s al-al- ContinuingContinuing a trademarktrademark thatthat hashas growngrown rready-impressiveeady-impressive baseballbaseball dduringuring hishis coachingcoaching career,career, CohenCohen isis a highlyhighly pplantlant addedadded anan auxiliaryauxiliary ssought-afterought-after featuredfeatured speakerspeaker andand clinician.clinician. HeHe ooutdoorutdoor practicepractice ininfi eeldld ad-ad- hhasas criss-crossedcriss-crossed thethe nationnation sharingsharing hishis exper-exper- jjacentacent toto thethe spaciousspacious ttiseise atat baseballbaseball clinicsclinics inin 3030 states,states, mostmost recentlyrecently PPalmeiroalmeiro Center.Center. AndAnd overover aatt thethe annualannual 20102010 AmericanAmerican BaseballBaseball CoachesCoaches tthehe summersummer thethe playingplaying AAssociationssociation ConventionConvention heldheld thisthis JanuaryJanuary inin Dal-Dal- ssurfaceurface atat DudyDudy NobleNoble FieldField llas,as, Tex.Tex. rreceivedeceived a dramaticdramatic andand AndAnd sincesince arrivingarriving atat MississippiMississippi State,State, Co-Co- bbadly-neededadly-needed $700,000$700,000 hhenen hashas maintainedmaintained a fullfull scheduleschedule ofof speakingspeaking mmakeoverakeover thatthat includedincluded all-all- eengagementsngagements atat alumnialumni gatherings,gatherings, civiccivic organi-organi- nnewew drainagedrainage andand irrigationirrigation zzationation meetingsmeetings andand atat baseballbaseball banquetsbanquets onon a ssystemsystems andand a completecomplete re-re- vvarietyariety ofof levelslevels throughoutthroughout thethe MagnoliaMagnolia StateState ssodding.odding. aandnd beyond.beyond. H Hisis ccommitmentommitment toto HeHe rratesates aass oneone ofof 2222 activeactive collegecollege headhead eexcellencexcellence inin thethe class-class- ccoachesoaches toto havehave playedplayed inin thethe NCAANCAA CollegeCollege rroomoom resultedresulted inin a 3.313.31 WWorldorld Series.Series. CohenCohen isis alsoalso oneone ofof threethree SECSEC tteameam gradegrade pointpoint averageaverage hheadead baseballbaseball coachescoaches coachingcoaching atat hishis almaalma ma-ma- dduringuring thethe 20082008 fallfall semes-semes- tterer andand thethe fi fthfth MississippiMississippi StateState gradgrad toto serveserve inin tter,er, MSUMSU BBaseball’saseball’s bestbest tthathat capacitycapacity atat MSU.MSU. ssemesteremester GPAGPA inin schoolschool Cohen,Cohen, 43,43, isis marriedmarried toto thethe formerformer NNelleelle hhistoryistory andand thethe second-second- BBashinskyashinsky, alsoalso fromfrom Tuscaloosa,Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Ala., andand hhighestighest ofof thethe semestersemester ttheyhey havehave twotwo daughtersdaughters - JJordanordan BBakeraker aandnd aamongmong men’smen’s sportssports teamteam AAveryvery LLawsonawson.

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CCOHENOHEN CCOACHINGOACHING YYEAREAR-BBYY-YYEAREAR YYearear S Schoolchool P Positionosition R Recordecord T Teameam hhonorsonors 11992992 MissouriMissouri grad.grad. asst.asst. 34-2234-22 11993993 MissouriMissouri grad.grad. asst.asst. 30-1930-19 11994994 MissouriMissouri grad.grad. asst.asst. 32-2632-26 11995995 MissouriMissouri asst.asst. coachcoach 19-3419-34 11996996 MissouriMissouri asst.asst. coachcoach 39-1939-19 NCAANCAA RegionalRegional 11997997 MissouriMissouri asst.asst. coachcoach 31-2731-27 11998998 NorthwesternNorthwestern StateState headhead coachcoach 40-2040-20 SouthlandSouthland Conf.Conf. championschampions 11999999 NorthwesternNorthwestern StateState headhead coachcoach 38-2138-21 22000000 NorthwesternNorthwestern StateState headhead coachcoach 30-2630-26 22001001 NorthwesternNorthwestern StateState headhead coachcoach 38-1738-17 SouthlandSouthland Conf.Conf. championschampions 22002002 FloridaFlorida asst.asst. coachcoach 37-21-137-21-1 NCAANCAA RegionalRegional 22003003 FloridaFlorida asst.asst. coachcoach 46-1946-19 NCAANCAA RegionalRegional 22004004 KentuckyKentucky headhead coachcoach 24-3024-30 22005005 KentuckyKentucky headhead coachcoach 29-2729-27 22006006 KentuckyKentucky headhead coachcoach 44-1744-17 SECSEC champions/NCAAchampions/NCAA RegionalRegional 22007007 KentuckyKentucky headhead coachcoach 34-19-134-19-1 22008008 KentuckyKentucky headhead coachcoach 44-1944-19 NCAANCAA RegionalRegional 22009009 MississippiMississippi StateState headhead coachcoach 25-2925-29 OOverallverall coachingcoaching recordrecord (19(19 seasons)seasons) 580-412-2580-412-2 The JOHN COHEN file HHeadead ccoachingoaching recordrecord (10(10 seasons)seasons) 346-225-1346-225-1 PERSONAL BACKGROUND CCOHENOHEN THETHE DIAMONDDIAMOND DOGDOG ffollowingollowing hishis prepprep career,career, andand asas a rookierookie Birth date: September 21, 1966 M Mississippiississippi StateState skipperskipper JohnJohn CohenCohen wwasas thethe Panthers’Panthers’ startingstarting centercenter fi eelder,lder, hhit-it- Birth place: Tuscaloosa, Ala. wwearsears a No.No. 1111 baseballbaseball jersey.jersey. ttinging atat a crispcrisp .333.333 clipclip andand earningearning teamteam de-de- Wife: Nelle (Bashinsky) of Tuscaloosa, Ala. I It’st’s tthehe ssameame nnumberumber hhee wworeore dduringuring hhisis ffensiveensive MVPMVP honors.honors. OnOn AprilApril 2424 thatthat seasonseason Daughters: Jordan Baker (14) and Avery Lawson (12) ccollegiateollegiate careercareer atat State.State. CCohenohen mmadeade hishis DudyDudy NobleNoble FieldField debutdebut inin EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND CCohenohen waswas anan accomplishedaccomplished two-sporttwo-sport a BBirmingham-Southernirmingham-Southern uniform,uniform, deliveringdelivering High School: Tuscaloosa (Ala) Academy, 1985 ppreprep athleteathlete atat TTuscaloosauscaloosa AcademyAcademy, earn-earn- a double,double, a tripletriple andand drivingdriving inin threethree runsruns Undergraduate: Mississippi State University, 1990 (English) Graduate: Missouri, 1994 (sports management) iingng all-stateall-state honorshonors inin bothboth baseballbaseball andand iinn a splitsplit ofof a MississippiMississippi State-Birmingham-State-Birmingham- bbasketball.asketball. HisHis TATA hoopshoops teamsteams wonwon threethree SSouthernouthern doubleheaderdoubleheader inin Starkville.Starkville. PLAYING CAREER 1982-85: Tuscaloosa (Ala) Academy sstraighttraight statestate titlestitles andand a school-recordschool-record 100100 C Cohenohen ttransferredransferred toto StateState thatthat fall,fall, 1986: Birmingham-Southern cconsecutiveonsecutive games.games. ButBut itit waswas onon thethe base-base- ssittingitting outout thethe 19871987 campaigncampaign asas a redshirtredshirt 1987-90: Mississippi State University bballall diamonddiamond asas a four-yearfour-year regularregular playingplaying bbeforeefore beginningbeginning hishis DiamondDiamond DogDog careercareer 1990-91: Minnesota Twins farm system fforor coachcoach DDonon McNabbMcNabb thatthat CohenCohen ex-ex- pplayinglaying underunder legendarylegendary MSUMSU headhead coachcoach PLAYING HONORS ccelled.elled. RRonon PPolkolk. 