2018 COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH DAVID PIERCE 2nd season at Texas | 7th season as head coach FULL NAME David Ray Pierce DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1962 HOMETOWN Houston, Texas

HIGH SCHOOL St. Pius X High School JUNIOR COLLEGE Wharton County Junior College ALMA MATER University of Houston, 1988

DATE ANNOUNCED AS HEAD COACH June 29, 2016 @DP5hookem

A Texas native who has spent most of his 28-year career coaching in the state, David Pierce was named head baseball coach at The University of Texas on June 29, 2016. Pierce, just PLAYING CAREER the fifth Longhorn head coach since 1911 (with the exception of the war years of 1943-45 when was at the helm), is the 13th head coach in 122 years of Texas baseball. 1982-83 Wharton County Junior College In his first season at the helm, Pierce led the Longhorns to a 39-24 record, a 14-win improve- 1984-85 Houston ment from the 2016 campaign. Texas came within one win of taking the tournament title before earning a No. 2 seed in the Long Beach Regional. Texas won its first two games of the regional before its season came to a close at the hands of LBSU. As a COACHING CAREER team, the Longhorns finished in the top 10 nationally in several statistical categories includ- ing double plays turned (fourth, 65), fielding percentage (fourth, .982), earned run average 1989-90 St. Pius X High School Head Coach (ninth, 3.15), and hits allowed per nine innings (ninth, 7.60). 1991 Rice Assistant Coach The 54-year-old Pierce came to Texas from Tulane, where he spent the previous two seasons as head coach following a three-year stint at Sam Houston State in the same role. Pierce’s 1992-95 Episcopal High School Assistant Coach teams have qualified for the NCAA tournament in each of his five years as a head coach, and including his time as an assistant, Pierce has been a part of programs that have advanced to the postseason in 16 consecutive years, played in seven Super Regionals and reached four 1996-01 J. Frank Dobie High School Head Coach College World Series, winning a title in 2003 with Rice. This summer, he was also named an assistant coach with the 2016 U.S. Collegiate National Team. 2001-02 Houston Assistant Coach In five seasons as a Division I head coach, Pierce has posted a 197-109 (.644) overall record, 2003-11 Rice Assistant Coach including a 76-46 (.623) mark at Tulane. Joining the Green Wave in 2015, the Houston native guided the school into its first season in the American Athletic Conference. His team posted 2012-14 Sam Houston State Head Coach a school-record nine shutouts, which ranked fourth in the nation, en route to a 35-25 record and the program’s first regional appearance since 2008. 2015-16 Tulane Head Coach 2017-present TEXAS Head Coach Pierce’s second season at Tulane brought even more success as he led the 2016 Green Wave to a 41-21 record, a regular season AAC championship and a second-consecutive regional appearance. The 41 wins were the most for the program since 2006. The team led the nation with 13 shutouts and ranked in the top 25 in both ERA (23rd/3.24) and WHIP (25th/1.24), YEAR-BY-YEAR HEAD COACHING RECORD while belting out 66 home runs, which was tied for 13th nationally. Tulane produced two Yr. School Rec. Pct. Conf. Pct. Postseason third-round picks in the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft in catcher Jake Rogers and short- stop Stephen Alemais with Rogers becoming Tulane’s highest draft pick since 2008. Seven 2012 Sam Houston 40-22 .645 24-9 (1st) .727 NCAA Regional players earned All-AAC honors, including four first-team selections, while starting pitcher Ross Massey was named freshman All-America after leading the conference and tying for st 18th in the nation in victories (10). 2013 Sam Houston 38-22 .633 20-7 (1 ) .741 NCAA Regional

st In three seasons as head coach at Sam Houston State, Pierce compiled a record of 121-63 2014 Sam Houston 43-19 .694 22-8 (1 ) .733 NCAA Regional

