Nate Causey

Biography

Path to GCU 2008-11 Gilbert HS Student-athlete 2012-14 Arizona State Student-athlete 2014-15 Colorado Rockies organization Minor leaguer 2018-21 New Mexico Volunteer assistant 2022 Pima CC Assistant coach / recruiting coord. 2023 New Mexico Assistant coach / recruiting coord. 2024- Grand Canyon Assistant coach / recruiting coord. Nate Causey is in his third season serving as Grand Canyon's recruiting coordinator and assistant coach in 2025 after joining the program in July of 2023. Noted as an effective hitting coach, Causey left his imprint on the Lopes program immediately. In his first season, GCU posted a .313 team batting average that ranked 14th nationally and was a noticeable improvement from the team's .296 batting average the year before his arrival. Causey and GCU's staff helped lead the Lopes to a 2024 WAC Regular-Season Championship and a trip to the NCAA tournament. GCU did some damage in the Tucson Regional, defeating the host Wildcats and a top-25 Dallas Baptist team to reach the program's first regional championship. A former professional baseball player in the Colorado Rockies system, the Gilbert native makes the move to GCU after most recently holding the position of assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at New Mexico. "It's an opportunity of a lifetime to get to work with off-the-charts coaches and people like Coach Wallis and his staff," Causey said at the time of his hiring. "I grew up in Phoenix, so this is home for me. This is the type of elite prog

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