1990: First-team All- H Hee ccappedapped hishis prepprep careercareer withwith a stellarstellar H Hee waswas a keykey contributorcontributor duringduring thethe 1990: MLB draft - 22nd round (Minnesota Twins) sseniorenior seasonseason inin 1985,1985, thethe samesame yearyear that,that, mmostost successfulsuccessful three-yearthree-year spanspan inin MSU’sMSU’s COACHING BACKGROUND 9900 milesmiles away,away, thethe likeslikes ofof JJeffeff BrantleyBrantley, sstoriedtoried baseballbaseball history.history. TheThe BulldogsBulldogs ad-ad- 1992-94: (graduate assistant coach) WWillill CClarklark, RRafaelafael PPalmeiroalmeiro aandnd BBobbyobby vvancedanced toto anan NCAANCAA regionalregional tournamenttournament 1995-97: University of Missouri (assistant coach) TThigpenhigpen wwereere lleadingeading MSU’sMSU’s BaseballBaseball Bull-Bull- bbertherth inin eacheach ofof Cohen’sCohen’s threethree seasonsseasons asas 1998-2001: Northwestern State (head coach) ddogsogs toto a school-bestschool-best third-placethird-place fi nnishish inin thethe a player,player, cappedcapped byby a runrun toto OmahaOmaha andand 2002-03: (assistant coach) NNCAACAA CCollegeollege WorldWorld Series.Series. tthehe 19901990 NCAANCAA CollegeCollege WorldWorld Series.Series. InIn 2004-08: (head coach) H Hee iinkednked withwith Birmingham-SouthernBirmingham-Southern 11989,989, hehe helpedhelped leadlead thethe BulldogsBulldogs toto thethe 2009 —: Mississippi State University (head coach) COACHING HONORS 1998: Southland Conference Coach of the Year 2001: Southland Conference Coach of the Year 2005: USA Baseball National Team 2006: SEC/ABCA South Region Coach of the Year 2006: National Coach of the Year

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CConferenceonference distinctiondistinction asas ttoo NNatchitoches,atchitoches, La.,La., forfor hishis fi rrstst hheadead coachingcoaching as-as- a senior.senior. HeHe waswas selectedselected ssignment,ignment, a four-yearfour-year termterm atat NorthwesternNorthwestern State.State. bbyy thethe MMinnesotainnesota TwinsTwins inin hhisis twotwo predecessorspredecessors atat NorthwesternNorthwestern StateState havehave tthehe 22nd22nd roundround ofof thethe 19901990 aalsolso servedserved asas headhead coachescoaches inin thethe SoutheasternSoutheastern MMajorajor LeagueLeague BaseballBaseball CConferenceonference ------Arkansas’Arkansas’ DDaveave VanVan HHornorn aandnd re-re- DDraftraft andand playedplayed twotwo yearsyears ccently-retiredently-retired AlabamaAlabama skipperskipper JJimim WellsWells. iinn thethe Twins’Twins’ minorminor leagueleague UnderUnder CCohen,ohen, thethe DemonsDemons compiledcompiled a 146-146- ssystem.ystem. 8844 ((.635).635) mmarkark aandnd cclaimedlaimed a pairpair ofof SouthlandSouthland CConferenceonference titlestitles (1998(1998 andand 2001).2001). HeHe waswas nnamedamed CCOHENOHEN THETHE COACHCOACH tthehe SouthlandSouthland ConferenceConference CoachCoach ofof thethe YearYear dur-dur- I Inn tthehe fallfall ofof 19911991 Co-Co- iingng bothboth championshipchampionship seasons.seasons. hhenen launchedlaunched hishis coachingcoaching H Hisis wwell-roundedell-rounded clubsclubs setset 1818 individualindividual andand ccareerareer inin Columbia,Columbia, Mo.,Mo., tteameam offensiveoffensive recordsrecords duringduring hishis tenure,tenure, whilewhile hishis wwherehere hehe joinedjoined coachcoach ppitchingitching staffstaff setset 1010 schoolschool marks.marks. TheThe 19981998 teamteam GGeneene McArtorMcArtor’’ss UUniver-niver- ppostedosted thethe nation’snation’s fi fth-bestfth-best teamteam earnedearned runrun av-av- ssityity ooff MMissouriissouri baseballbaseball eeragerage (3.82)(3.82) whilewhile thethe 19991999 editionedition fashionedfashioned col-col- ccoachingoaching staffstaff asas a gradu-gradu- llegeege baseball’sbaseball’s seventh-bestseventh-best fi eldingelding percentagepercentage aatete assistant.assistant. WhenWhen TTimim ((.967)..967). JJamiesonamieson followedfollowed McArtorMcArtor N NSU’sSU’s bbaseballaseball teamteam alsoalso excelledexcelled inin thethe aass thethe Tigers’Tigers’ headhead coachcoach cclassroom,lassroom, averagingaveraging 1818 playersplayers withwith grade-pointgrade-point aafterfter thethe 19951995 campaign,campaign, hehe aaveragesverages ofof 3.03.0 oror betterbetter eacheach semestersemester whilewhile ttabbedabbed CohenCohen asas hishis chiefchief nnotchingotching 3.03.0 teamteam GPA’sGPA’s aassistant,ssistant, hittinghitting coachcoach andand iinn bothboth 19981998 andand 1999.1999. rrecruitingecruiting coordinator.coordinator. C Cohenohen aalsolso sspearheadedpearheaded a highly-successfulhighly-successful SSECEC cchampionshiphampionship andand a school-recordschool-record 5454 wins.wins. T Thathat season,season, MissouriMissouri ffund-raisingund-raising campaigncampaign forfor NorthwesternNorthwestern State’sState’s DDuringuring thatthat spanspan thethe BulldogsBulldogs compiledcompiled a 148-46148-46 wwonon thethe BigBig EightEight championshipchampionship andand advancedadvanced bbaseballaseball facility,facility, Brown-StroudBrown-Stroud Field.Field. TheThe ballball rrecordecord (.763)(.763) thatthat includedincluded twotwo ofof thethe program’sprogram’s ttoo anan NCAANCAA rregionalegional bbertherth fforor tthehe fi rstrst timetime inin 1616 ppark’sark’s grandstandgrandstand seatingseating increasedincreased fromfrom 298298 tthreehree 50-win50-win campaigns.campaigns. yyears.ears. TheThe TigersTigers brokebroke ninenine ooffensiveffensive schoolschool re-re- ttoo 1,000.1,000. AllAll ofof thosethose seatsseats andand thenthen somesome werewere C Cohenohen concludedconcluded hishis careercareer rankedranked inin thethe ccordsords thatthat season,season, partpart ofof 1717 totaltotal recordsrecords setset byby nneededeeded onon AprilApril 18,18, 20012001 whenwhen a school-recordschool-record ttopop 1010 inin severalseveral statisticalstatistical categoriescategories atat Missis-Missis- CCohen’sohen’s offensesoffenses overover hishis sixsix yearsyears inin Columbia.Columbia. 44,214,214 fansfans watchedwatched Cohen’sCohen’s DemonsDemons knockknock offoff ssippiippi StateState andand earnedearned fi rst-teamrst-team All-SoutheasternAll-Southeastern FFollowingollowing thethe 19971997 season,season, CohenCohen headedheaded ddefending-nationalefending-national championchampion LSU.LSU.

