D3P #65: Denison Head Coach Mike Deegan

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D3P: A DIII Baseball Podcast

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D3P is a podcast for current and incoming DIII college baseball players and fans. Hosted by Eric and Wyatt Rudolf, D3P covers in-season topics like scores, stats, players, teams, conferences, streaks, scoreboards and national rankings. In the off-season D3P interviews coaches, players and experts on topics like recruiting, training, the transfer portal, rule changes, NIL opportunities, playing professionally and life after baseball. This podcast is for entertainment purposes only and contains personal opinions and occasional hyperbole, not intended to be taken as news or factual reporting.

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D3P #65: Denison Head Coach Mike Deegan

D3P: A DIII Baseball Podcast

1 hour 11 minutes 45 seconds

3 months ago

D3P #65: Denison Head Coach Mike Deegan

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we check in with Head Baseball Coach Mike Deegan from Denison. During this interview we cover Coach Deegan's experience as a player, his path to coaching, his three national titles as an Assistant Coach at Marietta, and his road to Denison. We also recap the previous season, and look ahead to the current one—discussing key roster additions and losses, impact players to watch, upcoming schedule matchups, team strengths, Denison's 2025 College World Series appearance, why fans should be excited about the upcoming season, and why potential recruits should consider the Denison program.

00:00:00-Introduction

00:04:37-About Coach Cirella

00:10:56-The Path to Coaching

00:15:34-Recapping the 2025 Season

00:23:28-Holes to Fill Going Into 2026

00:28:46-Strengths as a Team

00:29:53-Key Returning Players

00:31:43-Spring Schedule and Key Matchups

00:35:13-Player Expectations for the Summer

00:37:44-Leveraging the Experience at Marietta

00:40:48-Finding and Keeping Talent

00:47:10-Difference Between Assistant and Head Coaching

00:50:26-Separating Playing from Coaching

00:54:07-The Denison Recruiting Pitch

00:59:24-Lightning Round