PAT CASEY PAT CASEY Head Coach • 23Rd Year 789-440-5 (Oregon State) 960-554-6 (29 Years Overall) #5 George Fox, ‘90
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Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball 2017 OREGON STATE BASEBALL Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball HEAD COACH PAT CASEY PAT CASEY Head Coach • 23rd Year 789-440-5 (Oregon State) 960-554-6 (29 years overall) #5 George Fox, ‘90 Pat Casey, considered one of the top coaches in the country, returns for his 23rd season at the helm of the Oregon State program in 2017. One of the most influential sports figures in the state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, Casey has made Oregon State a national power. • Casey is 789-440-5 in his previous 22 seasons at Oregon State, recording a .641 winning percentage. • All-time, as a collegiate head coach, Casey’s teams have gone 960-554-6 (.634). He went 171-114-1 (.600) in seven seasons at Division III George Fox. • Casey’s 789 wins at Oregon State ranks eighth all-time in Pac- 12 Conference history. • Since coming to Oregon State prior to the 1995 season, Casey’s teams have advanced to the NCAA postseason 10 times, including a school-record seven straight appearances from 2009-2015. • The Beavers became just the fifth program in NCAA history to win back-to-back NCAA titles when Oregon State defeated North Carolina in 2006 and 2007. come in the top nine • In winning the 2006 title, Oregon State became the first “North- rounds (40 percent). ern” school to win an NCAA Championship in decades. • Oregon State Pat Casey In Pac-12 History • Casey has been honored nationally multiple times, being named players have been the National Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2007 and the Co-Coach named the Pac- Active Coaches of the Year in 2005. 10/12’s Most Valuable Category Total Place • He was selected as the Pac-10’s Coach of the Year in 2005, Player five times, the Pac-10/12 titles* 4 1st National titles 2 Tied-1st 2006 and 2011 and the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2013. Fielder of the Year Winning Percentage .642 2nd • Prior to the 2010 season, Casey was named the top collegiate three times, the Fresh- coach of the previous decade by Baseball America. The voting was Wins 789 2nd man of the Year three * Since 1999 done by fellow collegiate coaches. Oregon State was named the No. times and the Pitcher 2 program of the decade, just behind Texas. of the Year once. All-Time • Also in 2010, he and his wife, Susan, were recipients of the Nell • Casey has guided Category Total Place and John Wooden Coaching Achievement Award. The honor goes to Oregon State to the Wins 789 8th a head coach and his spouse for their dedication to success on the College World Series Winning Percentage .642 17th field and in making an impact on the lives of their players. four times - 2005, • Oregon State players have been named an All-American a 2006, 2007 and 2013. total of 22 times during his tenure, including a school-record four His clubs have gone 13-8 (.619). in 2006. Michael Conforto became the first Oregon State player to • In the postseason, Oregon State is 46-21 (.687) under Casey. be named an All-American three times when earned the honor in His 46 wins represent better than 90 percent of the Beavers’ 51 2012, 2013 and 2014. all-time. • Three other players, Dallas Buck, Jonah Nickerson and Andrew • In 2013, the Beavers set a school-record with 52 victories. Moore, have been named an All-American in two different seasons. Oregon State won its first of two consecutive Pac-12 titles, setting • Seventeen players who competed under Casey have made an a conference record with 24 victories. appearance at the Major League level, including a school-record nine • Oregon State followed the 2013 season with a nearly as impres- during the 2016 season. In 2016, the Beavers had nearly 30 former sive 2014 campaign. The 2014 club won 45 games, and claimed the players compete at the professional level. Pac-12 with a 23-7 record. The 47 conference victories in back-to- • Two former Beavers - Jacoby Ellsbury in 2007 and 2011 and back seasons are easily a Pac-12 record. Andrew Susac in 2014 - have won World Series titles. A third former • Since 2005, the first of a school-record 12 consecutive winning Beaver, Michael Conforto, played in the 2015 series and became one seasons, the Beavers have totaled 494 wins, the second-best mark of the youngest players to ever homer in the World Series. A little in the conference. Oregon State has averaged 41 wins per season more than one year prior, Conforto had finished his Oregon State over that stretch, one of just two teams in the league to lay claim career as one of