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Dan Spencer (born September 10, 1965) is a college baseball coach. He currently serves as the head coach for the Linfield College Wildcats. He previously served as head coach at Green River Community College (1992–1996) and Texas Tech University (2009–2012). He also served as the pitching coach for the New Mexico Lobos and associate head coach/pitching coach for the Washington State Cougars.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Linfield University |
| Conference | Northwest Conference |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 10, 1965 Vancouver, Washington, U.S.[1] |
| Alma mater | Portland State University (1990) |
| Playing career | |
| 1984 | MiraCosta College |
| 1985–1987 | Texas Tech |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991 | Tacoma CC (assistant) |
| 1992-1996 | Green River CC |
| 1997-2003 | Oregon State (assistant) |
| 2004-2007 | Oregon State (assoc.) |
| 2008 | Texas Tech (assoc.) |
| 2009–2012 | Texas Tech |
| 2013–2015 | New Mexico (assistant) |
| 2016–2019 | Washington State (assistant) |
| 2020–present | Linfield College |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 115–112 (college) 131–67 (junior college) |
Oregon State
Spencer coached at Oregon State for eleven seasons.[1] 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.[3] In October 2008, Spencer was named the 2007 Collegiate Baseball Magazine National College Pitching Coach of the Year.[4] 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.[5] On June 13, 2008, it was formally announced that Spencer would succeed Larry Hays as head coach at Texas Tech after Hays had announced his retirement a few days earlier.[6]
New Mexico
In July 2012, Spencer was hired as the pitching coach at New Mexico.[7]
Washington State
In June 2015, after the recent hire of new head coach Marty Lees, Spencer was hired as the pitching coach and associate head coach with the Washington State Cougars.
Linfield College
On June 19, 2019, Spencer was hired as the head baseball coach at Linfield College, an NCAA Division III program.[8]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green River Gators (Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges) (1992–1996) | |||||||||
| 1992 | Green River | ||||||||
| 1993 | Green River | ||||||||
| 1994 | Green River | ||||||||
| 1995 | Green River | ||||||||
| 1996 | Green River | ||||||||
| Green River: | 131–67 | ||||||||
| Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (2009–2012) | |||||||||
| 2009 | Texas Tech | 25–32 | 12–15 | 7th | |||||
| 2010 | Texas Tech | 28–29 | 13–14 | 5th | |||||
| 2011 | Texas Tech | 33–25 | 12–15 | 7th | |||||
| 2012 | Texas Tech | 29–26 | 7–17 | T–8th | |||||
| Texas Tech: | 115–112 | 44–61 | |||||||
| Total: | 246–179 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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