Missouri baseball officially announced Tuesday the hiring of Drew Dickinson as the Tigers\u2019 new pitching coach.<\/p>\n
Dickinson spent the past six seasons at Virginia. The Cavaliers made the 2021, 2023 and 2024 College World Series during his tenure.<\/p>\n
From 2021-24, Virginia posted a team earned run average of 4.02, which ranked No. 10 nationally and led the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Cavaliers also struck out more than 2,500 batters over that span, ranking third in the ACC. In 2025, Virginia ranked second in the conference in team ERA (4.68).<\/p>\n
\u201cDrew\u2019s incredible track record speaks for itself,\u201d MU coach Kerrick Jackson said in a news release. \u201cHe\u2019s developed elite arms, competed deep into the postseason and helped build one of the most consistently productive pitching staffs in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Mizzou finished at the bottom of the Southeastern Conference in team ERA in 2025 (9.19). The Tigers\u2019 pitching struggles contributed to a 16-39 overall record and 3-27 mark in league play, which the program hopes Dickinson can help turn around.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an incredible opportunity, and I\u2019m beyond excited to join Mizzou baseball,\u201d Dickinson said in the release. \u201cThis program has a proud tradition of producing high-caliber pitchers, and I can\u2019t wait to build on that legacy while competing in the best baseball conference in the country. I\u2019m grateful to Coach Jackson for believing in me and trusting me to help shape the future of this staff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prior to his time with Virginia, Dickinson spent eight seasons as the pitching coach at his alma mater, Illinois. The Illini hosted a 2015 super regional, their first and only in program history, and also made the NCAA Tournament in 2011, 2013 and 2019.<\/p>\n
The Freeport, Illinois, native was a third-team All-American in 2001 and 2002 and the 2002 Big Ten Pitcher of the Year. He has the most wins in Illini history (30) and is third in career strikeouts and fifth in innings pitched.<\/p>\n
Dickinson was then selected in the 28th round by the Oakland Athletics in the 2002 MLB Draft and played seven years in the organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Missouri baseball officially announced Tuesday the hiring of Drew Dickinson as the Tigers\u2019 new pitching coach. Dickinson spent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2288],"tags":[2315,14245,2309,5,2313,53,4082,24720,19,2310,2328,2304,2308,4,2305,2303,2307,2320,185,2350,2311,2312],"class_list":{"0":"post-112454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-postseason","8":"tag-athletic-sports","9":"tag-atlantic-coast-conference","10":"tag-ball-and-bat-games","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-baseball-playoffs-and-champions","13":"tag-detroit-tigers","14":"tag-earned-run-average","15":"tag-illinois-fighting-illini-men","16":"tag-major-league-baseball","17":"tag-major-league-baseball-competitions","18":"tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","19":"tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","20":"tag-major-league-baseball-teams","21":"tag-mlb","22":"tag-mlb-playoffs","23":"tag-mlb-postseason","24":"tag-outdoor-sports","25":"tag-pitcher","26":"tag-sports","27":"tag-strikeout","28":"tag-team-sports","29":"tag-turf-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114703097091857378","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}