2011 Baseball
2011 Baseball Coaches
Mike Grahovac - Head Coach - 3rd Season
Head Coach
Entering his third campaign as Concordia's head coach, Mike Grahovac already has a pair of Major League Baseball draft picks to show for his first two years on the job, and is making his mark as the eighth coach in program history.
Grahovac coached Chicago White Sox 15th-round draftee Cameron Bayne in 2009 and Seattle Mariners' 24th-round pick Bennett Whitmore in 2010.
Grahovac's teams have combined to go 49-50, and his 2010 squad finished at 27-24 and advanced to the Golden State Athletic Conference Postseason Tournament.
In Grahovac's previous coaching stint (2006-08), he led local prep power Orange Lutheran to a Trinity League title in 2008. Grahovac and the Orange Lutheran program produced a total of five players who were drafted by MLB teams. The most notable draftee was Gerrit Cole, the top pick by the New York Yankees in 2008.
Grahovac had previously served as an assistant coach at Orange Coast Community College
While he was on staff at Orange Coast Jason Lane
As a player, Grahovac was selected as a catcher in the fourth round of the 1989 draft by the San Francisco Giants, but sustained a career-ending injury in the minor leagues. Before being drafted, Grahovac earned a pair of all-conference honors while playing for Chapman.
Grahovac earned his undergraduate degree in movement and exercise science from Chapman in 1992, and completed his master's degree in education at Azusa Pacific in 1996.
Grahovac and his wife, Najla, live in Orange
Rick Converse - Assistant Coach - 3rd Season
Assistant Coach
Rick Converse begins his third season as an assistant coach with the Concordia baseball program. Converse will serve as the outfield coach and will also work as a hitting instructor.
Converse will also serve as third-base coach for the second year in a row.
Converse spent the 2008 season with current Eagles head coach Mike Grahovac at Trinity League champion Orange Lutheran High School Villa Park High School
A veteran of the commercial lighting industry for over 20 years, Converse and his wife, Julie, have two daughters, Jadie (17) and Abbie (13).
Matt Fahey - Assistant Coach - 2nd Season
Assistant Coach
Mike Martinez - Assistant Coach - 2nd Season
Assistant Coach
After spending two seasons as an assistant at the prep level, Mike Martinez begins his second season as part of Concordia's coaching staff.
A member of 2004 College World Series champion Cal State Fullerton, Martinez was then drafted in the eighth round of the MLB draft by the New York Yankees in the same year. He played four years in the Yankees organization, earning 30 saves en route to an All-Star selection as a 2005 member of the Class-A Charleston (S.C.) Riverdogs.
Martinez finished his professional career with a 3.12 ERA before taking on an assistant coaching role at his alma mater, Katella High School, in 2008. He coached at JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano last season.
A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Martinez lives in Orange.
Joe Turgeon - Assistant Coach - 3rd Season
Assistant Coach
A former player and coach at NCAA Div. I powerhouse Cal State Fullerton, Joe Turgeon begins his third campaign as head coach Mike Grahovac's assistant coach.
Turgeon's main duties are that of pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.
After playing five years (including one as a redshirt) as an outfielder for the Titans, who captured the NCAA national championship title in 2004, Turgeon spent the 2007 and 2008 campaigns as an assistant for head coaches George Horton and Dave Serrano.
Turgeon also spent the summer of 2007 as a pitching coach for the Texas Collegiate League's Duncanville Deputies.
He graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 2006 with his bachelor's in kinesiology.
Turgeon is single and lives in Anaheim Hills.
