Coaching Staff
Head Coach
Head Coach Matt Miles |
Matt Miles
Matt Miles enters his fifth year as head coach of the Oregon Tech baseball team with a 99-118 overall mark. Miles led his 2010 squad to back-to-back NAIA West Region Southern Division Championships, including a 17-14 mark in Division play. Miles' 2009 team set a school-record with 33 wins, while also setting many school records including hits, runs, doubles, walks and stolen bases.
Miles played college baseball at Division I St Mary's College of California before transferring to Oregon Tech. While at Oregon Tech Miles started on both the baseball and football teams and was selected as a 1st team All-Conference outfielder in 1991. Miles was also a 1st team All-State Outfielder his senior year at Klamath Union High School. Miles was also a standout football player being named 1st team All-Conference as a wide reciever and a corner back in both his junior and senior years. At Klamath Union Miles was named MVP of both the football and baseball teams his senior year, as well as being the team Captain for both squads. Miles still holds the school record at Klamath Union for most stolen basses in a season with 25 in 1988.
Matt and his wife wife Beverley have been married 23 years. The Miles' are proud parents of Braxton (19), Maddy (16), and Bryce (13).
Contact Information:
(C) 541-281-7055
matthew.miles@oit.edu
Assistant Coaches
Joe Tacchini
Joe enters his fifth season as Associate Head Coach of the Tech baseball program. Tacchini was a four year letter-winner in baseball at Klamath Union High School, gaining all-conference honors each of his four seasons (1987-1990), including all-state accolades in 1988 and 1989 and a member of the 1990 state championship baseball team. Tacchini also was an All-Golden Valley Conference selection at College of the Siskiyous in 1993 and an All-Heart of Texas Conference selection 1995 at Texas Lutheran University.
Tacchini assisted in several sport programs including the Klamath Falls American Legion, College of the Siskiyous, Klamath Union HS, and at Henley High School in football, baseball and basketball all from 1993-2002...Head coaching experience includes the Klamath Falls American Legion program from 2002-08, Henley HS football from 2002-2006 and baseball at Henley High School from 2003-08 and most recently the Klamath Falls Hawks in 2010. Tacchini led his Henley HS baseball team to four Skyline Conference championships, including the 3A state championship in 2004 and 2005...Tacchini was honored as Skyline Baseball Coach of the Year on four occasions and for football once, including the 2004 and 2005 Oregon Coaches Association Coach of the Year.
Tacchini continues to teach Social Studies at Henley High School...Joe and his wife, Aleasha, are the proud parents of Joey (11), John (10) and Jacoby (2)
Kevin Shafer
Kevin Shafer begins his fifth season with the Owls and the Tech pitching staff. Prior to Oregon Tech, Shafer spent four years at his alma mater, Douglas High School and with the Roseburg Doc Stewart's American Legion program as an assistant and pitching coach. Shafer also spent four year's at Lane Community College in the same capacity from 1997-2001. From Lane, Shafer migrated to Western Oregon University as pitching and associate head coach from 2002-04, and at Elmira High School as an assistant in 2005 and 2006. From 2000-06, Shafer spent his summers as pitching coach with the Eugene Challenger American Legion team. In Klamath Falls, after his first season with Oregon Tech, he spent the 2008 summer with the Falcons as Pitching/Associate Head Coach and head coach in the Hawks program.
Shafer prepped at Douglas HS for three seasons and was played for the Doc Stewart's Legion program from 1990-92. In 1991 and 1992, he was selected to the all-conference team and all-state teams while picking up the 1992 Conference Player of the Year. Shafer helped lead his 1992 baseball team to the state championship. Shafer then attended College of Southern Idaho where his team won back-to-back NJCAA regional championships in 1993 and 1994, with the '93 team moving on to the JUCO World Series.
Shafer coached for the Lane team that won the 1999 NWAACC tournament, along with being crowned South Region Champions in 1997, 2000 and 2001. Coached with the GNAC Champions at Western Oregon from 2002 -2004 and was part of the American Legion State Runner-up squad in 1998, 1999 and 2002.
Kevin and his wife, Christina, were married last year and are the proud parents of a baby daughter, Gabriella Mae, born in January. When Kevin is not at home with his family, he can be found spending his leisure mornings and afternoons at Peterson Elementary School as a student aid.
Phil Ouellette
Phil Ouellette starts his fourth year as an assistant for the Owls. Prior to Oregon Tech, Ouellette was an assistant coach at North Medford High School in 2006 and assisted at Klamath Union High School in 2007.
As a player, Ouellette excelled in both football and baseball at North Medford High School where he helped lead his teams to state championship appearances in both sports. The 2001 graduate was a two time all conference and all state selection in baseball as an outfielder and gathered all conference and all state honors in football as a running back his senior year. Ouellette was also a state-metro all-star selection and was chosen as the offensive MVP of the annual Oregon vs. Washington all-star series his senior year. Ouellette was a three year starter for the Medford Mustangs American Legion program, where he still currently holds the record for career triples. As a college player, Ouellette helped lead the 2004 Lane Titans to a NWAACC championship, receiving all southern region honors in the process. He finished his playing days at Oregon Tech in 2007, where he led the Owls in runs, triples, and walks.
Ouellette is a recent graduate of Oregon Tech receiving his degree in applied psychology.