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iinn thethe toptop fi vvee inin thethe leagueleague inin battingbatting aaverageverage andand BrianBrian RoseRose becamebecame thethe tthirdhird GatorGator toto earnearn All-AmericaAll-America honorshonors uundernder Cohen’sCohen’s tutelage.tutelage. BolsteredBolstered byby iitsts tremendoustremendous offense,offense, FloridaFlorida earnedearned iitsts secondsecond consecutiveconsecutive NCAANCAA regionalregional ttournamentournament berth.berth.

OONN TOTO LEXINGTONLEXINGTON Cohen’sCohen’s timetime awayaway fromfrom thethe headhead ccoachingoaching circlecircle waswas brief.brief. AfterAfter twotwo re-re- ccord-settingord-setting seasonsseasons atat FloridaFlorida andand fol-fol- llowingowing thethe 20032003 campaign,campaign, CohenCohen waswas hhiredired asas headhead coachcoach atat thethe UUniversityniversity FFollowingollowing hishis careercareer asas a playerplayer atat MississippiMississippi State,State, JohnJohn ooff KentuckyKentucky. CCohenohen pplayedlayed inin thethe MinnesotaMinnesota TwinsTwins organizationorganization (1990-(1990- 991)1) andand laterlater servedserved asas anan assistantassistant coachcoach onon thethe 20052005 USAUSA IInn fi veve seasonsseasons asas thethe Wildcats’Wildcats’ task-task- NNationalational bbaseballaseball team.team. mmaster,aster, CohenCohen guidedguided KentuckyKentucky toto un-un- pprecedentedrecedented successsuccess onon thethe diamond,diamond, CCohenohen establishedestablished himselfhimself asas oneone ofof thethe nation’snation’s eelevatinglevating UKUK toto nationalnational prominence.prominence. bbestest hittinghitting coachescoaches duringduring a successfulsuccessful two-yeartwo-year HisHis teamsteams postedposted a 1175-113-175-113-1 (.607)(.607) markmark sstinttint atat thethe UniversityUniversity ofof FloridaFlorida asas anan assistantassistant ooverver thethe span,span, claimingclaiming muchmuch attentionattention asas CohenCohen ccoachoach onon thethe staffstaff ofof GatorGator headhead coachcoach PPatat MMc-c- ddevelopedeveloped KentuckyKentucky intointo a majormajor playerplayer onon thethe na-na- MMahonahon. IInn Gainesville,Gainesville, hishis UFUF hittershitters pulverizedpulverized ttionalional scene.scene. oopposingpposing pitchingpitching andand ledled thethe SECSEC inin nearlynearly everyevery AfterAfter a 24-3024-30 fi nishnish inin hishis fi rstrst seasonseason atat UKUK ooffensiveffensive statisticalstatistical category.category. ((2004),2004), CohenCohen directeddirected thethe ‘05‘05 WildcatsWildcats toto a 29-2729-27 I Inn 2002,2002, Cohen’sCohen’s GatorGator offenseoffense ledled thethe nationnation fi nnish,ish, thethe secondsecond winningwinning campaigncampaign inin ninenine sea-sea- iinn hhitsits whilewhile rankingranking secondsecond inin battingbatting average,average, ssonsons forfor Kentucky.Kentucky. ButBut thatthat paledpaled inin comparisoncomparison toto rrunsuns scoredscored andand homehome runs.runs. ThatThat year,year, FloridaFlorida wwhathat followedfollowed thethe nextnext threethree seasons.seasons. ppacedaced thethe SoutheasternSoutheastern ConferenceConference inin ninenine teamteam C Cohen’sohen’s 20062006 WildcatWildcat edition,edition, sparkedsparked byby iinn 20082008 UKUK rackedracked upup schoolschool recordsrecords forfor highesthighest ccategoriesategories andand setset oror tiedtied a totaltotal ofof 4141 offensiveoffensive SSECEC PPlayerlayer ooff tthehe YYearear RRyanyan SStrieby,trieby, tturnedurned mmanyany fi eeldinglding percentage,percentage, putouts,putouts, atat bats,bats, runsruns scored,scored, sschoolchool recordsrecords (20(20 team,team, 2121 individual)individual) enen routeroute toto hheadseads whenwhen itit rolledrolled toto a 44-1744-17 mark,mark, thethe school’sschool’s ddoubles,oubles, RBI,RBI, sacrisacrifi cece bunts,bunts, sacrisacrifi cece fl iesies andand in-in- iitsts mostmost successfulsuccessful seasonseason sincesince 19981998 (46-19)(46-19) andand fi rrstst SoutheasternSoutheastern ConferenceConference baseballbaseball champion-champion- nningsings pitched.pitched. a berthberth inin thethe NCAANCAA Tournament.Tournament. sship,hip, andand registeredregistered thethe initialinitial worst-to-worst-to-fi rstrst one-one- W Whilehile hishis team’steam’s havehave beenbeen notednoted forfor theirtheir AtAt FFlorida,lorida, CohenCohen coachedcoached a pairpair ofof consen-consen- sseasoneason turnaroundturnaround inin SECSEC baseballbaseball history.history. TThathat ooffensiveffensive prowess,prowess, Cohen-coachedCohen-coached clubsclubs alsoalso ssusus All-Americans,All-Americans, MarkMark KigerKiger andand SECSEC battingbatting sseasoneason andand thethe twotwo thatthat followedfollowed sawsaw Cohen’sCohen’s eexcelxcel inin thethe otherother facetsfacets ofof thethe sport.sport. LastLast year’syear’s cchamphamp PatPat Osborn,Osborn, eacheach ofof whomwhom battedbatted overover ‘‘CatsCats viruallyvirually rewriterewrite thethe schoolschool recordrecord book.book. HeHe KKentuckyentucky teamteam ledled thethe SECSEC andand rankedranked seventhseventh ..400400 andand scoredscored moremore thanthan 100100 runs.runs. Cohen’sCohen’s bal-bal- eearnedarned nnationalational coachcoach ofof thethe yearyear plauditsplaudits (CCol-ol- nnationallyationally withwith a 3.713.71 earnedearned runrun average.average. AndAnd aancednced UFUF offenseoffense alsoalso includedincluded fi vvee playersplayers hittinghitting llegeege BaseballBaseball FoundationFoundation andand CollegeBaseballin-CollegeBaseballin- UUK’sK’s school-recordschool-record .974.974 fi eldingelding percentagepercentage waswas 1100 oror moremore homehome runs.runs. ssider.com)ider.com) iinn 2006,2006, a seasonseason whichwhich alsoalso sawsaw Ken-Ken- tthehe second-bestsecond-best inin thethe SEC,SEC, rankingranking 14th14th nation-nation- InIn thethe 20032003 season,season, Florida’sFlorida’s high-octanehigh-octane of-of- ttuckyucky hosthost itsits initialinitial NCAANCAA regionalregional tournament.tournament. aally.lly. ffenseense pacedpaced thethe SECSEC inin fi veve offensiveoffensive categories.categories. HonoredHonored asas thethe 22006006 SECSEC CCoachoach ooff tthehe YYearear, I Increasedncreased attendance,attendance, enhancedenhanced facilitiesfacilities FForor thethe secondsecond straightstraight yearyear twotwo GatorsGators fi nishednished CCohenohen directeddirected thethe SoutheasternSoutheastern Conference’sConference’s aandnd additionaladditional nationalnational recognitionrecognition werewere by-prod-by-prod- bbestest offensiveoffensive clubclub thatthat sea-sea- uuctscts ofof thethe CohenCohen eraera atat Kentucky.Kentucky. sson,on, pilingpiling upup a school-re-school-re- A sschool-recordchool-record sixsix