Dave Deutschman is going into his 7th full season as head coach of the program. Throughout his time as the Head Coach at Southwestern Oregon, Skip and his staff have moved dozens of players onto 4 year schools all across the country to all levels including Power 5 Conferences (PAC-12, ACC). In just six seasons, Coach Deutschman is the winningest coach in SW Baseball history. During The Deutschman Era, nearly all programs records have been broken. The individual records include: Games Played (48), Plate Appearances (214), At Bats (181), Runs Scored (35), and hits (54) all by Chase Stewart in 2022. Doubles (13), Sam Mitchell 2017/Ryan Merino 2018. Home runs (8), Hit by Pitch (26), On Base Percentage (.443), Slugging Percentage (.492), OPS (.935) all by Anu McCabe in 2022. Runs Batted In, (35) Bula White 2022. Walks (28) and Stolen Bases (42), Kody Watanabe 2023. Wins (7) Thomas Touchette, 2023. Strikeouts (83), Dylan Pearce 2017. Strikeouts per 9 innings (16.2), Zach Elsos 2023. Double Plays (12), Elijah Henning 2023’. Total Chances (326), Put Outs (301), Fielding Percentage (.1000), Derek Ridgway 2017.
The program records include: Runs Scored (264), Hits (393), Doubles (67), Triples (11), Home Runs (15), RBI (228), Walks (183), Total Bases (527), Sacrifice Flies (20), Extra Base Hits (93), Batting Average (.258), Slugging Percentage (.346), On Base Percentage (.362), Saves (10), Strikeouts (405), K/9 (9.19), Runners Caught Stealing (22). All were achieved in 2022 season. In the 2023 season Deutschman’s team broke the record for program wins with 27, Fielding Percentage (.965), stolen bases (194) which is a new NWAC All Time Record previously breaking Southwestern’s 2022 Stolen Base NWAC record of 155.
On the academic side, his teams every year have averaged above a 3.0 GPA.
Coach Deutschman had previously been the head coach for Three Rivers AAA American Legion (Florence, OR) where he had the privilege of helping guide players to making decisions about college including Oregon State University All-American and 2017 MLB 4th round draft selection, Jake Thompson. Coach Deutschman has also been an assistant coach at Central High School (Independence, OR) and Harrisburg High School (Harrisburg, OR) and the San Diego Stars Semi-Pro (Santee, CA). In the summer of 2022, Coach Deutschman helped pioneer a Summer Collegiate Team in the Northern Arizona League. His team the Flagstaff Star Chasers played in Flagstaff, AZ. In the inaugural year, the team went 21-12 finishing second in the league.
Coach Deutschman earned his B.A. degree in Business from Western Oregon University and his Master’s degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University of Irvine. Mr. Deutschman is also an Associate Professor of Health and PE at Southwestern Oregon CC. Coach Deutschman currently resides in Coos Bay, OR with wife Malia, son Duke and daughter Blake.
