University of Oregon Baseball

Named the 2025 Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year after leading Oregon to its first regular-season league title in more than half a century, Mark Wasikowski has positioned the Ducks as one of the premier programs in the nation. In the last five seasons, UO has won 198 games (.667) ranking in the top four in both wins and winning percentage among teams on the West Coast. Heading into his seventh season at the helm of the Oregon baseball program, Wasikowski is the only coach in the history of the program to lead the Ducks to the postseason in five consecutive seasons. After COVID-19 brought an early end to his inaugural campaign, Wasikowski has led Oregon to postseason play in each of the next five years with the opportunity to make it six straight in 2026. During that stretch, Oregon hosted two regional tournaments (2021 and 2025) and one super regional (2023). The Ducks have won a pair of regional tournaments (2023, 2024) and advanced to another regional final (2021).

A former player and 2014 Oregon graduate, Brett Thomas is in his seventh season on Mark Wasikowski's staff and his first as an assistant coach. He spent the first six years as the director of player development/analytics at Oregon. As an assistant coach, Thomas coaches the outfielders while assisting with the hitters and recruiting. While working in the analytics and player development role, Thomas served as a vital cog in helping Oregon win 198 games, an average of 39.6 per season, over the last five seasons following the COVID-19 shortened 2020 campaign. During that span, UO's wins and winning percentage (.667) rank in the top four among teams on the West Coast. Oregon has advanced to postseason play in each of the last five years with the opportunity to make it six straight in 2026. During that span, the Ducks have won a conference title (2025 Big Ten Championship), a conference tournament championship (2023 Pac-12 Tournament) and two regional championships (2023 Vanderbilt Regional

A former Major League pitcher, Dan Straily is in his first season serving as the director of pitching development on Mark Wasikowski's staff. The eight-year big league veteran spent time with the Oakland Athletics, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Miami Marlins and the Baltimore Orioles during his career. Straily finished his MLB career 44-40 with a 4.56 ERA while making 140 starts and playing in 156 games. He struck out 681 batters in 803.1 innings while finishing with a 1.32 WHIP. He started more than 20 games in four different seasons, while making more than 30 starts in back-to-back seasons in 2016 and 2017. In 2016, he went 14-8 with a 3.76 ERA for the Reds while posting a 3.76 ERA. A 24th-round draft pick in 2009, Straily made his MLB debut on August 8, 2012. After graduating from Springfield High School in Springfield, Ore., Straily spent one season at Western Oregon before transferring to Marshall. In two seasons with the Thundering Herd, Straily won nine games while fanning 11

A former Oregon player, Jack Marder is in his seventh season as a member of Mark Wasikowski's staff. The University of Oregon alum is the Ducks' hitting coach, while working with the catchers and serving as the program's recruiting coordinator. Marder was instrumental in helping Oregon secure the nation's No. 5 recruiting class in 2022 according to Baseball America and was named to the "10 Of The Hottest Assistant Coaching Names In College Baseball" list by the magazine in Dec. 2023, while also being recognized as one of the "100 Assistant Coaches Athletic Directors Should Know" by D1Baseball in October 2023 and "25 Assistants Most Ready To Be Head Coaches" by D1Baseball in October 2025. During Marder's six years at Oregon, the Ducks have compiled a 206-106 (66.0 winning percentage) record. The Ducks have advanced to the postseason in each of Marder's five full seasons at UO with Super Regional appearance in 2023 and 2024, and NCAA Regional berths in 2021, 2022 and 2025.

After spending the first nine years of his coaching career in the West Coast Conference, Matt Florer is in his first year on Mark Wasikowski's staff at Oregon. Throughout his coaching career, Florer has been instrumental in recruiting and developing top-tier talent, including 10 All-Americans, nine conference player of the year recipients and 43 all-conference players. His impact extends beyond the collegiate level with 26 of his players going on to professional careers through the MLB Draft and free-agent signings. During his nine seasons serving as a pitching coach in the West Coast Conference at San Diego and Loyola Marymount, Florer's pitching staffs led their teams to either regular-season or conference-tournament championships in 2017, 2022, 2024 and 2025, while leading the league in earned run average three times and boasting the conference pitcher of the year twice. Eight of Florer's pitchers earned first-team All-WCC honors during his time coaching in the league.