UKUK playersplayers selectedselected inin ccordord 500500 runs.runs. HisHis 20072007 clubclub tthehe MajorMajor LeagueLeague Baseball’sBaseball’s 20062006 draft,draft, fi vvee werewere hhitit forfor a stellarstellar .320.320 average,average, sselectedelected inin 20072007 andand fourfour more,more, allall inin thethe toptop 1010 jjustust oneone pointpoint shyshy ofof thethe UKUK rrounds,ounds, werewere chosenchosen inin 2008.2008. sschoolchool record.record. ThatThat teamteam ledled AtAt UKUK CohenCohen alsoalso fi rmlyrmly establishedestablished himselfhimself tthehe SECSEC inin eighteight offensiveoffensive hhasas oneone ofof thethe bestbest recruitersrecruiters inin thethe game.game. HisHis ini-ini- ccategoriesategories andand rankedranked thirdthird ttialial UKUK rrecruitingecruiting classclass waswas ratedrated asas oneone ofof thethe toptop nnationallyationally inin homehome runs,runs, 2255 byby CollegiateCollegiate BaseballBaseball inin 2004,2004, andand hishis fi nnalal sslugginglugging percentage.percentage. 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1133 TTHEHE CCOACHINGOACHING SSTAFFTAFF • Assistant coach (Mississippi College, 1995) Mississippi native Lane Burroughs is in Burroughs launched his coaching career his second year on John Cohen’s Mississippi as a graduate assistant coach at his alma State University baseball staff. mater, Mississippi College, serving there one Burroughs joined the MSU staff in season before assuming a post as an assis- June 2008 after having served as an assis- tant coach under Bill Baldner at East Mis- tant coach for the Kansas State Wildcats in sissippi Community College in Scooba, 2008. Miss., in 1997. The Meridian, Miss., native is in his 15th He began his coaching association with season as a baseball coach and is well- John Cohen a year later as an assistant schooled in Magnolia State baseball. He coach at Northwestern (La.) State, helping played the sport on the high school, junior direct the Demons to a 40-20 mark and the college and senior college level in Missis- 1998 Southland Conference Championship. sippi, and all but three of his fi rst 13 years Following the 2007 campaign at USM, in the coaching profession have come in the Burroughs moved from Conference USA to state of Mississippi, including a highly-suc- the , accepting an assis- The BURROUGHS file cessful nine-year stint as an assistant coach tant coaching position on the staff of Brad PERSONAL BACKGROUND Birth date: December 23, 1972 at Southern Miss. Hill at Kansas State University. That season Birth place: Meridian, Miss. This is Burrough’s second coaching the Wildcats advanced to the fi nals of the Big Wife: Susan (Parker) of Meridian, Miss. assignment under John Cohen. He was a 12 Conference tournament championship Daughters: Parker Grace (8) and Camryn Laine (6) member of Cohen’s coaching team at North- game. Son: Thomas Jackson (2) western (La.) State in 1997 and 1998. Burroughs played high school baseball At USM Bur- at West Lauderdale EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND High School: West Lauderdale (Miss.) High School, 1991 roughs served as High School in Col- Junior College: Meridian (Miss.) Community College, 1993 recruiting coordina- linsville, Miss., where Undergraduate: Mississippi College, 1995 (history) tor, infi eld coach, and he was coached by Graduate: Mississippi College, 1996 (social science) handled in-game du- Jerry Boatner, one of ties as USM’s coach the all-time winningest PLAYING CAREER in the third base coaches in Mississippi 1988-91: West Lauderdale (Miss.) High School coaching box. He high school baseball 1992-93: Meridian (Miss.) Community College 1994-95: Mississippi College excelled in each, but history, and was a gained much acclaim teammate of Missis- PLAYING HONORS in his role as hitting sippi State All-Ameri- 1993: Larry Scott Memorial Award (Meridian CC) coach and in the de- can and Major League 1993: Played in NJCAA World Series (Meridian CC) velopment of South- pitching standout Jay 1995: All-Gulf South Conference (Mississippi College) ern Miss’ hitters. Powell. 1995: Team Most Valuable Player (Mississippi College) He coached seven He continued his COACHING BACKGROUND all-Americans, nine baseball career at 1996: Mississippi College (graduate assistant coach) freshman all-Ameri- Meridian Communi- 1997: East Mississippi CC (assistant coach) cans, 10 position ty College playing for 1997-98: Northwestern State (assistant coach) players that went on coach , 1999-2007: Southern Miss (assistant coach) to sign professional where MCC claimed 2008: Kansas State University (assistant coach) baseball contracts, NJCAA Region 23 2009 — : Mississippi State University (assistant coach) fi ve of those as top titles in both 1992 10 round selections and 1993. Burroughs in the Major League continued his base- baseball draft. ball career playing for During his nine-year coaching term in coach Tom Gladney at Mississippi College Hattiesburg, Southern Miss made its fi rst six the next two seasons and was honored as an NCAA postseason regional tournament ap- All-Gulf South Conference outfi elder and the pearances. Among the Burroughs-coached team MVP in 1995, his fi nal campaign with Golden Eagles that earned all-American the Choctaws. status was Jarrett Hoffpauir, who in 2004 Burroughs is married to the former reigned as the nation’s toughest player to Susan Parker of Meridian, Miss., and they strike out. During Burrough’s stay USM claim are the parents of three children, daughters the program’s only C-USA title, set the school Parker Grace, 8, and Camryn Laine, 6, and mark with 47 wins in 2003 and establish stan- son Thomas Jackson, 2. dards for hits, runs scored and RBI in 2004. TThehe BBurroughsurroughs ------CCamryn,amryn, Laine,Laine, SSusan,usan, JJacksonackson aandnd PParkerarker GraceGrace

