Head Coach - Joe Jordano
- Winningest coach in Pitt program history with 511 wins
- Top 30 among active coaches with 794 wins
- 2013 and 2004 Big East Coach of the Year
- Averaging nearly 30 wins per season
- 10 Post-Season Appearances
- 53 players have signed professional contracts
- 12 All-Americans
- 18 All-Region Selections
- 49 All-Conference Selections
- 31 players drafted at Pitt (36 overall)
- 94 percent of players have received degrees
- 2013 G.I.B.S.O.N. Award Recipient
- 2010 Chuck Tanner Collegiate Manager of the Year
- 2010 ABCA East Region Coach of the Year
- 2010 Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame Inductee
- 2009 Mercyhurst College Hall of Fame Inductee
Excellence. Integrity. Passion.
Three words to describe the successful baseball coaching career of 15th-year Pitt skipper, Joe Jordano. Hired by Steve Pederson to lead the Panthers on November 15, 1997, Jordano began a rebuilding project that has delivered an unprecedented amount of growth, productivity and success over the past 15 seasons.
In 1997, the Panthers, only three years removed from a conference title, were slipping within the ranks of the powerful Big East Conference and were in need of a new direction and vision. Jordano stepped in and engineered an incredible turn-around in just one season as he molded the Panthers into a significant presence over the past 15 seasons. Pitt has won over 400 games, been nationally-ranked, sent numerous players to the professional ranks and established itself as a force in the highly-competitive Big East Conference during his tenure. This past season, Coach Jordano became the all-time winningest coach in Pitt baseball history, a remarkable accomplishment in only 15 seasons at the helm of the program.
The 2013 season was one of the most successful in Pitt baseball history as the Panthers won a school-record 42 games and were ranked for a program-best seven weeks during the season, climbing as high as a program-best 16th in the nation. Pitt also cracked the rankings of all five major baseball publications for the first time ever.
A school-record eight Panthers took home All-Big East honors, four players garnered All-Region accolades while Casey Roche was named an All-American during the Panthers' final season in the Big East.
The impressive season was capped when three Pitt players heard their names called at the 2013 MLB Draft, the second most in school history.
Pitching Coach Jerry Oakes
Jerry Oakes is set to begin his second season as the pitching coach at the University of Pittsburgh after being added to the staff by head coach Joe Jordano in August of 2012.
"I couldn't be more excited to be in a great city like Pittsburgh and work for a great program," Oakes said. "There are so many positive things happening here at Pitt. I am extremely excited for the opportunity to work with Coach Jordano and the tremendous coaching staff he has assembled, as well as the baseball support staff."
In Oakes' debut season with Pitt, the pitching staff posted the lowest ERA for the Panther program since 1981 as Pitt won a school-record 42 games.
All three of the Panthers' weekend starters earned All-Big East honors, including Ethan Mildren who earned All-Region honors as well. The weekend rotation combined for a 27-7 record and a 2.93 ERA. Additionally, Mildren and Matt Wotherspoon were selected in the 2013 MLB draft.
Oakes joined the Panthers' coaching staff after spending the last four years at perennial power Coastal Carolina where he worked with the pitchers and outfielders. During Oakes' tenure, the Chanticleers dominated the Big South, winning the all four regular season and conference tournament titles. Fueled in large part by their pitching staff, Coastal won 40-plus games all four seasons, including a Division I-best 55 victories during the 2010-11 campaign.
Assistant Coach Bryan Peters
The University of Pittsburgh Baseball team added former High Point associate head coach Bryan Peters to its coaching staff in the summer of 2013.
"I have known Coach Peters for almost 17 years and I have always been impressed with his professionalism and incredibly energy," said head coach Joe Jordano. "Each head coach that he has worked for had nothing but great praise for his work ethic, relentless recruiting and relationships with his players."
Peters, who will serve as an assistant coach in charge of hitting, joins the Panthers after a successful five year tenure at High Point University in North Carolina.
During his coaching career, Peters has developed 28 players that have signed professional contracts, including a first-round pick in 1997 when USF's Jason Dellaero was selected 15th by the Chicago White Sox.
While Peters was at HPU, the Panthers set program records for batting average, runs scored, hits, RBI, doubles, home runs, walks and stolen bases.
Additionally, under Peters' tutelage three Panthers hit .400 or better; Billy Alvino and Alfie Wheeler in 2009 and Nate Roberts in 2010. With Peters guidance Roberts led the nation with a .573 on-base percentage and 88 runs scored and became just the second Panther to be named the Big South Player of the Year.