the top offensive players in school history. to that fact. • Oregon State players have been selected by MLB clubs in the • In conference play, since 2005, the Beavers have won 200 draft a total of 105 times. Forty-two of those 105 selections have 2006 & 2007 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 2013 & 2014 PAC-12 CHAMPIONS 5 College World Series Appearances: 1952, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013 | 5 NCAA Super Regional Appearances: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 2013 13 16 NCAA Regional Appearances: 1952, 1962, 1963, 1983, 1985, 1986, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 2017 OREGON STATE BASEBALL Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball HEAD COACH PAT CASEY Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball games, or nearly 17 per season. Again, Oregon State is one of just State in the Corvallis Super Regional. The Beavers finished with two Pac-12 programs to hit that mark. a 2.28 earned run average that season, the second-lowest mark • Casey has a winning record against all but two Pac-12 oppo- nationally. nents. • The 2007 club went 39-4 in non-conference games, including • He is the winningest coach in Oregon State Athleics history. an incredible 11-1 record in the postseason. Oregon State trailed for Casey surpassed Jack Riley on May 25, 2012 to earn that distinction. just one inning in five games in Omaha. The Beavers won their last • Oregon State has thrown four no-hitters since the 2007 season, four games by at least six runs, the first team in CWS history to win while the rest of the league has totaled just two over that stretch. four or more by at least six. Drew Rasmussen became the first pitcher in conference history to • The 2006 Beavers were the first team to ever face six elimi- throw a perfect game in a league game on March 21, 2015 versus nation games. And Oregon State became the first team to win the Washington State. He was the first pitcher from the conference to World Series despite losing two games in Omaha - once before taking throw a perfect game against any opponent in more tha 40 years. 2-of-3 from North Carolina to claim the crown. The 2006 club set • Four years prior, Josh Osich no hit UCLA (April 30, 2011). He what was then a school record with 50 victories. was the first pitcher to no hit a fellow conference school in nearly • The 2005 Oregon State team won its first of two Pac-10 titles 20 seasons. with a 19-5 record in league play. OSU won 46 games, a school record • In 2016, Oregon State saw a school-record 11 players named to at the time. Casey won his first career postseason game that year, the Pac-12 All-Academic Team. Jack Anderson and Jake Thompson a 4-3 victory over Ohio State in the Corvallis Regional. were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 Second Team. Casey came to OSU after seven seasons at George Fox College, Casey has not only developed talent on the field and in the class- a NAIA school in his hometown of Newberg, Ore. Under Casey, the room, but he’s helped make Goss Stadium at Coleman Field into one Bruins went 171-113-1 (.602) overall and were 155-54-1 against NAIA of the finest ballparks in the nation. competition; they won three District 2 titles, five Metro Valley Confer- ence titles and two Cascade Conference titles. • Prior to the 2017 season, Goss Stadium was named the 10th During his time at George Fox, Casey was named Coach of the toughest park to play in for opposing teams. It earned the distinction Year three times in District 2, four times in the Metro Valley Confer- in a vote by the nation’s coaches. ence and twice in the Cascade Conference. • In 1999, Casey spearheaded the expansion of Goss Stadium Casey earned his bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Coleman Field. The stadium saw increased seating, improved from George Fox in 1990. He played for the University of Portland locker rooms and a full press box. from 1978-80 and was a first-team All-NorPac Conference outfielder • In 2009, Casey again spearheaded a further expansion of Goss his final two seasons. He was a second-team All-Region selection in Stadium. The stadium saw additional seating added down the first 1980. He also lettered in basketball one season. and third base lines, as well as the Omaha Room, the team’s class- After being drafted in the 10th round by the San Diego Padres in room and a trophy room, celebrating the program’s history. 1980, Casey played seven professional seasons. He reached Class • In 2015, thanks to a generous donation from Jacoby Ellsbury, AAA with the Calgary Cannons in 1985-86 and the Portland Beavers the Jacoby Ellsbury Clubhouse was constructed down the third base in 1987.