Jerod Goodale completed his seventh season as the head baseball coach at Colorado School of Mines following the 2018 season.
Goodale established Mines baseball as a contender in the RMAC, and is coming off the program's most historic season in 2018. For the second straight year, the Orediggers broke the program record for wins at 37-18, advancing to the RMAC Tournament final while earning Mines' first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. Goodale's 2018 squad broke the single-season wins, runs scored, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI and walks records. Led by consensus First-Team All-American, Regional Player of the Year and RMAC Player of the Year Mikey Gangwish, the Orediggers started the NCAA Tournament 2-0 before bowing out just one win shy of the championship showdown. All told, the 2018 Mines squad broke or tied 23 team and individual records while adding 33 entries to the program record book.
In 2017, Mines exceeded 30 wins (32-22) for the first time in program history, advancing to the RMAC Tournament final for the first time ever after its second consecutive second-place regular-season finish. Led by all-region sluggers Cody Marvel and Logan Smith, Mines won 15 of its last 20 games to end the season on fire. The Orediggers were consistently ranked in the NCBWA South Central Regional rankings, and had two Orediggers - Smith and Marvel - earn all-RMAC honors while Marvel and Mikey Gangwish took home RMAC Gold Gloves at centerfield and catcher, respectively.
The 2016 season was a huge bounce back year for Goodale as he led the Orediggers to the best season in program history to that point. Mines won a then-program record 29 games, finished second overall in the RMAC with a 21-7 league record (second most in program history), won a program record nine consecutive games during the season and hit .326 as a team which is the highest in the 106-year program history. The Orediggers reached as high as fifth in both the NCBWA and NCAA South Central Region rankings, and boasted series victories over the RMAC (Colorado Mesa) and Lone Star Conference (Angelo State) champions.
The 2016 campaign also saw under Goodale’s guidance six named to the All-RMAC team – three first team selections – which earned him his first RMAC Coach of the Year honors. Nate Olinger was named to the All-South Central Region team by three different publications and was named All-American by both the D2CCA and the NCBWA. Olinger was also named First Team Academic All-American by CoSIDA. A grand total of 10 Mines players were named to the RMAC All-Academic Team en route to the program receiving the 2016 RMAC Brechler Award for carrying the highest team GPA (3.34) in the league for baseball.
In 2015, the team took slight dip back from 2014’s highs to finish with a 19-25 record in 2015. The Orediggers started out ranked No. 4 in the preseason D2BaseballNews.com region poll before they were unable to find their footing. Under Goodale’s guidance, Nate Olinger became the fourth All-American in program history as he was named to the NCBWA’s third team as both a utility player and pitcher. Olinger along with Zach Bothwell were also named to the NCBWA All-Region and All-RMAC teams. Olinger and Shane Johnson were also named to the RMAC All-Academic teams as well.
Under Goodale’s direction, the 2014 Orediggers set a new program record for conference wins (22) and also recorded the program’s first winning season since the 1999 campaign and just the third since 1983 with a 24-23 record. The squad’s 24 wins during the season are the second-most in a single season in program history. The squad made its season debut in the NCBWA South Central Region poll at No. 10 during the April 28 installment of the poll following and 18-6 record over a 24-game span. The Orediggers advanced to the RMAC Tournament for the third time in as many seasons under Goodale – the first such time Mines has advanced to the conference tournament in three-consecutive seasons. Mines finished fourth in the RMAC with a .310 batting average, second in fielding percentage with a mark of .961 and second in the league with a 4.98 earned run average, trailing only national runner-up Colorado Mesa in the latter two categories. Sophomore Nate Olinger was named First Team All-RMAC at outfield and pitcher, becoming the lone player in the RMAC to earn All-RMAC accolades at two positions. He was also named Second Team NCBWA All-Region and Second Team ABCA All-Region during the campaign as well. Senior Charlie Basil was named First Team All-RMAC Gold Glove and First Team ABCA All-Region Gold Glove during the season and freshman Cody Marvel was named the RMAC Freshman of the Year. Olinger was named the RMAC Academic Player of the Year, Capital One/CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District and also earned Capital One/CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-American honors while leading a total of eight athletes on the Academic All-RMAC squads. Redshirt junior Ben Gilman earned Mines' male President’s Senior Scholar Athlete Award while also being named First Team Academic All-RMAC as well. Additionally, Olinger also tied Mines' single-season wins record with six victories, while Gilman and sophomore Christian Rooney each notched five wins to tie for the second-most in a single season in program history.
