Bakich spent the last seven seasons with the Commodores, where he established himself as one of the best recruiters in college baseball, hauling in top-25 classes all seven years in Nashville, including the top-ranked class in 2005 and second-ranked class in 2008.

In addition to his duties as recruiting coordinator, Bakich trained the Commodores' outfielders and served as a hitting coach. In 2004, Vanderbilt experienced the biggest batting-average increase in program history, hitting .304 that season coming off a .258 clip the previous year. Vanderbilt finished in the top three in the SEC in team batting three of the last four seasons under Bakich's tutelage.

Bakich brings familiarity with ACC baseball, as he began his college coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Clemson in 2002, assisting in the Tigers' recruiting efforts and working with the team's outfielders and infielders. Clemson advanced to the College World Series that season.

Kenny was hired by Pepperdine in June 2003 after serving five seasons as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at San Diego.

In six seasons as Pepperdine's pitching coach, Kenny oversaw a staff that produced 11 All-WCC first team selections, two conference pitchers of the year and freshmen of the year. During Kenny's tenure, 13 Waves pitchers were drafted by Major League Baseball teams.

In 2004, senior right-hander Jacob Barrack was tabbed All-WCC first team and was selected in the 19th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies.

At Maryland, Burton will head the Terps' recruiting efforts as the recruiting coordinator. Early on in his coaching career, Burton has established himself as one of the nation's top recruiters.

Burton handled the outfielders and served as assistant hitting instructor at Austin Peay. He also created and ran the Govs' strength and conditioning programs.

Burton's coaching career began as a student assistant at Louisville in 2008. He helped guide the Cardinals to a second straight NCAA Regional berth and a 41-21 record.

During his two years at Canisius, the Golden Griffins won 77 games (26th-most in the country), the most by any school in the Northeast region. Also, Canisius is one of 30 schools across the nation to win 35-plus games each of the past two seasons.

The Golden Griffins advanced to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament each of the past two seasons, with the 2008 team winning a program-record 41 games. In 2008, Canisius earned its first regular-season MAAC title since 1994 and won the program’s first postseason game. In 2009, Canisius advanced to the MAAC Championship game for the first time in program history.

Achilles joins the Wake Forest staff after spending the last three years at Western Carolina. After serving as an assistant coach in 2008, he was promoted to assistant head coach before the start of the 2009 season.

During his two seasons at WCU, Achilles helped the Catamounts to two winning seasons, including a 35-22 mark in 2009. Along with his work on the field, Achilles also coordinated and oversaw team travel.

Before his tenure at Western Carolina, Achilles spent a season with the Charlotte baseball program, working with the 49er catchers, assisting with the defense and hitters and also serving as the first base coach. Achilles worked with all-Atlantic 10 catcher Kris Rochelle, who was drafted in the 22nd round of the 2007 MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers.

Tom Smith
Head Coach, UNC Asheville
UNC Asheville Director of Athletics Janet R. Cone has announced the hiring of Tom Smith as the Bulldogs new head baseball coach, upon approval of the school’s Board of Trustees. The announcement came on July 6, 2009. Smith becomes the eighth man to lead the UNC Asheville baseball program. He has served on the UNC Asheville coaching staff for the past two seasons, first as a volunteer assistant in 2008 and as an assistant this past spring.

“Tom Smith is a proven leader with tremendous desire who will direct our baseball program forward,” stated Cone. “He has the knowledge of the game of baseball and is a proven recruiter. “We are confident that Tom Smith will get the job done with our baseball program in the classroom and the community,” stated Cone. “We are equally as confident he will lead our program to being just as competitive on the field. Before coming to UNC Asheville, Smith was one of the top high school coaches in the nation at T.C. Roberson HS in Asheville. He coached the Rams program for 28 years and led the school to three 3-A state titles in 1983, 2000 and 2002. The Rams won 14 conference titles during his tenure.

