Assistant Coaches 2008
 

Gus Knickrehm – Assistant coach Gus Knickrehm finds himself in a new position on the staff this year as he’s taking over as pitching coach from Gary Picone, who is now the college’s athletic director. Knickrehm has had a successful career at LCSC, both as a player and as an assistant coach. He played at LCSC for two seasons as a pitcher. During his senior year, he was a pitcher on the 1987 national championship team, which went undefeated in the Series. During his senior season, Knickrehm averaged one strikeout per inning pitched. After his playing career, Knickrehm joined the Warrior coaching staff for six seasons, working with the pitchers. He then left to work for a local business, but rejoined the Warrior staff in 2003. In all, Knickrehm has been a part of seven national titles.  Aaron Mills – Assistant coach Mills played at LCSC during the 2003-05 seasons, but injuries slowed what was expected to be a stellar pitching career. He attended Lane Community College for two seasons and went 12-4 with a 1.30 ERA. After redshirting in 2003 because of elbow surgery, the left-hander played at LCSC in 2004 and posted a 5-0 record with a 3.79 ERA. He struck out 32 batters in 35.2 innings. In 2005, he made one appearance in February, but only lasted two innings before arm trouble sidelined him the rest of the season.      Roberto Saenz  – Assistant coach Roberto is in his first year as a Warrior assistant coach. He previously spent the summer of 2007 as defensive and hitting coach for the Green Bay Bullfrogs of the Northwoods League. Last season, he was a graduate assistant at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Penn. Roberto spent two years starting in the outfield and Cerro Coso Community College in Ridgecrest, Calif., and graduated from there in 2002. He then started two seasons at the University of St. Mary, an NAIA school in Leavenworth, Kan., and graduated from there in 2005 with a degree in Business Administration. He earned a master’s in Business Administration in 2007 from Seton Hill. Matt Vogel – Assistant Coach Former Warrior Matt Vogel is in his first season as a Warrior assistant. Vogel finished his playing career at LCSC in 2006 and was a 30th round draft pick by the Seattle Mariners.  He spent 2006 in the Mariners’ rookie league system in 2006 where he was 26-of-108 for a .241 batting average in 31 games. He had three doubles, four stolen bases and drove in eight runs. He then played the final four games of the season with the Everett Aqua Sox in the Northwest League.   Matt spent two seasons with the Warriors playing shortstop and earned NAIA honorable mention All-America honors during the 2006 season when he hit .375 and went 7-of-7 in stolen bases.  He finished his two-year career with a .326 batting average, 26 doubles, seven triples, five home runs, 75 RBI and 19 stolen bases.  Matt is originally from El Monte, California, and attended East Los Angeles College prior to LCSC. Seth McCauley – Assistant Coach                   Bruce Madsen – strength and conditioning coach   Bruce is a certified strength and conditioning coach who has made a tremendous impact on the performance of Warrior baseball players during the past few years.