Desi Druschel (born 1976) is an American
professional baseball
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coach
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for the
New York Yankees
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of
Major League Baseball
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.
Career
Druschel graduated from
Vinton-Shellsburg High School in
Vinton, Iowa.
[ He attended ]Upper Iowa University
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and Mount Mercy University
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Students take a core of liberal arts courses as a foundation for areas of study including English, fine arts, ...
, playing baseball and basketball. He graduated from Mount Mercy in 1998 with a bachelor's degree
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in management. He enrolled at Indiana University Bloomington
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and a master's degree
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Druschel began his coaching career as an assistant at Vinton-Shellsburg in 1996, and continued there through 2000. He was also an assistant coach for Indiana University from 1999 to 2000 and Mount St. Clare College from 2000 to 2001. He was the head coach for The Franciscan University from 2001 to 2004.][ He coached for Mount Mercy University for nine years, before he was hired as director of operations for the ]University of Iowa
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's baseball program in 2014.Iowa Hawkeyes
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.
The Yankees hired Druschel in 2019.
Personal life
Druschel and his wife, Jessica, have two children.[
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References
Living people
Mount Mercy Mustangs baseball coaches
Iowa Hawkeyes baseball coaches
People from Vinton, Iowa
Indiana University Bloomington alumni
New York Yankees coaches
Upper Iowa Peacocks baseball players
1976 births
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