Tyler Oakes

Tyler Oakes

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	North Dakota State
Conference	Summit League
Record	73–77–1
Biographical details
Born	(1986-11-08) November 8, 1986 (age 38)
Playing career
2006–2009	Minnesota
2009	Princeton Rays
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2010–2011	South Dakota State (GA/P)
2012–2013	Minnesota (volunteer assistant)
2014–2016	North Dakota State (P)
2017–2018	North Dakota State (P/RC)
2019–2021	North Dakota State (associate HC)
2022–present	North Dakota State
Head coaching record
Overall	73–77–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Summit League regular season (2022)
Records
Summit League Coach of the Year (2022)

Tyler Oakes (born November 8, 1986)[1] is an American college baseball coach, head coach of the NCAA Division I Summit League's North Dakota State Bison.[2] He was the pitching coach, recruiting coordinator and associate head coach at North Dakota State from 2014 to 2021. Prior to North Dakota State, Oakes was an assistant for South Dakota State and Minnesota.

Playing career

Tyler Oakes played four years of college baseball at Minnesota from 2006 to 2009 before being signed as an undrafted free agent by the Tampa Bay Rays. Oakes played one season in the Appalachian League for the Princeton Rays in 2009 before retiring from professional baseball.

Coaching career

On June 22, 2021, North Dakota State announced that Oakes would become the 22nd head coach in the team's history after Tod Brown departed to take the head coaching job at New Mexico.[3]
On May 20, 2022, North Dakota State clinched their first Summit League regular season title under Oakes' leadership.[4] For that leadership he received the 2022 Summit League Coach of the Year award.[5] In Oakes' first Summit League Tournament as head coach; the Bison went 1-2, losing to Omaha twice and beating South Dakota State in their lone win.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Dakota State Bison (Summit League) (2022–present)
2022	North Dakota State	31–19	17–5	1st
2023	North Dakota State	23–30	16–7	2nd
2024	North Dakota State	19–28–1	14–12–1	3rd
2025	North Dakota State	0–0	0–0
North Dakota State:		73–77–1 (.487)	47–24–1 (.660)
Total:		73–77–1 (.487)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Tyler Oakes Minor League Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
2. "Tyler Oakes". gobison.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
3. "Tyler Oakes Named NDSU Baseball Head Coach". gobison.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
4. "NDSU Tops Western Illinois to Capture Summit League Regular Season Title". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
5. "Omaha's Boeve Collects Top SummitBSB Award". The Summit League. Retrieved May 24, 2022.