Dave Serrano

Head Coach

In his first season at the helm of Cal State Fullerton's baseball program, Dave Serrano continued Fullerton's long tradition of success that was set in motion years earlier by his predecessors and guided the Titans to their 23rd Division I conference championship and yet another regional title.

Serrano, 44, was hired as the Titans' fourth Division I head coach on Sept. 7, 2007, just six days after his long-time coach, friend and mentor, George Horton, resigned to rekindle the University of Oregon's baseball program in Eugene.

Serrano's second return to Fullerton concluded a three-year run as the head coach at UC Irvine, a team he managed to Omaha in 2007. Serrano was a relief pitcher for Augie Garrido's Titans back in 1986 and was later Horton's assistant coach/recruiting coordinator for eight seasons, helping Fullerton to four College World Series appearances and the school's fourth national championship in 2004.

The head coach's first year atop the Titan program was a success. Serrano guided the Titans to a 41-22 overall record and a 16-5 Big West Conference mark propelling them into the NCAA tournament for the 17th straight time and to within a pair of wins of a trip to Omaha.

Serrano and his coaching staff produced five All-Americans in Erik Komatsu, Jeff Kaplan, Daniel Renken, Christian Colon and Gary Brown; a Big West Conference Tri-Pitcher of the Year (Kaplan) and two all-conference first-teamers (Komatsu and Kaplan). In just his fourth season as a head coach, Serrano notched his 150th win on May 20, 2008, with a 12-8 win over UCLA.

In his coaching career, Serrano has posted an impeccable track record that includes continuous Top 20 recruiting classes, 13 postseason bids and six trips to the College World Series in 14 years at the Division I level. He has tutored a long list of professional players, six Big West Conference Pitchers of the Year and a Freshman Pitcher of the Year, has been part of the nurturing of five first-round draft picks and has helped script two Division I no-hitters.

Following apprenticeships at Cerritos College (1988-1994), the University of Tennessee (1995-96) and Cal State Fullerton (1997-2004), Serrano got his shot as a head coach when he was hired by UC Irvine on July 12, 2005, to replace John Savage.

Sergio Brown

Assistant Coach

Sergio Brown is in his second year as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Cal State Fullerton and in his third stint with the Titan baseball program. He served as the team's administrative assistant in both 2002 and 2003 and was a middle infielder for Augie Garrido on the Titans' 1995 national championship squad.

In addition to heading up Fullerton's recruiting, Brown's duties include working with the Titan outfielders while also providing the team's hitting instruction.

Under his tutelage, the Titans jumped their batting average from .277 in 2007 to .303 in 2008 and finished first in the Big West Conference in doubles, walks, hit batters, on base percentage and RBI, and were tied for second with the fewest strikeouts.

Brown's 2009 recruiting class - his first with the Titans - was nationally recognized by both Baseball America (15th) and Collegiate Baseball (14th) in September of 2008 giving him a pair of back-to-back ranked recruiting classes. His 2007 class at UC Irvine (14th by Baseball America and 22nd by Collegiate Baseball) proved successful as the Anteaters advanced to the College World Series for the first time in the program's history.

As a team, the 2007 Irvine offense led the Big West Conference in almost every category including batting average (.317), slugging percentage (.447), on-base percentage (.393) and hits (697) under Brown's watch.

Brown's coaching career started in 1996 at Cypress College where he spent six seasons at the junior college powerhouse, serving as the team's primary recruiting coordinator and the base running and defensive coach. While at Cypress he helped guide the Chargers to a California Community College State Championship in 1997 and a pair of runner-up finishes in 1996 and 1999. Among the players he helped develop are four current major leaguers - UCLA All-Pac 10 outfielder Ben Francisco (Cleveland), Texas Tech All-American Keith Ginter (Milwaukee), Wake Forest All-American Cory Sullivan (Colorado) and catcher Gerald Laird (Texas).

Before concluding his playing career at Fullerton, Brown competed at Cal Poly Pomona from 1991-93 where the Broncos won a CCAA championship his rookie season.

Greg Bergeron

Assistant Coach

Greg Bergeron is in his second season as an assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton after spending three years (2005-07) down the road at UC Irvine with fellow Titan coaches Dave Serrano and Sergio Brown.

Bergeron, 38, is responsible for running the Titan offense from the third base coaching box, while also providing hitting and infield instruction. He also lends assistance to Brown with the Fullerton recruiting efforts.

Under his direction, the Titan offense improved from the year prior, jumping its team batting average over 20 points, while leading the Big West Conference in on base percentage, runs, walks, stolen bases and total bases.

With Bergeron at the reins of the offense, the Titans swiped 126 bases - the seventh-most in school history and eighth-most in the nation - while a pair of rookies broke school records in sacrifice bunts and stolen bases. Christian Colon broke the seven-year-old sacrifice mark and led the squad to the third-most sacrifices in the nation while Gary Brown broke the freshman stolen base mark with 25 steals.

The Titans also quietly posted the school's fifth-best fielding percentage in school history, large-in-part to Bergeron's work with the Titan infield.

While at Irvine, Bergeron's offensive strategy was also extremely proficient as the Anteaters led the Big West in nearly every major category except doubles, home runs and walks. Under his guidance, the Anteaters also shattered a school record for stolen bases and set new highs for sacrifices and sacrifice flies. Irvine's 140 stolen bases in 2007 ranked eighth in the nation and nearly tripled the next best Big West competitor.

Prior to Irvine, Bergeron spent seven seasons (1998-2004) at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., where he was eventually promoted to head coach in his final year. In his only season as the Warriors' skipper, Bergeron led El Camino to a school record 30-7 finish and to within one game of a state championship. During his tenure, he helped more than 50 players earn scholarships at four-year colleges, 30 of whom ended up at Division I schools.

Bergeron's coaching career began in 1996 with a one-season stint at Loyola Marymount before moving over to Cypress College where he coached along side Brown and helped guide the Chargers to the California Community College State Championship.

He has seen over 30 of his former players drafted by major league teams with his most notable being Robert Stiehl, a first-round draft pick for the Houston Astros in 2000.

After prepping at Gahr High School and earning first-team all-conference honors at Cerritos College, Bergeron played two seasons at Cal State Dominguez Hills where he was named the Toros' Student-Athlete of the Year and Team MVP as he won the conference batting championship his junior year. Bergeron finished his eligibility in 1994 with Loyola Marymount, where he earned All-West Coast Conference recognition. He eventually signed a free-agent contract with the Houston Astros in 1995

Gregg Wallis

Assistant Coach

Gregg Wallis is in his first season as an administrative assistant for the Titans. He comes to Fullerton after a brief stint working for the Scott Boras Corporation.

He will be instrumental in maintaining the facilities, tracking academics and assisting with camp coordination in 2009.

Wallis, 26, played for Head Coach Dave Serrano at UC Irvine in 2005, served as the Anteaters' undergraduate assistant in 2006 and the director of baseball operations for the College World Series qualifiers in 2007.

Wallis graduated from Chatsworth High School in 2001 before going on to a four-year college career as an infielder with the Anteaters from 2002 to 2005. He was the first player to sign with then-Head Coach John Savage as Irvine resurrected its baseball program for the 2002 season.

While at Irvine, Wallis was a career .269 hitter and was a four-time UCI and Big West Conference Scholar-Athlete and a three-time CoSida Academic All-American. He graduated in 2005 with a degree in political science.