New assistant coaches

Next up: Derek Beasley

Western Carolina head baseball coach Alan Beck today announced the addition of Derek Beasley to his inaugural coaching staff as an assistant coach. Beasley, who spent the past three seasons as the pitching coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, assumes the same role on the Catamount coaching staff.




"It was important throughout this process of filling a staff to find a pitching coach with a proven track record of not only developing individual pitchers but also pitching staffs. Derek Beasley fills that need," said Beck. "Not only was Derek a good player that progressed from college to the professional ranks, but everyone I talked to said that he's a strong character guy and will fit in well at Western Carolina. Derek's had a tremendous start to his coaching career where he's had a knack of doing more with less in both recruiting and developing strong pitching rotations."

Beasley helped guide Lenoir-Rhyne to a stellar 46-13 record in 2022, collecting eight wins over Top 25 opponents and finishing one victory shy of an NCAA Division II Super Regional appearance. L-R's pitching staff led the nation with an NCAA Division II single-season record of 647 strikeouts, ranking second in the country in strikeouts per nine innings (11.39). The squad also led the South Atlantic Conference in team ERA (3.77) – finishing 11th nationally – and recorded eight shutouts to rank fifth in the NCAA with a WHIP of 1.31, 9th-best in the NCAA.