Bicknell Joins Baseball Staff
9/8/2008 12:36:45 PM | Baseball
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Davidson Wildcats head baseball coach Dick Cooke announces the addition of assistant baseball coach Toby Bicknell.
Bicknell joins the Wildcat baseball program after serving the past two seasons as a volunteer coach for the Clemson Tigers. At Clemson, he worked primarily with infielders and hitters and coordinated summer camps. The Tigers compiled a 70-51-1 record during his two years, and he coached five players who were picked in the Major League Baseball draft. He worked with one of the best infields in Tiger history, led by first baseman Andy D'Alessio, shortstop Taylor Harbin and third baseman Marquez Smith, in 2007, when Clemson advanced to the NCAA Super Regional.
Prior to his time at Clemson, Bicknell spent two years as an assistant coach at UNC Pembroke, where the Braves posted a record of 63-47, received a national ranking as high as seventh, and posted back-to-back 30 win seasons for the first time in program history, while tying the school record for wins at 32. At Pembroke, he coached All-American Jason Morales, who was eventually draft by the Kansas City Royals.
Bicknell spent the 2003 and 2004 seasons at nearby Myers Park High School in Charlotte, N.C., where the 2003 Mustangs were Western North Carolina State Champions and NC 4A State runner-up with a roster containing five future Division I players including former Wildcat Rob Wilson, and former Tar Heel pitcher Robert Woodard, drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2007 MLB Draft.
He also spent time coaching with On Deck O's and as an assistant at Providence High School. In seven years of coaching high school and traveling baseball, Bicknell coached 30 high school players that have gone on to play college baseball (25 at the Division I level), including seven ACC Players, 10 Southern Conference players, and three that were drafted by MLB.
In four years at the collegiate level, Bicknell has coached nine all-conference players, one Freshman All-American, and six MLB draft picks. All totaled, Bicknell has tutored nine MLB draft picks.
Bicknell was a starter on the 2002 Wingate baseball team, where he played third base. The Charlotte, N.C. native lettered three times at Charlotte Christian School from 1995-97. He earned all-conference honors as a junior and senior and was all-state and All-Mecklenburg County as a senior. He also was a starter on the Knights football team both his junior and senior years, including starting quarterback his senior season.
Bicknell, earned his bachelor's degree in physical education at Wingate University in 2002, and his master's degree in sports administration at North Carolina-Pembroke in 2006.
Bicknell and his wife Faith, who is an assistant women's soccer coach at Wingate, reside in Charlotte, N.C.
Bicknell joins the Wildcat baseball program after serving the past two seasons as a volunteer coach for the Clemson Tigers. At Clemson, he worked primarily with infielders and hitters and coordinated summer camps. The Tigers compiled a 70-51-1 record during his two years, and he coached five players who were picked in the Major League Baseball draft. He worked with one of the best infields in Tiger history, led by first baseman Andy D'Alessio, shortstop Taylor Harbin and third baseman Marquez Smith, in 2007, when Clemson advanced to the NCAA Super Regional.
Prior to his time at Clemson, Bicknell spent two years as an assistant coach at UNC Pembroke, where the Braves posted a record of 63-47, received a national ranking as high as seventh, and posted back-to-back 30 win seasons for the first time in program history, while tying the school record for wins at 32. At Pembroke, he coached All-American Jason Morales, who was eventually draft by the Kansas City Royals.
Bicknell spent the 2003 and 2004 seasons at nearby Myers Park High School in Charlotte, N.C., where the 2003 Mustangs were Western North Carolina State Champions and NC 4A State runner-up with a roster containing five future Division I players including former Wildcat Rob Wilson, and former Tar Heel pitcher Robert Woodard, drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2007 MLB Draft.
He also spent time coaching with On Deck O's and as an assistant at Providence High School. In seven years of coaching high school and traveling baseball, Bicknell coached 30 high school players that have gone on to play college baseball (25 at the Division I level), including seven ACC Players, 10 Southern Conference players, and three that were drafted by MLB.
In four years at the collegiate level, Bicknell has coached nine all-conference players, one Freshman All-American, and six MLB draft picks. All totaled, Bicknell has tutored nine MLB draft picks.
Bicknell was a starter on the 2002 Wingate baseball team, where he played third base. The Charlotte, N.C. native lettered three times at Charlotte Christian School from 1995-97. He earned all-conference honors as a junior and senior and was all-state and All-Mecklenburg County as a senior. He also was a starter on the Knights football team both his junior and senior years, including starting quarterback his senior season.
Bicknell, earned his bachelor's degree in physical education at Wingate University in 2002, and his master's degree in sports administration at North Carolina-Pembroke in 2006.
Bicknell and his wife Faith, who is an assistant women's soccer coach at Wingate, reside in Charlotte, N.C.
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