Dan Ochs will be entering his 10th season as the Pack's pitching coach.

Ochs' hurlers have played a large part in the Pack's excellence on the diamond. 2006's club produced one All-American chucker and two All-RMAC nominees. In 2002 his staff led the RMAC in ERA (4.72). In 2001, the staff set six individual and USC team records.

The Aurora, Ind. native also aided the development of former Thunderwolf pitchers Brad Glassco (Padres) and Judd Songster (Rockies), who are now playing pro ball.

He has served on the baseball coaching staffs at Indiana-Purdue University at Ft. Wayne (1998-'99), the University of Kentucky(1996-'97) and Lincoln Trail Junior College (1994-'95).

Before getting into coaching, Ochs played at Indiana-Purdue and Lincoln Trail Junior College