OSU's two greatest coaches last 20 years came from D3 and

OSU's two greatest coaches last 20 years came from D3 and
by Domerduck (2024-03-26 13:53:02)

In reply to: That’s a really good article. D3 to the PAC 12 is quite a posted by irishhawk49

from the same Oregon school, George Fox University. The other coach was Pat Casey, who was the baseball coach who won 3 National Championships (2006, 2007, 2018) and did it in a northern school. Since Pat is a devout Catholic after ND lost Mainieri to LSU in 2006, ND went hard after Pat but Phil Knight stepped in and helped OSU match ND's offer. He stayed, winning it all again in 2007 and became the 1st unranked team to accomplish that feat. He retired pretty young after he won it again in 2018, but still lives in Corvallis as I see him at church often.

Both Pat and Scott are lifetime Oregonians. Scott hasn't had Pat's success with no NCs but he is a great guy in a very competitive business. The players he gets are all loved by the community which tells you a lot. He will have a more interesting challenge trying to keep winning in the WCC.

Oregon St has had a lot of success in baseball. I’m not a

huge baseball guy, but I do enjoy watching the College World Series. Oregon St seems to be in there more times than not. Do you live in Corvallis or Eugene, if you don’t mind my asking?

Corvallis for 44 yrs but U of-O Eugene got me here for grad

school in 1978 with my new wife a year after I graduated from ND. So I lived in Eugene for two years then which is only 40 miles from Corvallis. I have season tix in football and wbb for both the Ducks and Beavers as I like to support both schools. I also go down to several Eugene Hayward field track meets as it is a World Class facility (best in the USA) which Phil Knight's money certainly was very much involved. Eugene has hosted many international meets including the World Athletics Championships (2022) and the Diamond League championship (2023), many US OLympic trials including this June, and NCAA T&F championships also this Junen Track so I often find the time to take the trip. Hopefully we will see a few ND athletes in Eugene again this year in both the Olympic Trials and NCAA NC.

That’s awesome. I’ve always imagined that’s a beautiful part

of the US.