Pacific University Athletics

Brian Billings will enter his ninth season as the head baseball coach at Pacific University in 2023. He is just the third Pacific head baseball coach since 1964, following in the footsteps of Chuck Bafaro (30 years) and Greg Bradley (19 years). Billings is currently the longest tenured Head Coach in the Northwest Conference (20 years - 12 with Puget Sound and 8 with Pacific). In 21 seasons as a head coach, he has posted a 359-438-2 record (173-42 at Pacific and 102-84 in NWC play). 

Billings in his tenure as skipper for the Boxers has amassed a record of 173-142 overall and 102-84 in Northwest Conference play. In 2021, the Boxers achieved the most conference wins in program history after posting a 23-9 record in NWC play. The Boxers reached the NCAA West Regional and came three outs away from earning a spot in the NCAA Division III College World Series. Billings was named West Region Coach of the Year after the team's historic season.

In 2022, Billings enjoyed another year of excellent success, leading the Boxers to their second straight NWC title and NCAA Tournament appearance. This was the first time since 1972-73 that Pacific Baseball earned back-to-back conference championships. Eight Boxers received All-Conference recognition, including four First Team selections. 

He has coached 50 All-NWC honorees, 10 All-region players and four All-American during his time at Pacific, while overall in 21 seasons at Pacific and Puget Sound he has coached 102 All-NWC honorees, 14 All-region players and five All-Americans. 

(Accomplishments while at Pacific)

8th season as Head Coach of the Boxers baseball program Two Northwest Conference titles (2021, 2022) 20+ wins in six of his eight seasons as Head Coach (2020 cut short due to Co-VID19) Amassed 173 total wins while leading the Boxers 50 All-Northwest Conference selections (18 first-team, 17 second-team, 15 honorable mention) Coached the 2016 and 2021 NWC "Player of the Year" - Walker Olis (OF) and Chase Anderson (SS) Coached the 2021 Pitcher of the Year - Will Clark Four appearances in the NWC Tournament.

Billings sixth season was cut short in spring of 2020 due to Co-VID19 but he had the team tied for first in the NWC off to a 9-7 start and 7-2 in NWC play. Boxers also led the Conference or ranked second in several statistical categories. 

The 2019 season saw Pacific rise from a preseason pick of eighth in the Northwest Conference to a second-place finish and a spot in the Northwest Conference Baseball Tournament. Pacific won 25 contests for its most wins since the 2016 season and 19 conference wins for its most since 2012. The Boxers were led by Casey Brown, who was selected all-region by American Baseball Coaches Association (Second Team) and D3Baseball.com (Third Team) and all-Northwest Conference (First Team) en route to Pacific University Male Senior Student-Athlete of the Year honors. Brown and Pacific pitchers racked up 269 strikeouts and posted a 4.14 ERA (lowest since 2013). Offensively, Pacific hit .270 with 69 doubles, 11 triples and 18 home runs with 214 RBI for its second-highest total since 2010. In addition to Brown earning first team All-NWC honors, Ryan Krout was selected second team, Ian Blair and Eli Wisdom were honorable mention.  

An impact was made on the program immediately by Billings as he led the Boxers to a 21-19 overall record and 12-12 mark in the NWC during his first season, turning around a program that won 12 games in 2014 and just four conference contests. He also helped re-start the junior varsity program his first season (2015). In his second season (2016) he guided the Boxers to a fourth place finish in the Conference and an appearance in the NWC Baseball Tournament. During the 2016 season he coached outfielder, Walker Olis who earned the NWC "Player of the Year" award and was tabbed an All-American (first team by D3Baseball.com and second team by ABCA) and went on to be drafted by the Miami Marlins in the 29th round of the MLB draft. Olis set Pacific single season records in hits (66), runs scored (57), walks (44) and stolen bases (28). He finished the season with a .415 batting average, had 12 doubles and 11 home runs. He ranked first in all of NCAA Division III in runs scored and walks, and was in the top ten in stolen bases, on base percentage (.565) and home runs. 
 
Billings prior to taking over the reigns at Pacific coached 12 seasons at the University of Puget Sound amassing a record of 201-251-2 overall and 147-155 in NWC. He picked up his 200th career victory against Willamette on April 27th, 2014. During his tenure, Puget Sound finished in the top half of the NWC standings six times and amassed 15 or more wins 10 times.  Billings’ high water mark came in 2011 when the Loggers finished second in the NWC with a 15-9 record. In his final season with the Loggers he coached them to a fourth place finish in the NWC. He has coached 74 Puget Sound All-NWC selections, four All-West Region selections and a Third Team All-American in Mark Rockey (2009). In addition to his head coaching duties, Billings served as Puget Sound’s athletic facilities manager.

Prior to taking the job at Puget Sound, Billings spent the 2000 and 2001 seasons as head coach at Pierce Community College in Lakewood, WA. His coaching experience also includes five seasons serving as an assistant coach for the Seattle Studs of the Pacific International League. While with the Seattle Studs (now Cheney Studs) the team totaled 197 wins, won five league titles and advanced to the four times to the National Baseball Congress World Series, finishing second in 2008. Billings helped to coach a number of Division I players and future professional players, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum. He also served two seasons on the staff of the Tacoma Stags U18 and spent two years as an instructor with the Wilkinson Baseball Academy. 

Several of his former players and assistant coaches have moved on to accomplish big things including working in the MLB including Craig Driver (PS assistant 2011) now first base and catchers coach for Chicago Cubs, Kainoa Correa (PS player & assistant 2012-14) current bench coach for San Franciso Giants, Nate Rasmussen (Pac assistant 2014-16) minor league hitting coach for Minnesota Twins and Mike Gange (Pac assistant 2017) NW Associate Scout for Chicago White Sox. 
 
A 1999 graduate of Puget Sound with a degree in physical education, Billings transferred to Puget Sound from Redlands in 1996.  A three-year starter at catcher or first base, Billings was a three-time letterwinner, two-time captain and led the NWC in RBIs in 1998.  He was named the Loggers’ most valuable player in 1998 earned All-NWC honors in 1999.
 
A native of the Tacoma area, Billings and his wife, Feather, are proud parents of a son, Benson. They reside in Beaverton.