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

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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.

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