TicketsAndy Nagel joined the UC baseball staff on Aug. 31, 2015, as the Director of Baseball Operations. He brings an extensive baseball background, including an 8-year stint as an assistant coach at local Archbishop Moeller High School.
Nagel coached at Moeller from 2008 until 2015, running the JV program for the first two years and acting as a varsity assistant from 2010-15. His duties included working with the infielders, outfielders and pitchers on defense, as well as instructing the hitters and baserunners. He was in charge of the in-game defensive alignment and was the first base coach for the Crusaders.
In 2015 Nagel was named the Ohio High School Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year for the Southwest District.
The highlights of his eight-year coaching career include four Ohio state championships (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015), seven state semifinal appearances and seven regional championships. Moeller finished at the top of the Ohio Coaches Poll in 2010, 2011 and 2015 and was the city of Cincinnati Coaches Poll champion on four occasions.
Nagel tutored 60 student-athletes who went on to play collegiately and four players who were selected in the Major League Baseball draft.
He played at Moeller from 1984-1988 alongside MLB legend Ken Griffey, Jr., former MLB player and current St. Louis Cardinals bench coach David Bell and former MLB player Adam Hyzdu.
Nagel played collegiately at Walsh University and was named First Team All-Mid-Ohio Conference during his senior season. He graduated in 1992 with a degree in communications.
He and his wife Julie currently reside in Green Township, Ohio, with their three children, Jim, Tricia and Alex.