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With 14 years of collegiate coaching experience, Bill Mosiello joins the Arizona State coaching staff with a wealth of baseball knowledge behind him. Mosiello spent the last five years and part of this year as the Associate Head Coach at the University of Oklahoma. As the volunteer assistant coach, Mosiello will help instruct the Sun Devil players in hitting and fielding.
Mosiello was recently tabbed by Baseball America as one of the top 10 assistant coaches in the nation for the numerous coaching accomplishments he has achieved. During his young coaching career, Mosiello has helped guide 17 players to All-American staus, seen 10 players selected in the first round of the Major League draft and also coached more than 30 players that are currently playing in the Major Leagues.
At Oklahoma, the Sooners posted several top finishes in the final national and conference fielding rankings, including a streak of three-straight first place finishes in the Big 12. Offensively, none of the Sooner teams under his direction hit worse than .309.
Mosiello joined the Sooners prior to the 1996 season after a three-year tour of duty in the Southeastern Conference that included two years (1993-94) as an assistant at Tennessee under head coach Rod Delmonico and one year (1995) as the pitching coach on Don Kessinger's staff at Mississippi.
Although his stay in Oxford, Miss., was a short one, he helped the 1995 Rebels to a 40-22 record and an NCAA Regional berth. Under his direction, pitcher Jamey Price was one of two Rebels to earn All-America honors.
During his tenure in Knoxville, Tennessee claimed consecutive SEC Championships, sharing the 1993 title and winning the 1994 crown outright. The `93 Vols earned an NCAA Regional berth and won the SEC Eastern Division Tournament en route to a 45-20 mark. In `94, UT repeated as Eastern Division Tournament Champions and earned another NCAA Regional bid on its way to a 52-14 record.
Under his direction, the Volunteers' 1994 pitching staff ranked first in the SEC and sixth in the nation with a team ERA of 2.98. Three of UT's starters recorded at least 11 wins each, while no regular pitcher had an ERA of more than 3.68. Two Vols, R.A. Dickey and Todd Helton, earned All-America honors and were first-round draft selections.
Ironically, it was the departure of Larry Cochell from Cal State Fullerton for Oklahoma that set in motion Mosiello's ascent to his first Division I coaching position. Mosiello joined the staff of Augie Garrido -- Cochell's successor - for what would be a two-year stay at Cal State-Fullerton. In 1991, his first season, the Titans claimed the Big West Conference title, producing seven professional players from that team. In 1992, Cal State-Fullerton went 52-10, losing 3-2 to Pepperdine in the championship game of the NCAA College World Series. That Titan team was led by Golden Spikes Award-winner Phil Nevin, the first pick in the Major League draft.
Mosiello got his coaching start at Cerritos College in the competitive California junior college ranks. During his four years (1987-90), Cerritos posted a 163-34 record, won four South Coast Conference titles and earned two California state junior college championships.
While Mosiello's collegiate coaching career has been successful, so too has his career as a summer league manager. Named Alaska League Manager of the Year in 1990 and 1991, Mosiello has managed two teams to Cape Cod League Western Division championships.
A 1982 graduate of Cerritos High School, Mosiello was a catcher during his collegiate career. He transferred to Cerritos College after a redshirt year at Fresno State, helping Cerritos to the 1985 state championship before returning to Fresno State in 1986. There he earned the Pacific Coast Athletic Association's Scholar-Athlete Award and was named the team's Most Inspirational Player.
Born July 14, 1964, in Sacramento, Calif., Mosiello is married to the former Janelle Ohm of Huntington Park, Calif. They are the proud parents of two sons, Shane Matthew (4) and Gehrig Ross (1).
