Baseball
Stankiewicz, Andy
Andy Stankiewicz
- Title:
- Head Baseball Coach
- Email:
- baseball@usc.edu
Former Major League Baseball player and longtime Grand Canyon manager Andy Stankiewicz was named USC baseball’s head coach on July 3, 2022. He enters his third season at the helm in 2024-25.
Stankiewicz, who has also spent time as a professional scout and minor league manager, came to USC after 11 successful seasons at Grand Canyon in which he won five regular-season Western Athletic Conference titles (2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022) and was named the conference’s Coach of the Year four times (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022). He owns a career coaching record of 406-290-3. Through two seasons at USC, Stankiewicz has a 65-51-1 record as a Trojan and a 34-25 record in conference play.
Heading into his third season at the helm, he has guided the Trojans to their first back-to-back 30-win seasons since 2001-02 under Hall-of-Famer Mike Gillespie and the first back-to-back Top 4 finishes in the conference standings since 2014-15.
USC finished the 2024 campaign 31-28 overall and 17-12 in Pac-12 play, rebounding from a slow start to post a .622 winning percentage over the final 45 games (28-17). The Trojans got especially hot for the final Pac-12 Tournament, playing their way into the title game before falling to No. 18 Arizona, 4-3. USC won nine of its final 10 games and had six wins over ranked opponents on the year, all while playing without a true home site due to construction on Dedeaux Field. Five USC players were drafted in 2024 and two others signed professional contracts as undrafted free agents. Austin Overn was taken in the third round by the Orioles, marking the highest draft selection from a USC player since 2014.
In his first season at the helm for USC, he led the Trojans to a remarkable turnaround, with the team finishing 34-23-1 overall and fourth in the Pac-12 standings at 17-13. The season comes on the heels of USC finishing last in the conference the year before. In Stankiewicz's first season, USC went 26-6 at home and did not lose a series at Dedeaux Field. The Trojans posted series wins over three ranked opponents in 2023, beating No. 2 Stanford, No. 17 Oregon and No. 22 UCLA.
Prior to his time at USC, Stankiewicz guided Grand Canyon to its first ever NCAA Division I postseason appearance in 2021 after the Lopes won the WAC Tournament, and then led the program to its first ever Division I at-large bid this past season.
In 2022, Grand Canyon won 41 games, finished the regular season with three consecutive weeks in the D1Baseball.com Top-25 Poll and won a second-consecutive WAC title. The Lopes’ strong resume earned them an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history and the first time by a WAC school since 2012. GCU had one of the nation's strongest nonconference schedules and recorded victories over top-10 teams in Oregon State, Stanford and Texas Tech. The Lopes were a No. 3 seed in the Stillwater Regional.
In 2021, Stankiewicz and the Lopes cruised through the WAC Tournament and earned a spot in the Tucson Regional that postseason. Stankiewicz led the Lopes to 39 victories while recording a personal milestone by winning his 300th game on May 29 in the WAC tournament championship.
After a pair of successful seasons at the Division II level in 2012 and 2013, Stankiewicz successfully guided GCU through a transition to the Division I level. Despite the jump in competition, the transition saw the Lopes find immediate success, as the program claimed the WAC regular season championships in 2015, 2017 and 2018.
Stankiewicz is one of the more respected coaches on the collegiate baseball landscape, evidenced by his multiple selections to lead USA Baseball national teams in international competition. He has been a head coach at the 18U level and an assistant on both the Collegiate National Team and in the 17U National Team Development Program. Stankiewicz helped 18U teams to gold medals at both the 2017 World Baseball Cup and the 2014 COPABE Pan American Games.
Stankiewicz’s impressive player development resume is highlighted by the fact that in his time as GCU’s head coach, 21 Lopes have been selected in the MLB Draft, with six selections coming in the first 10 rounds. Fifty Lopes have earned all-conference honors during Stankiewicz’s tenure with 30 being first-team selections. He’s produced five conference Player/Pitcher/Freshmen of the Year, nine All-Region honorees and five All-Americans.
