Lindsay Meggs

Head Coach: University of Washington

After three years spent building the Indiana State baseball team into a winning program, Lindsay Meggs takes over as Washington's head baseball coach for the 2010 seasons. Meggs' hiring was announced on July 27, 2009.

Coach Lindsay Meggs

Meggs, 46, who won two NCAA Division II national titles while at Chico State, served as the Indiana State head coach for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 seasons. In 2009, he was named Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year after leading Indiana State to a 33-21 overall record and a 15-7 mark in MVC play, good enough to earn the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.

Meggs was the first Sycamores coach to earn MVC Coach of the Year since 1984. After being picked to finish sixth in the league's preseason poll, Indiana State's second-place finish was its highest since 1998. Meggs' 2009 squad boasted nine players who earned some level of all-conference honors, including four first-team selections.

Prior to his three years in Terre Haute, Meggs spent 13 seasons (1994-2006) as the head coach at Chico State, where the posted a 538-228-4 overall record and won two NCAA Division II national championships, in 1997 and 1999. While at Chico State, Meggs' teams made it to the D-II World Series seven times and won eight conference crowns. Meggs was named the NCAA Division II Coach of the Year twice and was the regional coach and conference coach of the year seven times each.

In total, Meggs' career record as a four-year college head coach stands at 615-307-4 over 16 seasons.

Prior to his 13 seasons in Chico, Meggs was head coach at Long Beach City College for three seasons, going 75-51-1 with three trips to the playoffs during his term with the Vikings. He was also head coach at Oxnard College (1989-90) and was an assistant coach at Cal Lutheran (1988-89) and De Anza Junior College (1987-88)

Dave Nakama

Assistant Coach: University of Washington

Nakama, who comes to Seattle from Pac-10 rival Stanford, will coordinate all the hitting, assist with team defense and oversee outfielders. He'll begin working immediately. He and Coach Meggs crossed paths in the Northern California Division II ranks when they coached at San Francisco State and Chico State, respectively.

Nakama spent 10 seasons at Stanford, working with the Cardinal's infielders and and hitters while coaching first base during games. Also a central figure in recruiting, he helped Stanford land four top-10 recruiting classes in the last eight years, according to Baseball America's rankings.

Nakama worked for the Cardinal in two different stints, coaching there in 1997 and 1998 before returning in 2002. In between, he spent three seasons (1999-2001) at San Francisco State.

In 10 seasons at Stanford, Nakama helped the team to four Pac-10 championships, five NCAA regional titles and four trips to the College World Series.

Under Nakama's watch, the Cardinal posted their five best seasons for fielding percentage in history, including a top mark of .977 in 2005, when they committed only 51 errors in 59 games. Stanford finished in the top 10 in the nation in fielding five of the last eight years, including another .977 campaign in 2009 (good for sixth in the nation).

Prior to his first stint at Stanford, Nakama spent five years as the head coach at Mission Junior College (1992-96), in Santa Clara, Calif. He led his squad to the California State Tournament in each of his final two seasons and was named the Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 1996.

"Having Dave on the staff is like having another head coach in the dugout," Meggs said. "He has all those intangibles. He knows how to run the game both offensively and defensive, and even more valuable to me right now is that he knows the Pac-10 inside and out."

Nakama also served as an assistant coach at Northern Colorado (1984-86), Iowa (1986-88), Yavapai (Prescott, Ariz.) College (1988-90) and DeAnza (Cupertino, Calif.) College (1990-91). He also coached the summer-ball Hawai'i Island Movers in 2000 and 2001 and was an associate head coach for the movers from 1994 to 1996.

Dave Dangler

Assistant Coach: University of Washington

Northwest native and National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Famer Dave Dangler has joined the Washington baseball staff as its pitching coach, Husky head coach Lindsay Meggs announced on Aug. 23.

"The baseball program at the University of Washington took a huge step forward today with the hiring of new pitching coach Dave Dangler," Meggs said. "Not only is Dave well respected and well connected in the Northwest, his relationships across the country in professional baseball will help us to recruit nationally. In addition to his ability to recruit, Dave is a proven developer of pitchers. His track record both as a head coach and a pitching coach reflects his commitment to player development. Dave Dangler develops young pitchers into Major League prospects."

Dangler, who attended Madison High School in Portland, Ore., and earned degrees from Western Oregon and Portland State, is the former head coach Portland State, Linn-Benton Community College (Albany, Ore.) and Yavapai College (Prescott, Ariz.). He also served as a professional scout for the Expos, Marlins and Orioles organizations and spent the 2010 season as pitching coach at Notre Dame.

In February of 2010, Dangler was inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame. He had already been inducted into the Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame and the Northwest Community College Hall of Fame.