Prior to his stint at Miami, Otte spent two years as the first assistant at Georgetown College overseeing several aspects of the team. He served as the recruiting coordinator, strength and conditioning coordinator and pitching coach while also coordinating outfield play and base running. Otte coached the Mid South Conference and Region IX Player of the Year and in his second year lowered the team ERA from 5.23 to 4.13.

Jancuska, a 1975 graduate of the University of Delaware, was named the 1992 East Coast Conference and 1993 Big South Conference Coach of the Year. The state of Maryland also named Jancuska their Coach of the Year in 1993. In addition, he has coached 38 All-Region, 5 All-America, and 4 Academic All-Americans during his tenure.

In nine seasons at Miami, Smith completely changed the fortunes of the RedHawks after inheriting a 12-40 ballclub. Miami reached the Mid-American Conference tournament nine times, including six championship game appearances and the 2000 and 2005 championship titles. Smith amassed a 317-220-1 (.589) career record and a Mid-American Conference regular-season mark of 152-95 (.615). He led the RedHawks to eight straight 30-win seasons, marking only the second time in program history that Miami accomplished that feat, and he finished his career in Oxford third on the all-time wins list.

Prince, who spent last season as an assistant coach at Indiana where he directed the Hoosiers' hitters and catchers, will serve in the same capacity at Georgia Tech. "We are excited to have Bryan join the staff," said Hall. "He was a great player on a lot of great teams for us at Georgia Tech, and I think that he will be a huge asset for us as a coach because he is a Tech graduate who also played professional baseball.

Inheriting a team that won only 12 games in 2005, Kostacopoulos engineered a team that went 32-21-1 in 2006, the second-highest win total in school history and most by a first-year Navy skipper. The 20 victories over the previous season's mark ranks as the best turnaround in school history and tied for the largest win-improvement in Patriot League history. Navy's 24 victories in non-league contests also established a school record last season.

"We are pleased and excited to add Jeff Calcaterra to our staff," said Meiser-McKnett. "He brings a wealth of experience to our program as a player, coach and clinician. Jeff was selected from a pool of over 80 qualified applicants and we believe Hartford baseball will experience a resurgence under his leadership."

Before joining the coaching staff at Charlotte, he spent four seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, UNC Wilmington, where he worked with the pitchers.

In his seven seasons as an assistant, Hall's teams have won three regular-season championships and four of his pitching staffs have been ranked nationally in ERA. He has coached five all-conference pitchers, one pitcher of the year, and two freshman All-Americans. Pitching staff ERA's have dropped in six of Hall's seven seasons, while 28 players have gone on to sign professional contracts.

Postseason experience can mean everything in college baseball. Helping guide a program to Omaha takes a special coach and an emotional voice. As UCF desires to return to the NCAA Tournament and make its first run past the regionals, its offseason search for the next leader in the dugout quickly came to a halt when one man took center stage: Terry Rooney. Rooney was officially selected as UCF's fifth head baseball coach on June 12 in the baseball complex's Tradition Room. The press conference took place in front of a packed media contingent, showing that the city of Orlando and Knight fans everywhere are hopeful the team can make it back to the dance in the near future. Rooney has 12 years of experience as an assistant coach at the Division I level, highlighted by two campaigns at LSU from 2007-08. Serving as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator under head coach Paul Mainieri, Rooney and the Tigers made a remarkable run to the College World Series in 2008. Holding a 23-16-1 record and a 6-11-1 mark in the SEC, LSU went on to win 16-straight to end the regular season and cruised through the conference tournament with a 4-0 record. It lost just one game in the NCAA Tournament en route to Omaha, where it knocked off Rice only to drop two contests to North Carolina.

Scott Roane

Formerly the head baseball coach at Dundalk Community College for four years, Scott Roane is starting his first season as an assistant baseball coach for the Tigers.

A Baltimore native who graduated from Davis & Elkins College in 1995, Roane led Dundalk to an impressive 116-69 record in his four seasons as head coach. The Lions had four consecutive winning seasons under his direction, including a 34-14 mark in 2003 when they finished fourth in Region 22.

Bob Mumma