Head coach Rich Wallace has annouced Morgan DePew as his program's drector of baseball operations. DePew comes to Orlando after making stops as an assitant coach at Jacksonville, St. Johns River State, Saint Leo, and Lee University.
“Morgan has been around the game of baseball for several years now and has had his hands in various areas of the coaching ranks. We know that he will do great things for us as our director of ops and his experience will be invaluable for our program,” Wallace added. “We truly would like to welcome him, and his wife Paige, to the UCF Baseball family.”
The past three seasons, DePew was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at St. Johns River State College in Palatka, Florida (2021-2023). During his time in Palatka, he helped the Vikings compile a combined a 103-69 record, which included a 46-19 clip in 2023, and a trip to the 2023 NJCAA DII Baseball World Series.
DePew previously spent two years as a volunteer assistant at Jacksonville University (2019 and 2020) where he helped the Dolphins to a 32-27 record in 2019 and a 9-9 mark during the Covid-shortened 2020 campaign. Prior to his time at Jacksonville, he served as the outfield coach at Saint Leo University for the 2018 season in Saint Leo, Florida, where he also assisted with hitting and base running.
Before his time in Sunshine State, DePew spent the summer of 2017 as an assistant coach with the La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League and the 2016 summer as an assistant for the Dubois Country Bombers in 2016. DePew held his first collegiate coaching position as a graduate assistant at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, in 2017.
A four-year collegiate athlete, DePew played two years at Illinois Central College before finishing his college career at Saint Joseph’s College.
DePew earned a bachelor’s in sport management from Saint Joseph’s in 2016 and an MBA from Lee University in 2017.