WOLF PACK BASEBALL COACHES & STAFF HEAD COACH GARY POWERS 30th Season Nevada, 1971 880-705-5 (.554) Nevada head coach Gary Powers enters his 30th sea- Nevada’s Peccole Park, but were unable to capture the son of directing the Wolf Pack baseball program at his title finishing second. The 35 wins were the most by a alma mater in 2012, which makes him the longest Nevada baseball squad since the 2000 NCAA playoff tenured coach in the history of the school. His 880 career team won 38 games. The second place WAC finish dur- wins, all coming at Nevada, ranks 25th among active Di- ing the regular season tied the 2003 club as the best vision I head coaches. since joining the WAC in 2001. On March 12, 2010 the longtime coach reached yet Offensively, the 2007 squad ranked 45th in the coun- another milestone as he won his 800th game when the try with a .310 batting average, averaged 2.28 doubles Pack defeated Oregon 6-5. All per game to rank 15th in NCAA Division I baseball and 880 wins have come at Ne- turned 1.03 doubles plays per game which was 21st. The vada. On the final day of team set a school record with its 139 doubles on the year. THE POWERS FILE the 2005 season the Wolf Under his leadership a pair of the Pack’s players gar- Education Pack defeated Fresno nered two of the top honors in the WAC in 2007 as senior Nevada, 1971 State 20-7 to give coach Ryan Rodriguez was named WAC Pitcher of the Year and -Bachelor’s in Physical Education his 700th career victory. first baseman Shaun Kort was chosen as the WAC Fresh- minor in math In 1982, Powers re- man of the Year. With Rodriguez’ honor, a member of Nevada, 1972 turned to his alma mater the Pack has now earned all four major WAC Awards as -Master’s in School to take over the reins of Kevin Kouzmanoff was the 2003 Player of the Year, the Wolf Pack baseball Powers was the 2003 Co-Coach of the Year and Administration program for which he Brett Hayes was the first Nevada player to Coaching Experience played in 1970 and earn WAC Freshman of the Year honors 1982-present: Nevada 1971. Powers has built in 2003. Head Coach the Pack into a one The 2008 team surpassed 1981-82: Shasta College of the premier the 30 win mark going 34- Head Coach baseball pro- 26 overall and 18-14 in 1977-81: Wooster High School grams in the WAC play to finish in Head Coach West. a tie for second 1973-77: Incline High School After hav- place. The tie for Head Coach ing two dis- second place 1971-73: Nevada appointing marked the Graduate Assistant seasons by third time (Baseball/Fooball) Nevada the Pack As a Player standards, have fin- Nevada the Pack ished sec- Two-year starting pitcher from turned ond in the 1970-71. things WAC reg- Set team records for appearances around in ular sea- and innings pitched. 2007 going son 35-26 over- standings as Douglas High School all and 15-9 the 2003 and All-around varsity athlete. in confer- 2007 teams also ence play to took second. The finish second 2008 squad finished in the league second at the season standings. The ending conference tour- team advanced to nament just as the 2007 the championship team had done. game of the WAC For the second year in Tournament played at a row the school record POWERS’ COACHINGCOACHING MILESTONES MILESTONES Caeer Win # Game Date 1 Nevada 5, Utah 4 March 4, 1983 100 Nevada 13, San Jose State 9 January 30, 1987 200 Nevada 9, San Diego State 8 April 14, 1990 300 Nevada 2, Pacific 1 April 9, 1993 400 Nevada 17, Cal Poly 1 March 18, 1996 500 Nevada 7, UC Santa Barbara 5 March 13, 1999 600 Nevada 4, Louisiana Tech 2 March 29, 2002 700 Nevada 20, Fresno State 7 May 29, 2005 2012 BASEBALL 800 Nevada 6, Oregon 5 March 12, 2009 2 www.NevadaWolfPack.com HEAD COACH for doubles was broken as the 143 in 2008 sur- Nevada has experienced just five losing sea- THE POWERS FILE passed the 139 by the 2007 squad. Nationally the sons since 1991 and Powers has had 18 winning Date Announced as Nevada Head Coach: team ranked 17th in NCAA Division I averaging seasons and one .500 campaign in his 29 years, in- July 1, 1982 2.38 doubles per as did the 143 total doubles. De- cluding a .680 winning percentage in the 1990’s Overall Head Coaching Record: fensively the team turned 73 double plays to rank with eight straight winning seasons and three 880-705-5 (.554) third in the country and the 1.22 double plays per NCAA appearances