Gene Depew Hometown: Mifflinburg, Pa. Last College: Bucknell '71 Position: Head Coach Experience: 27th Season Career Record: 468-548-5 (27 seasons)

Phone: 570-577-3593
Email: depew@bucknell.edu

Guided by three-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Gene Depew, Bucknell baseball has enjoyed a renaissance since the program made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1996. When Depew began his head-coaching career in 1982, he inherited a team that was 6-20 the year before and 3-17 in 1980. In the past 11 seasons, Bucknell has been in the top two in the Patriot League standings seven times. During that span, they have made three NCAA Tournament appearances (1996, 2001 and 2003).

Since 1996, Bucknell has broken the 20-win plateau nine times and Depew's career winning percentage of .461 (468-548-5) is the best at Bucknell since William Lane's career ended in 1957.

Since 1991, when the Patriot League began honoring its baseball athletes and coaches with annual awards, Depew has won the Coach of the Year award three times (1993, 1996, 2003). He has had three Patriot League Pitchers of the Year (Mike Tomko, 1996; Mike Anders, 1998; Kevin Miller, 2003), two Players of the Year (Kevin Silverman, 1996; Frank Fresconi, 2000) and two Rookies of the Year (Phil Futrick, 2003; Ben Yoder, 2007). Depew has also led 48 student-athletes to 74 Patriot League first and second team accolades. In the classroom, Bucknell baseball has had 10 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-Americans since 1992, including Matt Capece, who was named to the third team in 2006.

A 1971 Bucknell graduate, Depew is entering his 27th season as the Bison's head coach and has the longest tenure of any coach in Bucknell baseball history. He has directed his teams to 468 victories, more than three times the amount of any coach in school history. To honor that, Bucknell's baseball field was renamed Depew Field during the 2003 season.

A native of Mifflintown, Pa., Depew was the recipient of both bachelor and master of science degrees in education from Bucknell. Football was the first sport for which Depew was a coach, as he oversaw the Bison gridders' defensive line from 1972-1992. It was in 1974 that Depew began his current occupation, first as an assistant coach for the baseball team until 1981, after which he assumed the lead role.

As an undergraduate, Depew was a standout football player for the Bison. He was a three-year letterwinner and co-captained the squad in 1970. He played every position on the defensive line, and was described by his head coach as "being as hard-nosed as they come. He has excellent speed and size for a defensive lineman." In 1969, he was named All-Middle Atlantic Conference honorable mention. Depew has two brothers who also played football for Bucknell, Terry ('73) and Alvin ('81). Gene and his wife, Debbie, reside in Mifflinburg and are the parents of a daughter, Erin, a 2006 graduate of Bucknell, and a son, William, a member of the Class of 2010.