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Max Fecske

Eastern Illinois 
* Hired as an assistant baseball coach in July 2024
* Serves as pitching coach for Panthers on head coach Jason Anderson's staff
* Begins second season at EIU for the 2026 season
* Coached first team All-OVC selection Tyler Kapraun (2025)
* Coached second team All-OVC selection Tyler Conklin (2025)
* Helped coach EIU to OVC regular season title 31-22 overall, 17-7 in OVC
* Coached pitching staff to a win in longest game in OVC history, 19 inning 6-3 win over Southeast Missouri
* EIU pitching staff had second best ERA in the OVC at 4.82 (all games) 
* EIU pitching staff led the NCAA in fewest hit batters (37 in 472 innings pitched)

Prior to Eastern Illinois
* Assistant coach at Western Illinois (2023-24)
* Served as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for the Leathernecks
* Coached second team All-OVC relief pitcher Caden Kratz
* Associate coach at Glendale College (2022-23)
* Served as pitching coach with three All-Conference selections
* Team won Western States Conference South Championship and CCCAA Regional Championship
* Team led conference in strikeouts and strikeouts per nine innings
* Assistant coach at Pepperdine (2019-2022), Waves finished in Top 25 during one season
* Was a graduate assistant coach for the first two years and volunteer coach with the Waves in final year
* Worked closely with draft picks: Billy Cook (2021 BAL 10th), Wyatt Young (2021 NYM 15th), John Peck (2023 DET 7th), and Ryan Johnson (2023 HOU 8TH)
* Graduate assistant coach at Cal State Northridge (2018-19)
* Assistant coach at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif. (2016-18)
* Team was ranked #1 nationally by Baseball America from February to April 2018
* Worked with Major League Baseball draft pick Hunter Greene (2017 CIN 1st) and Freshman All-American LHP Lucas Gordon (2023 CWS 5th) at NDHS
* Assistant coach with Orleans Firebirds of Cape Cod Summer League (Summers of 2022 and 2023)
* Assistant coach with Duluth Huskies of Northwoods Summer League (Summer 2019)

Personal
* Began collegiate baseball playing career at Glendale College
* Finished college baseball career at Webster University (Missouri)
* Earned All-SLIAC honors and led team NCAA Division III World Series appearance in 2015
* Bachelor's degree from Webster University in 2016
* Master's degree from Pepperdine University in 2021
* Native of North Hollywood, California 

 
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