Head Coach - Rick Ferchen
Email: FERCHERK@oneonta.edu

Ferchen enters his 13th season as the head coach of the Red Dragon baseball program and his 27th overall in collegiate baseball.  Over the last 12 years he has guided Oneonta State baseball to an overall record of 297-179 and 10 SUNYAC and ECAC tournament appearances.  Last spring he guided the program to a 29-13 record while playing in the ECAC Upstate New York Tournament championship game for a second consecutive year.

Prior to last spring, Ferchen led the program to back-to-back 30-win seasons, a feat that had never been accomplished in the history of the program.  In 2005, the program won a school-record 32 wins while playing in the SUNYAC championship game.  Ferchen has enjoyed success at every level as a player and coach and has amassed a 620-436-4 record over 26 years as a head coach.

Prior to coming to Oneonta, Ferchen took over a Hobart program that hadn't had a winning season in ten years.  During his eight-year tenure with the Statesmen his progrram compiled a 171-119 record, won a conference championship, an ECAC championship and made two NCAA Tournament appearances.  Ferchen's coaching success earned him Empire Athletic Association Coach of the Year honors in 1988 and 1994.

Before his tenure with Hobart Ferchen spent six years as the head coach at his alma mater, Division I Valparaiso, and led the program to a 152-138 record including four winning seasons and two appearances in the Mid-Continent Conference Championships.  He was selected as Coach of the year in 1985 and 1987 for his efforts on the field.

A native of Niagara Falls, N.Y., Ferchen graduated from Valparaiso in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in physical education.  He was signed by the Pittsburgh Prates organization before deciding to continue his education going on to earn a master's degree in arts and liberal studies.

Assistant Coach - Tom Marks

Marks is entering his tenth year as an assistant with the Oneonta State Baseball team. In his nine years as a member of the coaching staff the team has made eight appearances in the ECAC tournament.

Tom is a 1978 graduate of Dean Junior College in Franklin, Massachusetts where he played both football and baseball for the Bulldogs before continuing his education at Cortland State. In 1981 he received his Bachelors degree in Physical Education from Cortland and continued on to receive a Master’s degree from Oneonta State in 1987.

Tom is currently employed as a physical education teacher at Oneonta Middle School and is the varsity wrestling coach at Oneonta High School. The past eight summers he has served as Tournament Director of Cooperstown Baseball World. He resides in Oneonta with his wife Carolyn, and their son Kyle.

Assistant Coach - Mike Lum

Lum is entering his fourth year as an assistant with the Oneonta State Baseball team. In his three years as a member of the coaching staff the team has qualified for three ECAC tournaments.

A 2001 graduate of Oneonta State, Mike was a four-year starter for the Red Dragons where he saw time both on the pitchers mound and in the infield.

The Edmeston, NY native was a two-year captain for Oneonta State and compiled an 8-2 record on the mound with a career 3.15 ERA. When not pitching he saw time in the infield and finished his career with a .255 batting average. His most notable season came in 1999 when he went 3-0 on the mound without allowing an earned run.

Mike is currently employed as a Licensed Teaching Assistant at Oneonta High School while working on a master degree in Elementary Education. In 2002 he attended and graduated from the Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring in Florida and is currently a Rule Interpreter for the Schoharie Board of Umpires.