Dan Spencer
Dan Spencer is the head coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team. On April 29, 2008, Texas Tech Athletic Director Gerald Myers designated Spencer to become the head coach of the team once former head coach Larry Hays retired.[1] On June 2, 2008, Hays announced his retirement.
Coaching career
Oregon State
Spencer coached at Oregon State for eleven seasons. During his last three years, he was the associate head coach and served as pitching/catching coach and recruiting coordinator. His final two seasons at Oregon State saw the Beavers become the first back-to-back College World Series Champions since LSU accomplished the feat in the late 1990s.[2]
Texas Tech
On July 2, 2007, Spencer was hired as the associate head coach at Texas Tech. In October 2008, Spencer was named the 2007 Collegiate Baseball Magazine National College Pitching Coach of the Year.[3][4] On June 13, 2008, it was formally announced that Spencer had succeed Larry Hays as head coach at Texas Tech. Hays had announced his retirement a few days earlier.[5][6]
References
- ^ Spencer to replace Hays as Texas Tech baseball coach
- ^ Spencer Named Head Coach Designate Of Texas Tech Baseball
- ^ Dan Spencer Named Pitching Coach of the Year
- ^ Texas Tech's Spencer Named Pitching Coach of the Year
- ^ Dan Spencer Named Head Baseball Coach at Texas Tech
- ^ Hays Steps Down As Head Baseball Coach At Texas Tech
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