"I am extremely excited to get the opportunity to become the new pitching coach at the University of Washington," Dangler said. "The UW has a great academic reputation, and along with Coach Meggs' vision for future success, and the challenge of competing in the Pac-10, I can't wait to get started.

"Having Pacific Northwest roots as both a player, coach, and scout I hope to help continue to attract talented Northwest players to Washington and draw on my experience to help recruit other areas of the country," Dangler continued. "I believe my background will allow me to help the Husky pitching staff to develop their full potential as we pursue the goal of a championship and trip to Omaha."

Dangler's head coaching career began at Linn-Benton (1977-83) and continued at Yavapai (1984-94). He led Linn-Benton to three Junior College World Series berths (1979, 1980, 1981) and then coached Yavapai to the NJCAA National Championship in 1993. His 1986 Yavapai squad, which included future Major League great Curt Schilling, finished third in the nation.

Dangler is one of only two coaches in JC history ever to have taken two different colleges to the NJCAA World Series. He earned the National Coach of the Year in 1993 and was a regional coach of the year on five occasions. In 18 seasons at LBCC and Yavapai, he compiled a 516-350 overall record. In that span, he coached eight JC All-Americans and had 44 players (including 23 pitchers) taken in the Major League draft.

After the 1994 season, Dangler left Yavapai to become the head coach at Portland State, then a member of the Pac-10's Northern Division, where he served until the 1998 season.

Dangler went on to spend 11 years as a professional scout for Montreal (1999-2001), Florida (2001-05) and the Baltimore (2005-09). He earned the scout of the year award for the Expos in 2001 and for the Marlins in 2003 and also spent a season as the manager of the Expos' Gulf Coast League team in 2001.

Last season, he served as pitching coach at Notre Dame, where three members of pitching staff were selected in the 2010 MLB Draft.

Growing up in Portland, Dangler was a pitcher of an American Legion national championship team. He graduated from Western Oregon and earned a master's degree from Portland State.

Jordon Twohig

Assistant Coach/Camp Director: University of Washington

Jordon Twohig, who led Ohlone College (Fremont, Calif.) to the California state junior college championship in 2010, was named as an assistant coach at Washington on July 9, 2010.

In May of 2010, Twohig wrapped up his second season as the head coach at Ohlone by winning the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) crown with a 16-10 win over the College of San Mateo College in the title game. The win was the first state championship at Ohlone in any team sport.

Twohig's 2010 team went 37-10 overall and were 20-5 in the Coast Conference. The Renegades finished the year ranked No. 3 in the nation according to Perfect Game USA's junior college poll. Twohig was honored as the 2010 ABCA Diamond/National Coach of the Year.

The 2010 Ohlone squad boasted eight all-conference players, including two all-American selections, the state's pitcher of the year and 3 players who were selected in the Major League Draft.

"Jordon Twohig is another step in the right direction for Husky Baseball," said Huskies head coach Lindsay Meggs, who coached his first season at the UW in 2010. "Having led Ohlone Junior College to the California state championship last year, it's clear that Jordon knows how to win. His swagger will be contagious, and his energy will be felt by everyone. Jordon is going to be a great Husky."

The Renegades hit .314 as a team, #2 in the state in Home Runs, and finished in the top 10 of every major offensive category. In his first season in charge at Ohlone in 2009, Twohig led the Renegades to their first league title in 18 years and a trip to the state super regionals. Twohig was named the Coast Conference Coach of the Year and the 2009 squad finished the year ranked No. 19 in the nation while notching eight first-team all-league selections. Under Twohig's watch the 2009 Renegades hit .328 as a team, and finished top 5 in the state in home runs, RBI, stolen bases, hits, and doubles.

In his three years at Ohlone, Twohig guided the Renegades to a 94-43 record, winning two regional championships, a super-regional championship, a state title, and helping bolster a team GPA of 3.2. He also moved 41 players onto 4-year colleges and universities. Twohig served as associate head coach at Ohlone in 2008 before taking over as the head coach. As the associate head coach, he served as recruiting coordinator and oversaw the team's hitting.

Prior to going to work at Ohlone, Twohig compiled an extensive resume in baseball. He was a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Atlanta Braves for three years. At the same time, he served as a head coach with NorCal Baseball, a select youth program. While at Norcal, Twohig managed 15u team to a National Championship in East Cobb Georgia and #1 National ranking. 8 players from that team have signed Pac-10 Scholarships.

Twohig was also an assistant coach at St. Mary's College of California in the West Coast Conference for three years and served as an assistant at Feather River College in Quincy, Calif. Twohig, who graduated from Summerville high school in Sonora, Ca, earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from York College in Nebraska, and a master's degree in sports management from the United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Ala.