Oregon baseball pitching coach Blake Hawksworth departs for Oklahoma State

Oregon is in the market for a new pitching coach.

Blake Hawksworth, who coached at UO the past two seasons, has taken the same position at Oklahoma State.

Hawksworth, whose two-year contract was due to expire at the end of this month, earned $195,000 in salary plus $20,000 in bonuses this season.

Friday starter Grayson Grinsell (9-3, 3.01 ERA) emerged as a third-team All-American this season under Hawksworth, recording 101 strikeouts as Oregon’s Friday starter.

The Ducks led the Big Ten and ranked 15th nationally in ERA (4.10) and led the country in hits allowed per nine innings (7.1), but ranked 72nd in walks allowed per nine innings (4.14) this season. Those were significant improvements from 2024, when UO ranked 45th in ERA (4.88), 18th in hits allowed per nine innings (8.12) and 145th in walks allowed per nine innings (4.69).

Hawksworth was previously the director of operations at UC Irvine (2023), as well as pitching coach at California’s JSerra High School (2021-22), Grand Canyon (2020) and Cal State Fullerton (2017). He played also professionally for 11 seasons, including three in the major leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers.