At the time of this interview, Pat Casey (b. 1957) had served as head baseball coach at OSU since 1994, during which time he has led the program to two national championships, four College World Series appearances, and four conference titles. In 2012, he won his 614th career game, becoming the winningest baseball coach in more than one-hundred years of OSU baseball. (He won his 700th game in 2015.) Born in McMinnville, Oregon and a graduate of Newberg High School, Casey was an all-conference outfielder at the University of Portland and played in the minor leagues for seven seasons. He came to OSU after spending seven additional seasons as head baseball coach at George Fox College. This interview focuses primarily on Casey's memories of the 2005, 2006 and 2007 College World Series seasons.
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