Tyler Oakes
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | North Dakota State |
| Conference | Summit League |
| Record | 73–77–1 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 8, 1986 |
| Playing career | |
| 2006–2009 | Minnesota |
| 2009 | Princeton Rays |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2010–2011 | South Dakota State (GA/P) |
| 2012–2013 | Minnesota (volunteer assistant) |
| 2014–2016 | North Dakota State (P) |
| 2017–2018 | North Dakota State (P/RC) |
| 2019–2021 | North Dakota State (associate HC) |
| 2022–present | North Dakota State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 73–77–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Summit League regular season (2022) | |
| Records | |
| Summit League Coach of the Year (2022) | |
Tyler Oakes (born November 8, 1986)[1] is an American college baseball coach, head coach of the NCAA Division I Summit League's North Dakota State Bison.[2] He was the pitching coach, recruiting coordinator and associate head coach at North Dakota State from 2014 to 2021. Prior to North Dakota State, Oakes was an assistant for South Dakota State and Minnesota.
Playing career
[edit]Tyler Oakes played four years of college baseball at Minnesota from 2006 to 2009 before being signed as an undrafted free agent by the Tampa Bay Rays. Oakes played one season in the Appalachian League for the Princeton Rays in 2009 before retiring from professional baseball.
Coaching career
[edit]On June 22, 2021, North Dakota State announced that Oakes would become the 22nd head coach in the team's history after Tod Brown departed to take the head coaching job at New Mexico.[3]
On May 20, 2022, North Dakota State clinched their first Summit League regular season title under Oakes' leadership.[4] For that leadership he received the 2022 Summit League Coach of the Year award.[5] In Oakes' first Summit League Tournament as head coach; the Bison went 1-2, losing to Omaha twice and beating South Dakota State in their lone win.
Head coaching record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota State Bison (Summit League) (2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022 | North Dakota State | 31–19 | 17–5 | 1st | |||||
| 2023 | North Dakota State | 23–30 | 16–7 | 2nd | |||||
| 2024 | North Dakota State | 19–28–1 | 14–12–1 | 3rd | |||||
| North Dakota State: | 73–77–1 (.487) | 47–24–1 (.660) | |||||||
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73–77–1 (.487) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ "Tyler Oakes Minor League Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ "Tyler Oakes". gobison.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Tyler Oakes Named NDSU Baseball Head Coach". gobison.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "NDSU Tops Western Illinois to Capture Summit League Regular Season Title". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ "Omaha's Boeve Collects Top SummitBSB Award". The Summit League. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Baseball pitchers
- Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball players
- North Dakota State Bison baseball coaches
- Princeton Rays players
- South Dakota State Jackrabbits baseball coaches
- Baseball players from Minnesota
- South Dakota State University alumni
- People from Jordan, Minnesota
- Baseball coaches from Minnesota