1144 TTHEHE CCOACHINGOACHING SSTAFFTAFF Butch Thompson • Assistant coach (Birmingham-Southern, 1992) Butch Thompson, a native of Amory, Miss., is in his second year on coach John Cohen’s Mississippi State baseball coaching staff. Thompson, in his ninth season of coach- ing in the Southeastern Conference, coaches Mississippi State pitchers and works closely with recruiting. He joined the MSU coaching staff in June 2008 after having coached the previous three seasons at Auburn. One of his fi rst pitching pupils at Mis- sissippi State, rookie left-hander Nick Routt, earned freshman All-American and SEC All-Freshman honors after leading the 2009 The THOMPSON file Bulldog pitching staff in wins, strikeouts and PERSONAL BACKGROUND innings pitched. Birth date: December 15, 1970 The 18-year coaching veteran is regard- Birth place: Aberdeen, Miss. ed as one of the nation’s top pitching instruc- Wife: Robin (Ashe) of Birmingham, Ala. tors. He has a strong familiarity with baseball Daughters: Anna (11), Olivia (9) and Madelyn Gail (5) in the state of Mississippi. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Thompson prepped at Amory (Miss.) High School: Amory (Miss.) High School, 1988 High School and later starred as a pitcher Junior College: Itawamba (Miss.) Community College, 1990 at ICC for coach Roy Cresap in 1989 and Panthers won 196 games and four TranSouth Undergraduate: Birmingham-Southern, 1992 (history) 1990. Conference championships and made three Graduate: UAB, 1996 (sports administration) He continued his baseball career the consecutive appearances in the NAIA World PLAYING CAREER next two seasons at NAIA power Birming- Series. BSC’s 2001 team posted a school- 1985-87: Amory (Miss.) High School ham-Southern, where he helped lead the best 55-11 mark and captured the NAIA Na- 1989-90: Itawamba (Miss.) Community College Panthers, coached by former Mississippi tional Championship. 1991-92: Birmingham-Southern College State assistant Brian Shoop, to back-to-back In 2002 Thompson joined the South- COACHING BACKGROUND Southern States Conference championships. eastern Conference baseball coaching family, 1993: Huntingdon (Ala.) College (assistant coach) , who would later serve beginning a four-year term as pitching coach 1994-96: Birmingham-Southern (assistant coach) as an assistant coach at State, coached the and recruiting coordinator at the University 1997: Jefferson (Ala.) State (head coach) pitchers on Shoop’s BSC staff. of Georgia under head coach . 1998-2001: Birmingham-Southern (assistant coach) It would be the fi rst of Thompson’s three Georgia’s 2003 recruiting class was ranked 2002-05: Georgia (assistant coach) career affi liations with Shoop and the Panthers 10th nationally and UGA won the 2004 SEC 2006-08: Auburn (assistant coach) baseball program in Birmingham. He launched title and advanced to the NCAA College World 2009 — : Mississippi State University (assistant coach) his coaching career as pitching coach and top Series. COACHING HONORS assistant to Scot Patterson at Huntingdon He continued his SEC affi liation at Au- 1997: ABCA Alabama JC Coach of the Year College in Montgomery, Ala., then returned to burn following the 2005 season, serving as 1997: Southeast Regional JC Coach of the Year his alma mater, where as an assistant coach pitching coach and recruiting coordinator on 2006: Fellowship of Christian Athletes SEC Coach of the Year he was reunited on the BSC staff with Shoop the staff of Tom Slater. Each of his three re- and Schoenrock from 1994 to 1996. During cruiting classes at Auburn was ranked among that span the Panthers won a pair of confer- the nation’s top 18, including a No. 5 national ence crowns and in 1995 advanced to its fi rst ranking in 2007. NAIA World Series berth. In eight seasons as a pitching coach Thompson left BSC briefl y to serve in the SEC (since 2001), Thompson has as head baseball coach at Jefferson State coached 21 pitchers that have been selected Community College in Birmingham in 1997. in the Major League Baseball draft. While at JSCC he was honored as the Re- Thompson, honored as the 2006 Fel- gional Tournament Coach of the Year, the lowship of Christian Athletes SEC Coach ABCA Alabama Junior College Coach of the of the Year, has shared his expertise as a fea- Year and the Southeast Region Coach of the tured speaker at numerous baseball coaching Year after guiding JSCC to a 39-21 mark, the clinics throughout the Southeast. AJCAA Region 22 State Championship and He earned a bachelor’s degree in history a third-place fi nish in the NJCAA Division II at BSC in 1992 and completed a master’s de- World Series. gree in sports administration at UAB in 1996. He returned to Birmingham-Southern as He is married to the former Robin Ashe of TThehe TThompsonshompsons ------Shoop’s top assistant the following season, Birmingham, Ala., and they are the parents of RRobin,obin, AAnna,nna, MMadelynadelyn GGail,ail, BButchutch aandnd OOlivialivia beginning a four-year run during the most three daughters --- Anna, 11, Olivia, 9, and successful span in BSC baseball history. The Madelyn Gail, 5

1155 TTHEHE CCOACHINGOACHING SSTAFFTAFF • Coordinator of Camps (Embry-Riddle, 2000) Nick Mingione, who joined the Missis- grew up in Florida and played high school sippi State baseball family in June 2008, is in baseball for coach Scott Jones at Mariner his second year as the Bulldogs’ coordinator High School in Cape Coral, Fla. He contin- of baseball camps. In addition to his duties ued his baseball career and was a standout directing Mississippi State’s popular summer outfi elder for four years at Embry-Riddle and winter baseball camps, Mingione also University in Daytona Beach, Fla., where serves as a volunteer assistant coach. He he played for coaches Greg and Todd Guil- works with MSU’s outfi elders, fi rst basemen liams. He earned a bachelor’s degree in and hitters and in-game he serves as MSU’s aerospace studies with a triple minor in busi- fi rst base coach. ness, psychology and humanities in 2000. Mingione, who Upon graduation, worked as an assis- Mingione served two tant coach in 2008 at years as assistant Western Carolina dean of students and University in Cullo- as an assistant coach The MINGIONE file whee, N.C., is in his on Steve Larsen’s second coaching tour baseball staff at Mari- PERSONAL BACKGROUND affi liated with State ner High School. Birth date: September 10, 1978 skipper John Cohen. Birth place: Tarrytown, New York He served on Mingione then moved EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Cohen’s 2006 and on to coach on the High School: Cape Coral (Fla..) Mariner High School, 1996 2007 baseball staffs collegiate level, fi rst Undergraduate: Embry-Riddle, 2000 (aerospace studies) at the University of as a volunteer assis- Kentucky, where he tant baseball coach PLAYING CAREER worked extensively under Dave Tollet at 1993-96: Cape Coral (Fla.) Mariner High School with the UK outfi eld- Florida Gulf Coast 1997-2000: Embry-Riddle University ing corps and with the University in Fort Wildcat hitters. During Myers, Fla., in 2002, PLAYING HONORS that span, Kentucky and later at his alma 1997: First Kenneth J. Sliwa Memorial Scholarship recipient won 78 games, set or mater, Embry-Riddle. COACHING BACKGROUND reestablished 12 team The Eagles captured 2001: Mariner High School (assistant coach) marks, and posted a Florida Sun Confer- 2002: Fla. Gulf Coast University (volunteer assistant coach) school-best 44 wins ence crowns and ad- 2003-05: Embry-Riddle University (assistant coach) en route to winning vanced to the NAIA the the school’s fi rst World Series in Lew- 2006-07: University of Kentucky (volunteer assistant coach) SEC championship in iston, Idaho, all three 2008: Western Carolina (asst. coach/recruiting coordinator) 2006. seasons, earning 2009 — : Mississippi State University (coordinator of camps) On coach Bob- national runner-up by Moranda’s staff at Western Carolina, honors in 2005. Mingione was recruiting coordinator and hit- During seven seasons as an assistant ting coach, helping direct a Catamount team coach, Mingione, 31, has helped direct teams that in 2008 earned top 40 national ranking to four conference titles, three advancements among 286 NCAA Division I programs in 11 to the NAIA World Series and one NCAA different offensive categories. regional tournament berth and has been a Mingione, a native of Tarrytown, N.Y., part of nationally-ranked recruiting baseball