GCU has had multiple players selected in three of the last four MLB Drafts (2020 draft was shortened to five rounds) and the Lopes have had at least one MLB draftee in 10 of Stankiewicz’s 11 seasons at the helm. Under his watch, right-handed pitcher Jake Wong became GCU's highest draft pick since Tim Salmon (1989), going in the third round (80th overall) of the 2018 draft. The Lopes also matched a program high with five draftees in 2019.
Prior to his time at Grand Canyon, Stankiewicz held the position of minor league field coordinator for the Seattle Mariners. Before his stint with the Mariners, he was a member of the Arizona State baseball coaching staff from 2007 to 2009. He helped guide the Sun Devils to three Pac-10 championships and two appearances in the College World Series.
Stankiewicz also brings a professional coaching background, having served as manager for the New York Yankees NY-Penn League team in Staten Island. He guided Staten Island to the NY-Penn League championship in 2005.
A lifelong underdog due to his undersized 5-foot-9 frame, Stankiewicz had a very successful collegiate career at Pepperdine before grinding through six years in the minors to play seven MLB seasons.
Stankiewicz was selected by the New York Yankees in the 12th round of the 1986 MLB Draft and went on to play with the Yankees (1992-93), Houston Astros (1994-95), Montreal Expos (1996-97) and the inaugural season of the Arizona Diamondbacks (1998) during his MLB tenure.
He was paired with Buck Showalter at three different stops during his minor-league journey, so when Showalter, the new Yankees manager, needed a replacement in the infield, he drew from his personal confidence in Stankiewicz and called him up for his MLB debut on April 11, 1992.
Stankiewicz played in 16 games for the Yankees in 1993 before being traded to the Astros in the ensuing offseason. He spent two years with Houston and two years with the Montreal Expos before landing in Phoenix with the Diamondbacks in 1998. In what would be his final season in the majors, Stankiewicz played in 77 games for Showalter’s Arizona Diamondbacks. With more than 1,000 fielding chances, Stankiewicz committed just 20 errors in seven years -- a career fielding percentage of .980.
A standout infielder at Pepperdine, Stankiewicz ranks in the school's top 10 in runs scored (172), at-bats (755), walks (121), stolen bases (101) and stolen base percentage (.828). During his four-year career with the Waves, Stankiewicz helped lead Pepperdine to two NCAA Regional appearances and one WCC championship.
He is a Southern California native, having been born in Inglewood and attending St. Paul HS in Santa Fe Springs, where he also starred in football.
Stankiewicz, who has also spent time as a professional scout and minor league manager, came to USC after 11 successful seasons at Grand Canyon in which he won five regular-season Western Athletic Conference titles (2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022) and was named the conference’s Coach of the Year four times (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022). He owns a career coaching record of 406-290-3. Through two seasons at USC, Stankiewicz has a 65-51-1 record as a Trojan and a 34-25 record in conference play.
Heading into his third season at the helm, he has guided the Trojans to their first back-to-back 30-win seasons since 2001-02 under Hall-of-Famer Mike Gillespie and the first back-to-back Top 4 finishes in the conference standings since 2014-15.
USC finished the 2024 campaign 31-28 overall and 17-12 in Pac-12 play, rebounding from a slow start to post a .622 winning percentage over the final 45 games (28-17). The Trojans got especially hot for the final Pac-12 Tournament, playing their way into the title game before falling to No. 18 Arizona, 4-3. USC won nine of its final 10 games and had six wins over ranked opponents on the year, all while playing without a true home site due to construction on Dedeaux Field. Five USC players were drafted in 2024 and two others signed professional contracts as undrafted free agents. Austin Overn was taken in the third round by the Orioles, marking the highest draft selection from a USC player since 2014.
In his first season at the helm for USC, he led the Trojans to a remarkable turnaround, with the team finishing 34-23-1 overall and fourth in the Pac-12 standings at 17-13. The season comes on the heels of USC finishing last in the conference the year before. In Stankiewicz's first season, USC went 26-6 at home and did not lose a series at Dedeaux Field. The Trojans posted series wins over three ranked opponents in 2023, beating No. 2 Stanford, No. 17 Oregon and No. 22 UCLA.
Prior to his time at USC, Stankiewicz guided Grand Canyon to its first ever NCAA Division I postseason appearance in 2021 after the Lopes won the WAC Tournament, and then led the program to its first ever Division I at-large bid this past season.