(.658). During his tenure, the Bearkats made three straight NCAA Regional appearances for rd just the second time in program history. Sam Houston State was crowned Southland Confer- 2015 Tulane 35-25 .583 13-11(T3 ) .542 NCAA Regional ence champions in each of his three seasons (the program’s only previous league title came in 1989), and Pierce was named the conference coach of the year in both 2012 and 2013. The 2016 Tulane 41-21 .661 15-7 (1st) .682 NCAA Regional recognition in back-to-back years made him the first Southland Conference coach to earn consecutive honors since UTSA’s (2007-08). 2017 Tulane 39-24 .619 11-12 (6th) .478 NCAA Regional In his first season as head coach in 2012, the Bearkats were ranked in each of the major Total 6 seasons 236-111 .680 105-54 .660 6 Regionals Division I polls for the first time in program history. He was honored as an American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Regional Coach of the Year that season. In 2014, his final sea- Regional showing in 2002. The Cougars hit .310 that season, the fifth-best single-season son in Huntsville, Pierce guided SHSU to a 43-19 record, the second-highest single-season performance in team history. win total for the Bearkats since they joined Division I in 1987. The team ranked in the top 25 in the nation and second in the conference in both ERA (17th/2.73) and hits (25th/610). It Pierce’s jump-started his head coaching career at Dobie High School in Pasadena, Texas, also led the conference in scoring (5.7 rpg), home runs (31) and slugging percentage (.390). where he ran the program from 1996-2001. There, Pierce led the Longhorns to three District 23-5A titles and three Region III semifinal berths. While at Dobie, he was named district Throughout his three-year tenure at Sam Houston State, Pierce tutored eight MLB Draft coach of the year three times and was also named a coach for the United States Junior selections. Of those picks, three came in the top-10 rounds, including fourth-round selection Olympic trials. (No. 119 overall) Cody Dickson, the highest-ever pick out of Sam Houston State. During his tenure in Pasadena, Pierce produced three all-state players, 36 all-district stars Before taking over at Sam Houston State, Pierce spent the previous nine seasons as an as- and 10 players who went on to perform at the college level, including former college All- sistant coach at Rice. He served as hitting coach from 2003-05 before taking over as pitching American Shane Nance, who went on to pitch for the Milwaukee Brewers and Arizona Dia- coach from 2006-11. Under his tutelage, the 2003 Owls hit .313 with 51 homers and 449 RBI mondbacks. en route to the school’s first-ever national title. In six seasons as the Owls’ pitching coach, Pierce helped produce five staffs whose ERAs ranked in the NCAA top 30, peaking with the Before Dobie, Pierce was an assistant coach at Episcopal High School from 1992-95 and fourth-best mark in the nation in 2007. On that 2007 squad, two Pierce-coached pitchers re- head coach at St. Pius X High School – where he also played – from 1989-90. ceived major Conference USA awards as Ryne Tacker was named C-USA Pitcher of the Year and Ryan Berry earned freshman of the year honors. Berry also earned Collegiate Baseball Following his high school playing career, Pierce continued as a student-athlete at Wharton freshman of the year honors. In that year alone, eight Owl pitchers were selected in the MLB County Junior College (1982-83) before playing two seasons at Houston (1984-85). As a Draft, including the 19th overall pick, Joe Savery. senior in 1985, Pierce helped pace the Cougars to an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. He completed his degree at Houston in 1988. From 2006-11 under Pierce, 27 Owls pitchers were chosen in the MLB Draft, eight of which were selected in the first 10 rounds. In that span, Pierce tutored six NCAA All-America selec- A native of Houston, Pierce was born on October 13, 1962. He and his wife, Susan, have two tions, two freshman All-America selections and a pair of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in children – a daughter, Chelsea, who graduated from The University of Texas in 2012, and a Eddie Degerman (2006) and Tacker (2007). son, Shea, who completed his collegiate baseball career in 2016 at Tulane under his father. Pierce’s stint at Rice was his second with the Owls, as he also served as an assistant in 1991. Prior to his second stretch at Rice, Pierce spent two seasons as hitting coach at the Univer- sity of Houston, helping UH to a pair of postseason appearances, including an NCAA Super

TEXAS BASEBALL 2018 COACHING STAFF ASSISTANT COACH SEAN ALLEN 1st season at Texas DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1979 HOMETOWN Carlsbad, N.M.

