Mark Wasikowski

Mark Wasikowski

• School Southeast Missouri State University, Pepperdine University, University of Hawaii, Rancho Santiago College

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Biographical Information

Mark Wasikowski was a two-time All-West Coast Conference honoree at Pepperdine University after spending his first two collegiate seasons at University of Hawaii and Rancho Santiago College. The Milwaukee Brewers selected him in the 35th round of the 1993 amateur draft but Wasikowski opted to remain at Pepperdine to finish his bachelor’s degree in business administration while serving as a student assistant under Lopez during the 1994 season. He also has a master’s of business administration from Southeast Missouri State University.

Wasikowski was inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame along with his teammates from the 1992 National Championship team. He led the Waves in doubles as a junior and hits as a senior, guiding Pepperdine back to the NCAA Tournament in 1993.

Wasikowski started his collegiate coaching career at Southeast Missouri State University, where the Redhawks went 56-55 in two seasons. Wasikowski spent three seasons in the SEC working at the University of Florida where the Gators advanced to the NCAA Regionals during his last two seasons in Gainesville. UF won 59.4 percent (110-75-1) during Wasikowski’s three seasons on staff. Wasikowski spent 10 seasons as an assistant at the University of Arizona, where the Wildcats advanced to the seven regional tournaments, three Super Regionals and one College World Series during his time on staff. He also recruited the bulk of the Arizona team that won the 2012 CWS following his first season with the Oregon Ducks. During Wasikowski’s five seasons as an assistant at the University of Oregon, the Ducks compiled a 205-106 (.659) record and advanced to postseason play four times, including the 2012 Super Regionals. UO averaged 41 wins during that stretch, with three seasons of 40-plus wins that included a school-record 48 victories in 2013. From 2012-15, the Ducks won 176 games, tied for the sixth-most in the nation during that four-year span.

Before taking the reins of the Oregon program, Wasikowski served as the head coach at Purdue University for three seasons (2017-19). Wasikowski led Purdue to a 39-win season in 2018, leading the Boilermakers to just the third NCAA Regional appearance in school history and only the second since 1982.

Mark Wasikowski was named the 13th head baseball coach, and the second of the modern era, at the University of Oregon on June 11, 2019.