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1166 TTHEHE CCOACHINGOACHING SSTAFFTAFF Tyler Bratton • Baseball operations director (Mississippi State, 2007) In his second season on the Mississip- He served as an assistant baseball pi State University coaching staff and serv- coach at Heritage Academy in Columbus, ing as the director of baseball operations is Miss., in 2005 and at Oak Hill Academy in West Point, Miss., native Tyler Bratton. 2007 before returning to MSU as a student Bratton, 26, a 2007 graduate of Mis- assistant coach for the Baseball Bulldogs in sissippi State University, coordinates team 2008. travel and on-the-road housing and dining Bratton is married to the former Bree arrangements, directs the team’s video op- Munger of Hartselle, Ala. erations and oversees a wide range of tasks associated with the day-to-day operation of the Mississippi State baseball program. Bratton was a three-year, two-sport standout (baseball and football) and played The file outfi eld for coach Bill Miley at Oak Hill BRATTON Academy in nearby West Point, Miss. PERSONAL BACKGROUND He continued his baseball career in Birth date: August 3, 1983 2003 and 2004 at East Mississippi Com- Birth place: Columbus, Miss. munity College, where he was coached by Wife: Bree (Munger) of Hartselle, Ala. Bill Baldner. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND He then matriculated to Mississippi High School: West Point (Miss.) Oak Hill Academy, 2002 State University, earning a berth on the Junior College: East Mississippi Community College -coached Mississippi State base- Undergraduate: Mississippi State, 2007 (secondary education) ball team as an outfi elder in 2006. That Graduate: Mississippi State, 2009 (sports administration) MSU squad ascended to a No. 1 inseason PLAYING CAREER national ranking and advanced to the fi nals 1999-2002: West Point (Miss.) Oak Hill Academy of the 2006 NCAA Clemson Regional. 2003-04: East Mississippi Community College Bratton earned an undergraduate de- 2006: Mississippi State University gree in secondary education at Mississippi State in 2007 and in 2009 completed gradu- COACHING BACKGROUND TTyleryler andand BBreeree BrattonBratton 2008 : Mississippi State University (student assistant coach) ate degree studies in sports administration 2009 — : Mississippi State University (baseball operations director) at Mississippi State University.

RRussuss BBaronaron RRonaldonald CCarterarter JJonesones SSimsims SStudenttudent SStudenttudent SStudenttudent MManageranager MManageranager MManageranager • Senior from Pearl, Miss. • Born March 23, • Senior from Meadville, Miss. • Born March • Senior from Pearl, Miss. • Born January 26, 1988 in Pearl, Miss. • Son of Sheila and Stan 28, 1987 in McComb, Miss. • Son of Bobette 1989 in Hazlehurst, Miss. • Son of Sonia and Carter • Graduate of Richland HS and Copiah and Bart Jones • Graduate of Franklin HS Ronald Sims • Graduate of Hazlehurst HS • Lincoln C.C. • Majoring in physical education and Copiah Lincoln C.C. • Majoring in physical Majoring in sports management • First year Will Coggin • Second year as student manager education • Third year as student manager as student manager Operations assistant • Former Bulldog infi elder from Boonev- ille, Miss.• Born Nov. 28, 1985 in Booneville, Miss. • Son of Betty Ann and Rick Coggin • Graduate of Booneville HS, Northeast Mississippi CC and Mississippi State (2009) • Pursuing graduate studies in JJoshosh JJonathanonathan JJamesames sports administration DDiLoretoiLoreto FFandelandel HHunterunter GGrad.rad. Assist.Assist. SStudenttudent SStudenttudent TTrainerrainer TTrainerrainer TTrainerrainer • First-year graduate assistant from Lexing- • Freshman from Tupelo, Miss. • Born June • Junior from Lake Village, Ark. • Born ton, Ky. • Born October 13, 1986 in Lexington, 21, 1991 in Tupelo, Miss. • Son of Kim and November 3, 1988 in Greenville, Miss. • Son Ky. • Son of Rebecca and Donald DiLoreto • Steve Fandel • Graduate of Tupelo HS • of Becky and David Hunter • Graduate of Graduate of Lexington Catholic HS and East- Majoring in physical education • First year as Greenville St. Joseph HS • Majoring in physi- ern Kentucky University (2009) • Pursuing student trainer cal education • Third year as student trainer, graduate studies in exercise science fi rst year with baseball. 1177 22010010 BBASEBALLASEBALL SSUPPORTUPPORT SSTAFFTAFF Ray Berryhill Assistant AD/Academic Advising (Mississippi State, 1980) Administering the day-to-day academic needs of the Baseball Bulldogs is Ray Berryhill, in his 21st year overall with the Mississippi State University Athletic Department. A native of Gloster, Miss., Berryhill is in his sec- ond tour of duty in the department. A 1980 graduate of Mississippi State University, he served fi rst as a RRayay BerryhillBerryhill DDeanean DemetriadisDemetriadis DDanielaniel DesselleDesselle JJoeoe DierDier GGregreg DryeDrye graduate assistant coach with the MSU track program. In 1984 he was named supervisor of athletic academ- coach at MSU. In addition to baseball, Desselle also as media coordinator for MSU-hosted NCAA regional ics at the University of Alabama, overseeing the aca- oversees the strength and conditioning programs for baseball tournaments in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and demic progress of all Crimson Tide student-athletes. the women’s soccer and men’s and women’s golf 1992 and for MSU’s 1991 Liberty Bowl football team. He returned to State in a similar position as direc- teams at Mississippi State. He was named to the board of directors of the National tor of athletic academics in January 1989, and in Au- A native of Walker, La., Desselle joined the Mis- Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) gust 2000 was promoted to assistant athletic director sissippi State strength and conditioning staff in Sep- in 2005 and in 2008-09 served as the organization’s for academic advising. tember 2009. He served the past year