Oklahoma State Softball Bolsters Coaching Staff With Veteran Addition

STILLWATER - With 29 years of coaching experience, including 21 at the Division I level, Greg Bergeron has joined the Oklahoma State softball staff, it was announced today.

Most recently the recruiting coordinator, infield and hitting coach on Charlotte Morgan's staff at Cal State Northridge from 2021-24, Bergeron spent the first 25 years of his career coaching baseball, with notable stops at UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton, Tennessee and Long Beach State, among others.

He was part of College World Series staffs at UC Irvine in 2007 and at Cal State Fullerton in 2009.During his 10 years on staff at UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State combined, he helped coach those teams to eight NCAA appearances and five super regionals.

Bergeron has either coached or recruited more than 100 Major League Baseball draft picks, including five first-rounders and 28 who made it to the majors.

He said he was drawn to Oklahoma State because of head coach Kenny Gajewski and his staff, the university and community.

"I'm excited and this is like a dream come true," Bergeron said. "What Kenny has been able to do from the start till now is awesome. I'm excited to hit the ground running and get to work."

The bulk of Bergeron's experience has come as a hitting coach and in working closely with infielders.

"Greg brings stability, ethical ways and wisdom, something that with a young staff, will be good for all of us," Gajewski said. "He's coached a lot of games and is aware of attention to detail, which I always need help with. He will make this staff the best it has ever been and we're excited to add him."

After a successful playing career in which he led the league in batting average at Cal State Dominguez Hills, was an all-conference performer at Loyola Marymount and went on to play three years professionally, Bergeron returned to LMU as a volunteer assistant before getting his first full time job as an assistant at Cypress College. He helped lead Cypress to a California Community College Athletics state championship.

He moved on to El Camino College in 1998 and spent six years as an assistant before being elevated to head coach in July of 2003. He coached the 2004 season before getting a Division I opportunity under Coach Dave Serrano at UC Irvine. When the Anteaters advanced to the College World Series in 2007, it was a program first.

He followed Serrano to Cal State Fullerton, helping lead the Titans to NCAA appearances in each of his four years, with three super regional appearances and a CWS trip in 2009. Under his direction, the Titans offense had one of its most successful seasons in 2010 with a .337 team batting average which ranked 17th in the country and second in CSUF history.

Serrano was then offered the head coaching position at Tennessee and he took Bergeron with him. While in Knoxville, the duo helped the Volunteers to back-to-back appearances in the Southeastern Conference Tournament for the first time in 10 years.

Bergeron returned to his native Southern California by joining the Long Beach State staff as an assistant in 2015 and following the 2017 season, was elevated to the role of associate head coach. The Dirtbags scored 310 runs in 2016 and 312 in 2017, resulting in the highest two-year total since 2009-10. LBSU hit 60 home runs in Bergeron's first two seasons, more than the previous five seasons combined (55 home runs). LBSU saw improvements in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, and stolen bases during the 2017 season, culminating in a Big West Championship and an NCAA Super Regional appearance.

Following the COVID-shortened 2020 season in which he served as a volunteer assistant at Washington State, Bergeron joined Morgan's Cal State Northridge softball staff. From 2021 to 2022, the Matadors improved by 18 games in the win column and in 2023, CSUN finished third in the Big West Conference after being picked to place fifth in the preseason.

Bergeron earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Cal State Dominguez Hills in 1993 and his master's degree in education/physical education from Azusa Pacific in 1997.

Bergeron comes from a family of educators. Both of his parents taught high school and his father was one of the winningest high school baseball coaches in California. His wife, Anne, is a school psychologist.

The Bergerons have twin daughters, Nicole and Natalie, and a son, Brooks.