Michael Blake Dean (born February 25, 1988) is a former professional baseball player who is currently the head coach of the New Orleans Privateers baseball program.
Dean played collegiately at Louisiana State University (LSU). He was one of LSU's leading hitters and was named MVP of the 2008 SEC baseball tournament. He has also received many other freshman awards, such as 2007 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American; 2007 Freshman All-SEC; 2007 Louisiana Freshman of the Year; SEC Freshman of the Week (May 7, 2007 and April 16, 2007).[1][2]
Blake Dean tried out as a pitcher, coming out of high school. He was on the verge of getting cut, because he lacked velocity. He was quickly converted to a first baseman, after his coach saw him hit batting practice. He started all four years at first base and was one of the best power hitters in LSU baseball history.[3] In 2007, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was selected to participate in the league's All-Star Home Run Derby.[4][5]
In 2008 while helping lead his team to the 2008 College World Series, Dean was named a Baseball America First-Team All-American.[6] In 2009 Dean was given another All-America selection as he was named to the pre-Season All-America team by Baseball America (2nd team) and Rivals.com (1st team).[7] In 2010 Dean was a candidate for the Lowe's Senior Class Award.[8]
He was drafted in the tenth round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft in the summer of 2009 by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign.[9] He then was drafted in the eighth round by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2010. He spent two years in the Dodgers' farm system, one with the Ogden Raptors and one with the Great Lakes Loons.
After three seasons as an assistant, Dean was named the interim head coach heading into the 2016 season[11] and, soon after, named permanent head coach.[12]
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion
^. Minnesota Twins. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2009.
^Whittaker, Rachel (February 12, 2014). "Former LSU first baseman Blake Dean will be in the opposing UNO dugout for Friday's season opener". NOLA.com. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
^Brandon Scardigli (May 21, 2015). "Blake Dean Named Interim Head Coach of Privateers Baseball". University of New Orleans. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
^University of New Orleans. "Head Coach". University of New Orleans. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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Michael Blake Dean born February 25 1988 is a former professional baseball player who is currently the head coach of the New Orleans Privateers baseball program Blake DeanDean with the Great Lakes Loons in 2011Current positionTitleHead CoachTeamNew OrleansConferenceSouthlandRecord225 194 1 537 Biographical detailsBorn 1988 02 25 February 25 1988 age 35 Fort Walton Beach Florida U S Playing career2007 2010LSU2010Ogden Raptors2011Great Lakes LoonsPosition s BasemanCoaching career HC unless noted 2012 2015New Orleans AHC 2016New Orleans Interim HC 2016 presentNew OrleansHead coaching recordOverall225 194 1 537 TournamentsSLC 12 12Accomplishments and honorsAwardsPlayer Baseball America First Team All American 2008 Baseball America Pre Season Second Team All American 2009 Rivals com First Team All American 2009 Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 3 Statistics 4 Head coaching record 5 References 6 External linksPlaying career editDean played collegiately at Louisiana State University LSU He was one of LSU s leading hitters and was named MVP of the 2008 SEC baseball tournament He has also received many other freshman awards such as 2007 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All American 2007 Freshman All SEC 2007 Louisiana Freshman of the Year SEC Freshman of the Week May 7 2007 and April 16 2007 1 2 Blake Dean tried out as a pitcher coming out of high school He was on the verge of getting cut because he lacked velocity He was quickly converted to a first baseman after his coach saw him hit batting practice He started all four years at first base and was one of the best power hitters in LSU baseball history 3 In 2007 he played collegiate summer baseball for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was selected to participate in the league s All Star Home Run Derby 4 5 In 2008 while helping lead his team to the 2008 College World Series Dean was named a Baseball America First Team All American 6 In 2009 Dean was given another All America selection as he was named to the pre Season All America team by Baseball America 2nd team and Rivals com 1st team 7 In 2010 Dean was a candidate for the Lowe s Senior Class Award 8 He was drafted in the tenth round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft in the summer of 2009 by the Minnesota Twins but did not sign 9 He then was drafted in the eighth round by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2010 He spent two years in the Dodgers farm system one with the Ogden Raptors and one with the Great Lakes Loons Coaching career editDean became an assistant for the New Orleans Privateers baseball team after retiring from professional play 10 After three seasons as an assistant Dean was named the interim head coach heading into the 2016 season 11 and soon after named permanent head coach 12 Statistics editYear Age Team Conf G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP2007 19 LSU SEC 56 206 30 65 12 3 7 46 1 1 20 25 316 366 505 871 104 0 8 1 22008 20 LSU SEC 67 269 62 95 18 3 20 73 4 2 35 46 353 432 665 1 097 179 0 2 4 52009 21 LSU SEC 72 259 67 85 18 0 17 71 4 2 50 37 328 432 595 1 027 154 0 10 5 7Totals 195 734 159 245 48 6 44 190 9 5 105 108 332 410 588 998 437 0 20 10 11Roll over stat abbreviations for definitions Stats through June 25 2009 References 13 14 15 Head coaching record editBelow is a table of Dean s yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach Statistics overview Season Team Overall Conference Standing PostseasonNew Orleans Privateers Southland Conference 2016 present 2016 New Orleans 31 26 14 16 T 7th Southland Tournament2017 New Orleans 30 28 1 16 14 T 7th Southland Tournament2018 New Orleans 29 32 14 16 T 7th Southland Tournament2019 New Orleans 29 27 13 17 T 9th2020 New Orleans 11 6 2 1 T 2nd Season canceled due to COVID 192021 New Orleans 29 28 23 17 2nd Southland Tournament2022 New Orleans 30 23 13 11 3rd Southland Tournament2023 New Orleans 36 24 13 11 T 3rd Southland TournamentNew Orleans 225 194 1 108 103Total 225 194 1 National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament championReferences edit Blake Dean receives All American honors permanent dead link KALB TV Retrieved on 2008 06 17 SPORTSLINE Dean named to SEC All Freshman Team Northwest Florida Daily News May 23 2007 lsusports net 2007 Wareham Gatemen thebaseballcube com Retrieved September 23 2021 West All Star Roster All Star Game 2007 capecodbaseball org Retrieved May 6 2020 BaseballAmerica com College Awards All America Teams 2008 First Team College All Americans baseballamerica com June 12 2008 Baseball Players Named to Preseason All America Teams LSUsports net Blake Dean seniorclassaward com Minnesota Twins 2015 Draft Results Minnesota Twins Archived from the original on May 15 2012 Retrieved August 18 2009 Whittaker Rachel February 12 2014 Former LSU first baseman Blake Dean will be in the opposing UNO dugout for Friday s season opener NOLA com Retrieved June 10 2015 Brandon Scardigli May 21 2015 Blake Dean Named Interim Head Coach of Privateers Baseball University of New Orleans Retrieved May 24 2015 University of New Orleans Head Coach University of New Orleans Retrieved February 21 2016 LSU Season Statistics lsusports net LSU Season Statistics lsusports net LSU Season Statistics lsusports net External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference Minors Blake Dean bio Archived May 17 2011 at the Wayback Machine at LSUSports net Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blake Dean baseball amp oldid 1180232051, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