HIGH SCHOOL Carlsbad High School ALMA MATER University of Houston, 2001

DATE ANNOUNCED AS ASSISTANT COACH July 1, 2016 @SeanAllen3

Allen has served on David Pierce’s staffs for the last six seasons at Texas, Tulane and Sam Houston State. Most recently, Allen was associate head coach for the Green Wave before PLAYING CAREER being named assistant coach at Texas on June 30, 2016. 1998-01 Houston Allen, 38, has strong ties to Texas thanks to his time with Pierce and his four-year playing career at the University of Houston (1998-2001), where he also coached from 2002-2007. COACHING CAREER The Carlsbad, N.M., native comes to the Longhorns with 15 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level. While at Tulane, he was Pierce’s lead recruiter, playing a major part in 2002 Houston Student Assistant leading Tulane to NCAA Regional appearances in both of his seasons in New Orleans. 2003-07 Houston Assistant Coach In addition to recruiting, Allen worked primarily with hitters and infielders. Under his guid- ance, the Tulane offense pounded out 66 home runs to lead the American Athletic Conference 2008-11 Florida International Assistant Coach and rank 13th in the nation in 2016. Tulane had three players hit double-digit home runs in a single season for the first time since 2005, while leading the AAC in slugging percentage 2012-14 Sam Houston State Assistant Coach (.423) and ranking second in runs scored (355), RBI (324) and walks (258). 2015 Tulane Assistant Coach Five hitters earned all-conference honors, including shortstop Stephen Alemais, who became a 2016 All-AAC First Team selection and a third-round pick (No. 105 overall) of the Pittsburgh 2016 Tulane Associate Head Coach Pirates in this year’s Major League Baseball Draft. 2017 Texas Assistant Coach Prior to Tulane, Allen served as an assistant coach with Pierce at Sam Houston State for three seasons. There, he helped the Bearkats to three straight Southland Conference titles, while Allen’s coaching career began as a student assistant with Houston in 2002 where he worked receiving NCAA Regional berths in each of those seasons. In 2014, the team ranked 25th in with the UH infield and coached first base. He spent the next five seasons as an assistant the nation and second in the conference in hits (610). It also led the conference in scoring coach with the Cougars, helping guide UH to NCAA Tournament appearances in 2002, 2003 (5.7 rpg), home runs (31) and slugging percentage (.390). and 2006. From 2008 to 2011, Allen served as an assistant coach at Florida International University, As Houston’s hitting and infield coach, Allen played a major role in the offensive development where he was recruiting coordinator and pitching coach and assisted with the infielders. Al- of Brad Lincoln, a consensus All-American who was named the National Player of the Year by len helped the Panthers put together a 130-103-1 record, while also earning NCAA Regional four different outlets in 2006. That same season, Allen’s lineup hit 71 home runs, the fifth- berths in 2010 and 2011, and capturing the Sun Belt Conference title in 2010. highest total in UH single-season history, while batting .314 and slugging .544. In his first full season as pitching coach in 2009, Allen was instrumental in turning around A four-year letterman with the Cougars from 1998 to 2001, Allen concluded his playing FIU’s staff. After finishing at or near the bottom of the Sun Belt in 2008 in various categories, career as UH’s all-time leader with 542 assists. During that time, the Cougars competed in an his tutelage turned the Panthers’ staff into one of the conference’s best. For most of 2009, NCAA Super Regional and advanced to NCAA postseason play in three consecutive seasons. FIU led the conference in ERA, while the Panthers finished with the lead in strikeouts and surrendered the fewest walks with a single-season school record low of 88. Allen earned his bachelor’s degree in sports administration from Houston in 2001. He is married to the former Stephanie Beyelia, a former soccer standout at UH.

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ASSISTANT COACH PHILIP MILLER 1st season at Texas DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1983 HOMETOWN Clinton, La.

HIGH SCHOOL University High School (La.) ALMA MATER Northwestern State University, 2005; MASTER’S DEGREE Sam Houston State, 2010

DATE ANNOUNCED AS ASSISTANT COACH July 1, 2016 @UTMiller12

Miller, 34, has spent each of the last six seasons as an assistant coach under David Pierce at Texas, Tulane (2015-16) and Sam Houston State (2012-14). Miller joined the Longhorns PLAYING CAREER staff as assistant coach on July 1, 2016. 2002-05 Northwestern State Working primarily with catchers and outfielders, while also assisting hitters, Miller tutored Tulane catcher Jake Rogers, who was one of the best defensive catchers in college baseball during his time with the Green Wave. In his career, Rogers — the Houston Astros’ third- COACHING CAREER round selection in the 2016 MLB Draft and an All-AAC First Team member — gunned down 83-of-146 (.568) potential base stealers, including 27-of-43 (.628) in 2016. Tulane’s three 2007-09 Sam Houston State Assistant Coach catchers also helped the pitching staff lead the nation with 13 shutouts. 2010-11 Northwestern State Assistant Coach In three seasons with Pierce at Sam Houston State – Miller’s second stint with the SHSU program – Miller was instrumental in helping the Bearkats to each of their Southland Confer- 2012-14 Sam Houston State Assistant Coach ence titles and NCAA Regional appearances. From 2012 to 2014, those SHSU squads racked up 40, 38 and 43 wins, respectively. The 43 wins marked the second-highest total for the 2015-16 Tulane Assistant Coach Bearkats since their jump to Division I in 1987. In 2012, Sam Houston State earned national rankings in each of the major collegiate baseball polls (ranking as high as No. 20) for the 2017 Texas Assistant Coach first time in program history. In 2010 and 2011, Miller was an assistant coach at his alma mater, Northwestern State (La.). Following his playing career at Northwestern State, Miller served as a volunteer coach at his There, he served as infield and defensive coach, while also handling first base coaching alma mater for the 2006 season. During his freshman and senior seasons, the Demons took duties. During the 2010 season, he helped a league-high seven NSU student-athletes to All- home the regular season Southland Conference title, earning a bid to an NCAA Regional in Southland Conference honors. 2005 as an at-large selection. Miller held his first assistant coaching role at Sam Houston State from 2007 to 2009 where The Clinton, La., native earned his bachelor’s in business administration from Northwestern he was the outfield and first base coach, while assisting hitters, infielders and catchers. He State in 2005 and his master’s in education from Sam Houston State in 2010. He is married coached three All-Americans and six All-Southland Conference outfielders, helping guide the to former NSU softball standout Lyndsey (Gorski) Miller and the couple has a two-year-old Bearkats to NCAA Regional appearances in each of his three seasons. daughter, Meredith Mae.