In 2022, Grand Canyon won 41 games, finished the regular season with three consecutive weeks in the D1Baseball.com Top-25 Poll and won a second-consecutive WAC title. The Lopes’ strong resume earned them an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history and the first time by a WAC school since 2012. GCU had one of the nation's strongest nonconference schedules and recorded victories over top-10 teams in Oregon State, Stanford and Texas Tech. The Lopes were a No. 3 seed in the Stillwater Regional.
In 2021, Stankiewicz and the Lopes cruised through the WAC Tournament and earned a spot in the Tucson Regional that postseason. Stankiewicz led the Lopes to 39 victories while recording a personal milestone by winning his 300th game on May 29 in the WAC tournament championship.
After a pair of successful seasons at the Division II level in 2012 and 2013, Stankiewicz successfully guided GCU through a transition to the Division I level. Despite the jump in competition, the transition saw the Lopes find immediate success, as the program claimed the WAC regular season championships in 2015, 2017 and 2018.
Stankiewicz is one of the more respected coaches on the collegiate baseball landscape, evidenced by his multiple selections to lead USA Baseball national teams in international competition. He has been a head coach at the 18U level and an assistant on both the Collegiate National Team and in the 17U National Team Development Program. Stankiewicz helped 18U teams to gold medals at both the 2017 World Baseball Cup and the 2014 COPABE Pan American Games.
Stankiewicz’s impressive player development resume is highlighted by the fact that in his time as GCU’s head coach, 21 Lopes have been selected in the MLB Draft, with six selections coming in the first 10 rounds. Fifty Lopes have earned all-conference honors during Stankiewicz’s tenure with 30 being first-team selections. He’s produced five conference Player/Pitcher/Freshmen of the Year, nine All-Region honorees and five All-Americans.
GCU has had multiple players selected in three of the last four MLB Drafts (2020 draft was shortened to five rounds) and the Lopes have had at least one MLB draftee in 10 of Stankiewicz’s 11 seasons at the helm. Under his watch, right-handed pitcher Jake Wong became GCU's highest draft pick since Tim Salmon (1989), going in the third round (80th overall) of the 2018 draft. The Lopes also matched a program high with five draftees in 2019.
Prior to his time at Grand Canyon, Stankiewicz held the position of minor league field coordinator for the Seattle Mariners. Before his stint with the Mariners, he was a member of the Arizona State baseball coaching staff from 2007 to 2009. He helped guide the Sun Devils to three Pac-10 championships and two appearances in the College World Series.
Stankiewicz also brings a professional coaching background, having served as manager for the New York Yankees NY-Penn League team in Staten Island. He guided Staten Island to the NY-Penn League championship in 2005.
A lifelong underdog due to his undersized 5-foot-9 frame, Stankiewicz had a very successful collegiate career at Pepperdine before grinding through six years in the minors to play seven MLB seasons.
Stankiewicz was selected by the New York Yankees in the 12th round of the 1986 MLB Draft and went on to play with the Yankees (1992-93), Houston Astros (1994-95), Montreal Expos (1996-97) and the inaugural season of the Arizona Diamondbacks (1998) during his MLB tenure.
He was paired with Buck Showalter at three different stops during his minor-league journey, so when Showalter, the new Yankees manager, needed a replacement in the infield, he drew from his personal confidence in Stankiewicz and called him up for his MLB debut on April 11, 1992.
Stankiewicz played in 16 games for the Yankees in 1993 before being traded to the Astros in the ensuing offseason. He spent two years with Houston and two years with the Montreal Expos before landing in Phoenix with the Diamondbacks in 1998. In what would be his final season in the majors, Stankiewicz played in 77 games for Showalter’s Arizona Diamondbacks. With more than 1,000 fielding chances, Stankiewicz committed just 20 errors in seven years -- a career fielding percentage of .980.
A standout infielder at Pepperdine, Stankiewicz ranks in the school's top 10 in runs scored (172), at-bats (755), walks (121), stolen bases (101) and stolen base percentage (.828). During his four-year career with the Waves, Stankiewicz helped lead Pepperdine to two NCAA Regional appearances and one WCC championship.
He is a Southern California native, having been born in Inglewood and attending St. Paul HS in Santa Fe Springs, where he also starred in football.
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