Here’s โa breakdown of teh key โinformation โfrom the provided text,โข organized for clarity:
Key Personnel Changes:
* Jake McKinley (Out): stepped down as head baseball coach after leading Nevada to the 2025 Mountain West Championship. He had two years remaining on his $225,000/year โcontract adnโ owes a $75,000 โขbuyout.
* Jordan Getzelman (In): Named the new headโ baseball coach. Heโข was previously anโฃ assistant under McKinley for seven years and is familiar withโฃ the program.
Nevada Baseball Program Status:
* โข Recent Success: nevada has been a consistently strong baseball program,โค winning four Mountain West titles in the MW era under three different coaches (Jay Johnson, TJ Bruce, and Jake McKinley).
* 2025 โSeason: The team had 33 wins, the most asโข 2016, and won the Mountain West Championship.
* 2026 Outlook: The team is expectedโ to be competitive in 2026, returning all five All-MW selections (including โขSean Yamaguchi) โคand seven of their everyday position players. Key returning โplayers include Billy Ham, Jayceโข Dobie,โ Jake Harvey, โฃJackson Waller, Alessandro Castro, and Dominicโค Desch.
Jordan Getzelman’sโค Background:
* Experience at Nevada: Seven years โas an assistant coach under Jake McKinley.
* Prior Coaching Roles:
โฃ * โค Middle Tennessee (2022) – Same capacity
โฃ * Milwaukee Brewers (2020-21) – Assistant hitting coordinator
โค* Dallas Baptist (2018-19)โค – โDirector ofโข hitting development
โ * Jessupโ (2018) – Volunteer assistant
* โข Playing Career:
โฃ * Missouri,โฃ Iowa โWestern Community โขCollege (JUCO โฃAll-Region, JUCO worldโค Series), Kennesaw State,โข Menlo College (NAIA all-American, GSAC Playerโ of the Year). He played โค for McKinley โคat Menlo College.
* Family: His wife, Casey Stangel, is theโ Wolf Pack’s seniorโ associate athletic director and senior โwomen’s administrator.
Othre โnotableโค Information:
* Stephanie Rempeโฃ (Nevadaโ athletic โคdirector) was the one who initially hired โขMcKinley.
* A press conference to introduce Getzelman is scheduled for Tuesday.
