Lindsay Meggs Position: Head Coach Experience: 1st Year Alma Mater: UCLA '85

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After three years spent building the Indiana State baseball team into a winning program, Lindsay Meggs takes over as Washington's head baseball coach for the 2010 seasons. Meggs' hiring was announced on July 27, 2009.

Coach Lindsay Meggs

Meggs, 46, who won two NCAA Division II national titles while at Chico State, served as the Indiana State head coach for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 seasons. In 2009, he was named Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year after leading Indiana State to a 33-21 overall record and a 15-7 mark in MVC play, good enough to earn the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.

Meggs was the first Sycamores coach to earn MVC Coach of the Year since 1984. After being picked to finish sixth in the league's preseason poll, Indiana State's second-place finish was its highest since 1998. Meggs' 2009 squad boasted nine players who earned some level of all-conference honors, including four first-team selections.

Prior to his three years in Terre Haute, Meggs spent 13 seasons (1994-2006) as the head coach at Chico State, where the posted a 538-228-4 overall record and won two NCAA Division II national championships, in 1997 and 1999. While at Chico State, Meggs' teams made it to the D-II World Series seven times and won eight conference crowns. Meggs was named the NCAA Division II Coach of the Year twice and was the regional coach and conference coach of the year seven times each.

In total, Meggs' career record as a four-year college head coach stands at 615-307-4 over 16 seasons.

Prior to his 13 seasons in Chico, Meggs was head coach at Long Beach City College for three seasons, going 75-51-1 with three trips to the playoffs during his term with the Vikings. He was also head coach at Oxnard College (1989-90) and was an assistant coach at Cal Lutheran (1988-89) and De Anza Junior College (1987-88)

Born in San Jose, Calif., and graduate of Saratoga (Calif.) High School, Meggs attended UCLA, where he played four seasons as a starting third baseman on the baseball team. He earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 in 1983, was drafted by the Brewers in 1983 and was signed by the Royals after being taken in the 15th round of the 1984 draft.

Meggs earned his bachelor's degree from UCLA in 1985 and his master's in education-physical education from Asuza Pacific in 1992. He and his wife, Teresa, have three children: Joe, Kelly and Jack.

Lindsay Meggs' Four-Year College Head Coaching Record
Year  College              Overall   Pct.  Conf. Place Postseason
1994  Chico State            26-27  .491  15-20   3rd
1995  Chico State          29-25-2  .537  18-17   3rd
1996  Chico State            43-17  .717  25-10   1st  NCAA Regionals
1997  Chico State            52-11  .825  30-5    1st  CWS Champions
1998  Chico State            37-17  .685  23-12 t-1st  CWS
1999  Chico State            50-17  .746  28-12   2nd  CWS Champions
2000  Chico State            45-12  .789  30-7    1st  NCAA Regionals
2001  Chico State            35-16  .686  25-12   2nd
2002  Chico State            55-10  .846  33-7    1st  CWS
2003  Chico State            36-18  .667  24-14   2nd
2004  Chico State          42-21-1  .667  23-15-1 1st  CWS
2005  Chico State          42-16-1  .720  24-11   1st  CWS
2006  Chico State            46-21  .687  18-11   4th  CWS
Chico totals (13 years)  538-228-4  .700  316-153-1  .673
2007  Indiana State          26-26  .500  7-17    8th
2008  Indiana State          18-32  .360  9-15    7th
2009  Indiana State          33-21  .611  15-7    2nd
Indiana St. totals (3 years) 77-79  .494  31-39  .443
Career Totals (16 years) 615-307-4  .666  347-192-1  .644

What Others Are Saying About Lindsay Meggs:

"I think this is an outstanding opportunity for Lindsay and for the University of Washington. I have known Lindsay for a very long time. We are both UCLA alums so our relationship is very long-standing. I have been very impressed with the coaching job he has done across the board, whether that is in the JC ranks, at Chico State or Indiana State. It's an excellent opportunity for him and I think he is a great addition to Pac-10 baseball."
-- Andy Lopez, Arizona head coach

"The University of Washington has not only found a good head coach, but a good man in Lindsay Meggs. Lindsay has shown at every stop and at every level in his career that he is a proven leader, teacher and winner. There is no doubt in my mind that the university will be very proud of how he will lead their baseball program into the future."
-- Dave Serrano, Cal State Fullerton head coach