University of Mississippi Baseball

Ole Miss named Mike Bianco head coach of the Rebel baseball program on June 7, 2000. Since then, Bianco has become the winningest coach in program history, l...

Carl Lafferty has spent 20 seasons as a full-time assistant coach at Ole Miss, including 16 as the team’s recruiting coordinator, making him the longest-tenu...

Chris Goudoras, a former staff member of the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets organizations, joined the Ole Miss baseball program as Coordinator of Op...

Drew Bianco is in his third season on staff with Ole Miss Baseball, the second as the team’s Director of Player Development, in 2025. Bianco played five seas...

Joel Mangrum was hired as the newest Ole Miss Baseball assistant coach on June 13, 2024 and will be heading into his second season with the program in 2026. ...

Mike Clement is in his 12th season at Ole Miss, serving as the team’s hitting coach and third base coach. Clement joined the Rebels’ coaching staff prior to ...

Sheila Padgett is an assistant director for the FedEx Student-Athlete Success Center and is responsible for the academic needs of the Rebel baseball and softball teams. She also coordinates honors and awards for all of the student-athletes. She began her career at Ole Miss in 2005 as the lead football academic counselor. Prior to coming to Ole Miss, Padgett served as an academic counselor and tutor coordinator at the University of Louisville from 2003-05, working with the men's soccer, women's tennis, rowing and football teams. In 2002, she worked as an assistant academic counselor for Florida State University with the football and women's basketball teams. Padgett earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees in kinesiology from Indiana University. While at IU, she was a graduate assistant for its academic support program and served as an assistant to the learning specialist. She is an active member of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics (N4A). In 2006 she became a graduate of the N4A's Professional Development Institute (PDI) for the Leader/Manager track. She also served as a faculty member in 2009 for the PDI's first Learning Specialist track. Padgett has been a member of the Learning Concerns committee since 2002 and now also serves on the Strategic Planning committee. Originally from Greenwood, Indiana, Padgett also coached high school softball in Indianapolis for five years.

Tyler Keenan, a former Rebel All-American and fourth-round pick by the Seattle Mariners, returns to Oxford for his second season as a Student Assistant Coach for Ole Miss Baseball in 2026. Keenan was a three-year starter for the Rebels from 2018-2020, posting a career batting average of .306 over 139 games with 31 home runs, 137 RBI, and a career slugging percentage of .550. He was named a Collegiate Baseball All-American in 2020 and was a two-time Freshman All-American in 2018. In 2020, Keenan was hitting a staggering .403 with seven home runs and 33 RBI through the first 17 games of the season when the global pandemic shut it down. He finished that shortened season as the top third baseman in the country according to D1Baseball, leading the SEC in slugging percentage, RBI, and total bases. In 2019, Keenan started all 68 games for the Rebels, mostly at third base. He hit .285 with 48 walks, 66 RBI, 15 home runs, and 128 total bases. He was named a finalist for the Ferriss Trophy and participated in the 2019 College Home Run Derby where he finished in second place. As a freshman in 2018, Keenan started 50 games at third base and hit .301 with nine home runs, 38 RBI, and a slugging percentage of .520. He was named SEC Freshman of the Week twice and Player of the Week once by the conference office. At the end of the season, he was selected as a Freshman All-American by both Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game. Keenan was drafted in the fourth round, 107th overall, by the Seatt