in that decade. The Pack pro- game also ranked third. duced nine winning seasons during the 90’s. Awards and Titles Nevada placed six members on the All-WAC Powers guided his alma mater (B.S. 1971, M.S - 2003 WAC Co-Coach of the Year. team with pitcher Kyle Howe and third baseman 1972) to its first-ever 40-win season in 1992 (43- - 1994, 1999 and 2000 Big West Coach of the Year. Jason Rodriguez earning first team honors. First 11-1) and duplicated that in 1994 (41-15). Also in - While playing in the Big West Conference baseman Shaun Kort, relief pitcher Mario Rivera 1994 he guided the Pack to the school’s first ever the Pack, won conference titles in ‘94 and ‘00, along with outfielders Matt Bowman and Mike appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Nevada and division titles in ‘97, and ‘98. Hale were selected to the second team. Ro- qualified for the NCAA Tournament again in 1997 driguez, Bowman along with pitchers Rod Scurry and made back-to-back appearances in 1999 and and Dan Eastham were selected in the MLB draft. 2000. In 1999, Nevada went deeper into the Coaching Highlights The Seattle Mariners selected three Pack pitch- NCAA Regionals than ever before, going 2-2 at the - 880 career wins ranks ... among NCAA ers on day two of the 2007 MLB draft. Ryan Ro- Stanford Regional. Division I active coaches. driguez was taked in round 17 and Matt Renfree During the 1998 season, Nevada dropped No. - Three-game sweep of intrastate rival UNLV, was selected seven rounds later in round 24. The 1-ranked Stanford, No. 7 Wichita State, No. 13 Cal for the first time in his career in 2005 Mariners waited until round 31 to pick Rod Scurry. State Fullerton, No. 17 Long Beach, and No. 27 - University record 43 wins (‘92). Seven members of the 2007 squad were Pepperdine, giving the team one of its most suc- - Averaged 34 wins per year in 1990’s. named to either the All-WAC first or second team. cessful seasons against ranked opponents in the - Won 30+ games 15 times; 35+ games Joining Ryan Rodriguez on the first team were history of Wolf Pack baseball. seven times and 40+ games twice. outfielder Terry Walsh, designated hitter Baker Powers’ dedication has helped Nevada rank - Winners of eight in a row from UNLV, 2005-07. Krukow and relief pitcher Matt Renfree. Kort among the nation’s elite, reaching as high as No. 6 - Top 40 winning percentage in 90’s. along with Scurry and shortstop Chris Siewert in Collegiate Baseball in 1994 and winning 30 or - 18 winning seasons. were named to the second team. more games eight times in the 1990’s. Nevada has - 10 consecutive winning seasons, ‘92-’01 The Pack bounced back from a rough 2009 won 30 or more games in 15 of the last 21 years - Ranked as high as 6th in 1994; and finished season by posting a 36-22-1 record in 2010. Ne- which includes 43 wins in 1992 and 41 in 1994. 26th in the final 1999 poll. vada finished second in the WAC and featured six In fact, Nevada ranked in the top 40 in the - Top 20 finishes: 1 all conference selections. LHP Brock Stassi was decade of the 1990’s in winning percentage while - 15 All-Americans. named the 2010 WAC Pitcher of the Year, earned playing in one of the top baseball conferences in - 140 All-Conference honorees. first team All-WAC honors as a pitcher and second the country, the Big West. - Four Conference Players of Year in Mark team All-WAC honors as a utility. Senior first base- Lewis ‘94, Andy Dominique ‘97, Joe Inglett ‘00 man Shaun Kort earned first team all conference PHILOSOPHY and Kevin Kouzmanoff ‘03. honors for the first time in his career after earning Since his arrival in 1983, Powers has remained - Two WAC Freshman of the Year in Brett Hayes ‘03 second team honors his first three years. RHP Je- loyal to the idea that attention to detail leads to and Shaun Kort ‘07. remy Cole, RHP Tyler Graham, OF Nick Melino and success. - 75 players drafted, including three in 2007. OF Brian Barnett earned second team All-WAC Fundamentals, above all else, lead to - Four NCAA Regional Appearances ‘94, ‘97, ‘99, honors. success. and ‘00. Despite a disappointing 24-31 overall record in Powers’ keys to a player’s success include: - Led nation in double plays and double plays 2011, the Pack went 12-12 in conference play to 1. An understanding of expectations and per game in 1997 and 1998. tie for third place.