2026 marks Coach Pote's fourth season as the manager of the Dawgs. Lou brings a storied baseball background to the Dawgs dugout. As a player, he earned a World Series ring with the Anaheim Angels in 2002. He pitched for both the Angels and the Cleveland Indians over a 5 year Major League career. Overall, Lou spent 20 years playing professional baseball. Pote currently serves as Director of Player Development for the Dawgs Baseball Academy and has coached at various levels for over 16 years.

Dawgs look forward to seeing Coach Schmidt back in the dugout in 2026 as Bench Coach. Mitch is the Associate Head Coach at Bellevue University in Nebraska where he has led to the Bears to several NAIA World Series appearances over the past 20 years. In 2019, he earned the 'Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year' award. Mitch was a key part of the Dawgs coaching staff through the most recent 3-PEAT in WCBL Championships. Throughout Schmidt’s coaching career, he has had the honor of coaching over 115 players who signed professional contracts, numerous players recognized with collegiate athletic and academic awards, including (22) NAIA All-American Awards, (5) NAIA National Gold Glove Awards, (25) Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete Awards, (150) All-Conference Awards, (40) Conference Gold Glove Awards, (100) Conference Scholar Athlete Awards and (5) Conference Baseball Scholar-Athletes of the Year Awards.

Coach David Robb (DR) is a Dawg through and through, being part of the program for over 20 years. Coach Robb played in the College World Series for Augie Garrido at Cal State Fullerton. Following a successful collegiate career, DR played professionally overseas in Italy. After his playing career, DR began coaching around the world Including coaching assignments in Italy, New Zealand, Germany, Spain, and Canada; enjoying stints with both Canada's & Italy’s National Team programs and professionally in the Oakland Athletics system. DR has been on the Dawgs coaching staff for all 8 of the Dawgs WCBL Championships, while coaching the past 10 years at Mesa Community College.

Coach Peterson is back for his 7th summer with the Dawgs. Andy is the Head Coach at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, Oregon. Prior to getting the head coach position, he was the Undergraduate Assistant Coach at Oregon State University, where he also played. Peterson was a two-year letter winner for the Beavers, including trips to Omaha for the NCAA, Division 1 World Series, where he was a standout. For his career with Oregon State, Andy started 119 games, batting .289 with 13 doubles and 42 runs batted in. Following his collegiate career, he was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 2014 MLB Draft. As a coach with the Dawgs, Coach Peterson has been part of 4 WCBL Championships. With Linn-Benton, he lead the Roadrunners to back-to-back Northwest Athletic Conference Baseball Championships and earned Coach of the Year honors in 2024.

Coach Sergent is back in 2026 for his 8th season with the Dawgs. Joe was a left-handed pitcher born and raised in Manteca, California. After playing JC ball at San Joaquin Delta College, Joe was recruited by D1 Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. He was drafted in 1999 by the Florida Marlins and played five seasons for them, playing as high as AA. From ’04-’07 he pitched for the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks of the Northern League (now American Association) posting a 21-5 regular season record before joining the Calgary Vipers in 2008. From ’08-’10 the GBL all-star was the ace of the staff that won the 2009 GBL title and was 6-0 in playoffs during his time in the GBL. In his 12 year career, Joe boasted a regular season record of 64-33 with a 3.95 ERA in over 800 professional innings pitched.

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