as the strength president. He is also charter member of the MSU Under his supervision, MSU’s student-athletes and conditioning coordinator and defensive coordina- Chapter of the National Football Foundation & College have enjoyed unprecedented success in the class- tor for the football team at his alma mater, Walker High Football Hall of Fame. room, frequently establishing school records for com- School. In 1992 he began a four-year term as editor of the bined grade point average. Berryhill also serves State’s Desselle is in his second tour of duty with Mis- weekly athletic department publication Dawgs’ Bite, re- student-athletes as M-Club advisor and through MSU’s sissippi State University. He previously served as a turning to sports information work in July 1996. student housing offi ce supervises on-campus housing graduate assistant strength coach and worked with the A native of Baton Rouge, La., and the son of a ca- for all student-athletes. Mississippi State baseball program from 2000-2002, reer Air Force chaplain, Dier traveled extensively in his An avid turkey hunter, Berryhill, 51, is a member of earning a graduate degree in sport administration in youth, following family military assignments in Wash- the National Wild Turkey Federation. He and his wife, 2002. While at MSU, Desselle also worked with State’s ington, British Columbia, Oregon, Alabama, Florida, the former Amy Huff of Ferriday, La., are the parents of basketball and soccer teams. Okinawa, Mississippi and Alaska. a son, Cody, and a daughter, Caroline. Deselle earned an undergraduate degree in kine- He is married to the former Kim Monroe of siology in 2000 at Louisiana State University, where he Starkville, a teacher in the Starkville public schools, Dean Demetriadis was a member of the LSU football team that captured and they are the parents of a son, Reed Burton, 19, a Assistant Athletic Trainer a share of the 1997 SEC Western Division title and freshman at Mississippi State University. (Florida State University, 2004) played in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La. Constatine “Dean” Demetriadis is in his initial He began his career in strength and condition- Greg Drye year as the athletic trainer for the Baseball Bulldogs. ing work as an undergraduate assistant at LSU, where Assistant Strength Coach He joined the Mississippi State University Athletic he assisted in the training of LSU’s football, baseball, (Southern Miss, 1998) Department in July 2009. men’s basketball, women’s soccerand men’s tennis Greg Drye is in his sixth season with the Bulldog A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Demetriadis, 29, teams. Baseball program, assisting with the implementation served the past two seasons as a graduate assistant Upon completion of his graduate studies at Mis- of State’s comprehensive in-season and offseason athletic trainer at the University Oklahoma. sissippi State, Desselle served in 2002-03 as an as- strength and conditioning program. Demetriadis spent most of his later years in sistant strength and conditioning coach at Tulane Uni- Prior to his arrival at MSU, Drye served as a grad- Florida, graduating from high school at East Lake versity, where he coached the Green Wave’s C-USA uate assistant at Delta State University on the base- High School in Tarpon Springs, Fla. and continuing his championship men’s tennis team. He then launched ball staff of coach Mike Kinnison. Drye coached the education at Florida State University. a six-year term (2003-09) in the Louisiana high school outfi elders on the DSU teams that captured the Gulf While in Tallahassee, Demetriadis served a ranks, which included stops as a teacher and strength South Conference titles and advanced to the NCAA three-year term as an athletic training student, work- coach at Denham Springs High School and Walker Division II South Regional in both 1999 and 2000. ing with the Tallassee Community College women’s High School. Drye then returned to his roots, serving for three softball team and later with the Seminoles’ 2003 Sugar years as an assistant baseball coach at Long Beach Bowl and 2004 Orange Bowl football editions as well High School. as FSU’s 2004 ACC championship baseball team that Joe Dier The Gulfport, Miss., native is an instructor in the advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals. Assistant Media Relations Director physical education department at Mississippi State. He began his post-graduate studies at the (Mississippi State, 1975) He has also served as an administrative assistant on University of Central Florida in 2004, where he served Coordinating the publicity needs of the Baseball the MSU baseball staff over the past four seasons, as a graduate assistant trainer until 2006. He worked Bulldogs is Joe Dier, in his 24th year on the Mississippi handling a wide array of duties and assisting with as the head athletic trainer for the Florida Seals State staff and his 12th as the primary media relations the team’s advancement to the championship of the professional hockey team and later served two intern- contact for MSU baseball and volleyball. 2005 SEC Tournament and to the 2007 NCAA College ships in the NFL as an athletic trainer with the New Dier, 56, has been affi liated with Mississippi State World Series. York Jets and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. athletics and MSU baseball since 1978 — eight years A graduate of Long Beach (Miss.) High School, Demetriadis completed his graduate studies at as editor of Dawgs’ Bite and since 1986 as a member Drye continued his baseball career at Mississippi Oklahoma in June 2009. While in Norman he served of the MSU Athletics Department staff. He also pre- Gulf Coast Community College, where he earned as the trainer for the women’s soccer team. viously served as the sports editor at the Yazoo City MJCAA all-state honors as an infi elder playing for (Miss.) Daily Herald and the Starkville (Miss.) Daily coach Cooper Farris. He later played baseball under Daniel Desselle News. coach at Baylor University. Assistant Strength Coach A 1975 graduate of Mississippi State Universi- Drye, 35, earned his undergraduate degree in (Louisiana State University, 2000) ty, Dier followed the late Bob Hartley and Bo Carter coaching and sports administration from Southern Overseeing the strength and conditioning pro- as MSU’s third full-time sports information director in Miss in 1998 and a graduate degree in physical edu- gram for Mississippi State’s Baseball Bulldogs is November 1986, initially serving as the primary media cation, health and recreation at Delta State in 2000. Daniel Desselle, in his fi rst year as assistant strength contact for all 15 Mississippi State sports. He served He has a daughter, Dylan, 5.