In his second season, Goodale led the Orediggers to a 22-27 overall record and a 16-20 mark in the RMAC. The squad's 22 wins marked just the second time in the past 10 seasons the squad has achieved the 20-win plateau. Additionally, the squad advanced to the RMAC Tournament for consecutive seasons for the first time in program history, including a 6-4 win over No. 2 Colorado Mesa in the first round of the tournament for Mines' win over the highest-ranked opponent in program history. The Orediggers defeated every team on their schedule at least once, including another win over Colorado Mesa when the Mavericks were ranked No. 16 in the nation. The squad also posted a pair of four-game conference sweeps over Adams State and Colorado Christian - becoming the first team in program history to sweep two conference foes in four-game sets during the same season. Mines finished third in the Mountain Division of the RMAC standings for the second-straight season and posted a 1-2 record in the conference tournament before ending the season. During the season, true freshman Nate Olinger was named the NCBWA National and South Central Region Hitter of the Week, while also earning RMAC Hitter of the Week honors as well. Fellow true freshman Christian Rooney was named to the RMAC All-Tournament team after posting 7.2 innings of shutout relief in the tournament-opening 6-4 victory over No. 2 CMU. Sophomore Ben Gilman, Olinger and senior Jordan Williams were all named Second Team All-RMAC, while junior Kyle Wallace was named to the RMAC Gold Glove Team at second base. In addition, Gilman earned a RMAC Pitcher of the Week award as well. In the classroom, Mines put Gilman and junior Charlie Basil on the Second Team Academic All-RMAC squad, while Johnson, Josh Martinez, Corky Patton and Derek Skrdlant were all named to the Academic All-RMAC Honor Roll.
In his first season at the helm, Goodale led the Orediggers to a 17-30 overall record and a 15-25 mark in the RMAC. The squad advanced to the RMAC Baseball Tournament for just the third time in school history, and with a 10-8 win over Nebraska-Kearney, earned just the second postseason win in the history of Mines baseball. He led junior Bobby Egeberg to NCBWA Honorable Mention All-American honors, just the third All-American honor and first since 1972, in program history. Egeberg was also named one of nine recipients of the Rawlings/ABCA Division II Gold Glove award, the first such award in program history. Egeberg was also named NCBWA First Team All-Region, ABCA First Team All-Region Gold Glove and ABCA Second Team All-Region. Under Goodale's watch, four Orediggers earned All-RMAC accolades, including First Team honors for Egeberg, Second Team honors for Tyler Phan Thornton and Third Team honors for Blake Dunham and Kyle Wallace. His squad posted a pair of wins over No. 11 Colorado Mesa on the last day of the regular season to qualify for the RMAC Baseball Tournament.
A native of Hays, Kan., Goodale came to CSM after spending the previous two seasons as the top assistant/recruiting coordinator at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas.
Prior to his time in Texas, Goodale was an assistant coach at perennial NCAA Division I power Wichita State. During his time in Wichita, the Shockers posted a 131-66 overall record, inlcuding three-stright Missouri Valley Conference Championships. They also captured two MVC Tournament Championships and three-consecutive trips to the NCAA Division I playoffs - including two appearances in the Super Regional (2007, 2008).
Before his arrival in Wichita, Goodale spent two seasons as the pitching coach at Fort Hays State University where he helped lead the Tigers to the NCAA Division II playoffs in 2006. His pitching staff that year set the all-time RMAC record for the lowest team earned run average (3.65) in addition to boasting the RMAC Pitcher of the Year.
He was a two-year captain and two-time all-conference pick as a catcher for FHSU and helped lead the Tigers to the RMAC regular season title and the conference tournament championship in 2003. That same year, FHSU hosted the NCAA Division II West Regional. Goodale received FHSU's Honor Student-Athlete Award on four occasions and served on the Tigers' SAAC committee from 2002-04.
His coaching résumé also includes stints with the Liberal Bee Jays (2007; Jayhawk League in Liberal, Kan.) and the Thomasville Hi-Toms (2005; Coastal Plain League in Thomasville, N.C.).
He earned his bachelor's degree in health & human performance (emphasis in sports & recreation management) from Fort Hays State in 2004 and earned his master's in health & human performance (emphasis in sports administration) from FHSU in 2006.
He and his wife, Jessica, have two daughters, Riley and Lauryn, and a son, Andy.
