Baseball America has the Beaver trio listed on the coaching carousel this offseason.
From BA
“Pat Casey, special assistant to the athletic director, Oregon State:
If you’re looking for intrigue in this year’s carousel, look no further than Corvallis. Casey stunned college baseball when he announced his retirement in September, three months after winning the third national championship of his career. Oregon State promoted associate head coach Pat Bailey but placed an interim tag on him. If that wasn’t enough, it was later revealed that athletic director Scott Barnes inserted a clause into Casey’s reworked contract that gives the 2006 BA Coach of the Year a one-time option this June to return to his previous role as head coach. Casey, 60, is being paid handsomely in his new role as a special assistant to the athletic director, but at his retirement press conference he didn’t sound completely convicted in his decision and many around the game expect to see him back in the dugout. It’s also worth noting that if Casey does return to the dugout, something has to give on staff. Andy Jenkins was promoted from volunteer assistant to full-time when Casey retired, and he’s highly regarded as well. It’s a good problem to have, but it’s one that has to be resolved soon.
Pat Bailey, interim head coach, Oregon State:
If Casey doesn’t return, the expectation is that Barnes will remove the interim tag from Bailey’s title. He’s led the Beavers to a 36-18-1 record this season and a third-place finish in the Pac-12, despite three players from last year’s national championship team being drafted in the top 40 picks and ace Kevin Abel being lost for the season to injury in March. Bailey has been on staff at Oregon State for a decade and won the 2004 NAIA national championship as the head coach of George Fox (Ore.).
Nate Yeskie, pitching coach, Oregon State:
The Beavers and Barnes do have options, however. Yeskie, 44, has embraced analytics and the new-age technology and melds it with the focused, meticulous culture fostered in Corvallis by Pat Casey. That combination should continue to play well as a head coach. With so much turnover expected in the Pac-12 this year, he’s expected to be a hot name.”
The rest of the coaching carousel from BA
From BA
“Pat Casey, special assistant to the athletic director, Oregon State:
If you’re looking for intrigue in this year’s carousel, look no further than Corvallis. Casey stunned college baseball when he announced his retirement in September, three months after winning the third national championship of his career. Oregon State promoted associate head coach Pat Bailey but placed an interim tag on him. If that wasn’t enough, it was later revealed that athletic director Scott Barnes inserted a clause into Casey’s reworked contract that gives the 2006 BA Coach of the Year a one-time option this June to return to his previous role as head coach. Casey, 60, is being paid handsomely in his new role as a special assistant to the athletic director, but at his retirement press conference he didn’t sound completely convicted in his decision and many around the game expect to see him back in the dugout. It’s also worth noting that if Casey does return to the dugout, something has to give on staff. Andy Jenkins was promoted from volunteer assistant to full-time when Casey retired, and he’s highly regarded as well. It’s a good problem to have, but it’s one that has to be resolved soon.
Pat Bailey, interim head coach, Oregon State:
If Casey doesn’t return, the expectation is that Barnes will remove the interim tag from Bailey’s title. He’s led the Beavers to a 36-18-1 record this season and a third-place finish in the Pac-12, despite three players from last year’s national championship team being drafted in the top 40 picks and ace Kevin Abel being lost for the season to injury in March. Bailey has been on staff at Oregon State for a decade and won the 2004 NAIA national championship as the head coach of George Fox (Ore.).
Nate Yeskie, pitching coach, Oregon State:
The Beavers and Barnes do have options, however. Yeskie, 44, has embraced analytics and the new-age technology and melds it with the focused, meticulous culture fostered in Corvallis by Pat Casey. That combination should continue to play well as a head coach. With so much turnover expected in the Pac-12 this year, he’s expected to be a hot name.”
The rest of the coaching carousel from BA
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