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BRENDA EDWARDS, Accounting Assistant (325-3637) LANE BURROUGHS, Assistant Coach MICHELLE GERHART, Accounting Assistant (325-2999) BUTCH THOMPSON, Assistant Coach WILMA PETERSON, Accounting Assistant (325-2999) NICK MINGIONE, Coordinator of Baseball Camps ATHLETIC ACADEMICS (662) 325-2066 • FAX: 325-0589 TYLER BRATTON, Coordinator/Baseball Operations RAY BERRYHILL, Assistant AD/Academics APRIL EDWARDS, Office Associate/Baseball KYLE AMATO, Athletic Academic Counselor MEN’S BASKETBALL (662) 325-3800 • FAX: 325-3648 DANA BLOUNT, Athletic Academic Counselor RICK STANSBURY, Head Coach TYLER HILL, Athletic Academic Counselor PHIL CUNNINGHAM, Assistant Coach LYNDA MOORE, Athletic Academic Counselor MARCUS GRANT, Assistant Coach VIC PARKER, Athletic Academic Counselor ROBERT KIRBY, Assistant Coach CAROLINE CRAFTON, Learning Specialist TALVIS FRANKLIN, Coordinator/Men’s Basketball Operations DANIEL MORGAN, Tutoring/Study Hall Coordinator SUZANNE COOK, Office Associate/Men’s Basketball ERICKA BAZZILL, Administrative Assistant/Athletic Academics WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (662) 325-0198 • FAX: 325-9051 ATHLETICS DEVELOPMENT/MARKETING (662) 325-3074 • FAX: 325-2563 SHARON FANNING, Head Coach SCOTT STRICKLIN, Senior Associate AD/External Affairs FRANQUA BEDELL, Assistant Coach STRATON KARATASSOS, Associate AD/Development GREG FRANKLIN, Assistant Coach MICHELLE MCBRIDE, Associate AD/Major Gifts SHARRONA REAVES, Assistant Coach MIKE RICHEY, Associate AD/Bulldog Club & Ticket Operations JOEY BURTON, Coordinator/Women’s Basketball Operations BART GREGORY, Assistant AD/Annual Giving CHRISTI THOMAS, Office Associate/Women’s Basketball LUANNE LAIRD, Bulldog Club Operations Coordinator FOOTBALL (662) 325-2539/2534 • FAX: 325-8833 STEPHEN FOSHEE, Account Assistant DAN MULLEN, Head Coach NATALIE MCMILLIN, Staff Assistant CHRIS DIAZ, Assistant Coach DON WILLIAMS, General Manager/Bulldog Sports Properties (325-4171) JOHN HEVESY, Assistant Coach BILL ATKINS, Account ExecutiveBulldog Sports Properties MARK HUDSPETH, Assistant Coach TAYLOR HARRIS, Marketing Representative, Bulldog Sports Properties (325-0692) TONY HUGHES, Assistant Coach CHAD THOMAS, Coordinator of Athletic Marketing (325-9847) GREG KNOX, Assistant Coach ATHLETICS TICKET OFFICE (662) 325-2600 • FAX: 325-2563 LES KOENNING, Assistant Coach JOHN KING, Assistant AD/Ticket Operations SCOTT SALLACH, Assistant Coach CHRISTINA KNOX, Assistant Ticket Manager MELVIN SMITH, Assistant Coach BRENDA LUCAS, Assistant Ticket Manager MANNY WILSON, Assistant Coach SUSAN HOLDER, Ticket Representative ROCKEY FELKER, Director of Player Personnel/High School Relations KRISTIN HOLLIS, Ticket Representative REED STRINGER, Director of Recruiting Operations SHIRLEY SKINNER, Ticket Representative JODY WRIGHT, Coordinator of Football Operations SPORTS MEDICINE (662) 325-2165 • FAX: 325-5145 NANCY COVINGTON, Office Associate/Head Football Coach (325-2539) PAUL MOCK, Head Athletics Trainer (325-2165) JANE BALLARD, Office Associate/Football (325-2534) MARY MCLENDON, Associate Athletics Trainer (325-0657) ANGIE JABRI, Office Associate/Football (325-8560) CONSTANTINE DEMETRIADIS, Associate Athletics Trainer (325-2165) SUSAN SIMMONS, Office Associate/Football (325-2536) JUSTIN GREMILLION, Assistant Athletics Trainer (325-2869) GOLF (662) 325-2722 • FAX: 325-9051 SCOTT JOHNSON, Assistant Athletics Trainer (325-4108) CLAY HOMAN, Head Men's Coach JIMMY STRICKLAND, Assistant Athletics Trainer (325-0648) TBA, Head Women's Coach ALLEN THOMPSON, Assistant Athletics Trainer (325-2442) SOCCER (662) 325-0718 FAX: 325-9051 KATHRINE ZUKIN, Assistant Athletics Trainer (325-3215) NEIL MACDONALD, Head Coach (325-0718) TAMMY CUMMINGS, Athlete Insurance Coordinator (325-2165) ANDY MANNERS, Assistant Coach (325-9190) COMPLIANCE FAX: 325-7904 SOFTBALL (662) 325-0573 FAX: 325-9051 BRACKY BRETT, Associate AD/Compliance (325-0245) JAY MILLER, Head Coach (325-0573) STEVE SMITH, Compliance Coordinator (325-8731) ANNIE SMITH, Associate Head Coach (325-0572) CANDACE DAILEY, Assistant Coordinator of Compliance (325-4783) KAREN JOHNS, Assistant Coach (325-0571) DEBBIE DEARMON, Office Associate (325-5891) MICHELLE SCRIVENER, Office Associate/Softball [also tennis & track] (325-0560) SPORTS VIDEO/BROADCAST SERVICES FAX: 325-7904 TENNIS (662) 325-2896 FAX: 325-9051 BENNIE ASHFORD, Coordinator of Electronic Media (325-1332) PER NILSSON, Head Men’s Tennis Coach (325-8506) BROCK DULANEY, Coordinator of Filming/Computing Services (325-7846) MATT HILL, Assistant Men’s Coach (325-0801) STRENGTH TRAINING/ATHLETICS EQUIPMENT FAX: 325-5145 DARYL GREENAN, Head Women’s Coach (325-9163) MATT BALIS, Head Strength Coach (325-8627) MAX FOMINE, Assistant Women’s Coach (325-9163) RICHARD AKINS, Assistant Strength Coach (325-5750) TRACK & FIELD (662) 325-2892 FAX: 325-9051 DANIEL DESSELLE, Assistant Strength Coach (325-8582) AL SCHMIDT, Head Coach (325-2892) CHAD SMITH, Assistant Strength Coach (325-8582) STEVE DUDLEY, Associate Head Coach/Head Cross Country Coach (325-8333) JAMES TOWNSEND, Assistant Strength Coach (325-8582 BRYAN FETZER, Assistant Coach (325-2892) PHIL SILVA, Athletic Equipment Manager (325-3206) HOUSTON FRANKS, Assistant Coach (325-7042) DONALD HUFFMAN, Assistant Equipment Manager (325-3206) APRIL THOMAS, Assistant Coach (325-2892) OLISEUM ANAGEMENT ULLDOG UITES (662) 325-4201 C M /B S (662) 325-2722 • FAX: 325-9051 DUFFY NEUBAUER, Coordinator of Services/Humphrey Coliseum (325-4201) VOLLEYBALL , Head Coach BRENDA NEUBAUER, Operations Coordinator/Humphrey Coliseum (325-4201) JENNY HAZELWOOD , Assistant Coach GAIL LANGSTON, Office Associate/Humphrey Coliseum (325-4201) LINDI BANKOWSKI , Assistant Coach MEGHAN ODOM, Suites Coliseum (325-2291) BRANDEN HIGA MIDGE DAVIS, Office Associate [also soccer & golf] MEDIA RELATIONS Complete athletic media relations staff listing on page 3

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