TEXAS BASEBALL 2018 COACHING STAFF VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT DIR. OF BASEBALL OPS PHIL HAIG DREW BISHOP 2nd season at Texas 9th season at Texas

DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1988 DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1985 HOMETOWN Inver Grove Heights, Minn. HOMETOWN Dallas, Texas HIGH SCHOOL Henry Sibley High School HIGH SCHOOL Rockwall High School TWITTER @philthy13 ALMA MATER Texas, 2008 TWITTER @drewhbishop

Phil Haig, a former collegiate pitcher who has served the last six seasons on Drew Bishop enters his ninth season on the Longhorns’ staff as the Director of David Pierce’s staffs at Texas, Tulane, and Sam Houston State, enters his second Baseball Operations after finishing his playing career for UT in 2008. season as volunteer coach at Texas. Bishop directs the team’s day-to-day operations, including team travel, Haig, who assists Pierce with the pitching staff, helped Texas to a Big 12-best overseeing camps and on-campus recruiting visits. He also helps to organize seven shutouts in 2017. The staff ERA and its 7.60 hits/9IP were both ninth-best the yearly Alumni Weekend, plan the budget and schedule. in the nation and best in the Big 12. The Dallas native played four seasons for at Texas after a standout career at Haig spent the previous two seasons as volunteer coach at Tulane where he Rockwall High School. During his playing time with the Longhorns, Texas went assisted Pierce with the pitching staff. While there, he helped the Green Wave to 182-76 (.705) and won the 2005 College World Series. back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances. Bishop earned the Longhorn Academic Spirit Award in 2006 and 2007, the In 2016, Haig played a large part in guiding Tulane to an NCAA-best 13 shutouts, UT Teammate of the Year Award in 2007 and 2008, and the Student Services setting a single-season school record, surpassing its nine in 2015, Haig’s first Most Inspired Performance Award in 2008. He was also a member of the 2008 season at Tulane. The 2015 Green Wave pitching staff was one of the best in the Academic All-Big 12 first team. nation. The backend of the bullpen registered 17 saves, tying for the fourth-most in a single season at Tulane. Bishop earned his degree in sport management in 2008.

Prior to Tulane, the 27-year-old spent three years as Pierce’s volunteer coach at Sam Houston State. In each season with the Bearkats, Haig helped SHSU to the Southland Conference title and an NCAA Regional appearance.

Before starting his collegiate coaching career with the Bearkats in 2012, Haig spent the 2011 season as a left-handed pitcher at Florida International University after sitting out the 2010 season due to transfer rules. While at FIU, he led the Golden Panthers in wins (nine), innings pitched (99.1) and strikeouts (72). His 9-4 record helped FIU to a 40-20-1 record and an NCAA Regional Appearance. For his efforts, Haig was named an All-Sun Belt second-team selection.

From 2008 to 2009, Haig was a dual-sport athlete at Illinois, where he lettered in both football and baseball. During his sophomore season with the Fighting Illini, Haig went 7-3 with a 4.92 ERA over 82.1 innings, leading the team in wins. As a freshman, he finished the season with a 2-3 record in 36.1 innings, earning Big 10 Pitcher of the Week honors during the final week of the regular season.

Haig was also a backup quarterback for the 2008 Fighting Illini football team that competed in the school’s first Rose Bowl since 1984.

The Inver Grove Heights, Minn. native was a five-sport athlete at Henry Sibley High School where he earned a total of 10 all-conference honors: three in baseball, three in tennis, two in football and one each in wrestling and basketball. He earned three all-state baseball selections, while also receiving high national rankings from major recruiting services for his work as a quarterback.

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