Tim Scannell is in his 15th season as the Trinity baseball coach this spring, having built the Tigers into an NCAA Division III powerhouse the last 14 years.  

Coach Scannell has an overall record of 374-163, which places him in the top 20 in winning percentage (.708) among active NCAA Division III coaches.

He has guided the Tigers to five Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships and five trips to the NCAA postseason tournament. Coach Scannell, who became head coach in 1999, has been voted as SCAC Coach of the Year five times (1999, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010). In 2002, Trinity set a new school single-season record for victories with 37. That same year, the Tigers advanced to their first-ever NCAA regional tournament. In 2004, Trinity matched that feat with another 37-game season and a trip to the NCAA regional. On three occasions - in 2002, 2004 and 2008 - the Tigers fell just one game short of advancing to the Division III College World Series.

Coach Scannell has led the Tigers to nine 30-plus victory seasons, and finished a year under .500 only once in his career.

He has coached one GTE Academic All-American and two Verizon Academic All-Americans. Coach Scannell has also had the privilege to coach 11 ABCA All-Americans.

Fourteen players have signed professional baseball contracts, including Chuck Huggins (Toronto Blue Jays), Ryan Cavan (San Francisco Giants), and Evan Bronson (Washington Nationals).

Coach Scannell spent the summer of 1999 as the hitting coach for the Cape Cod League champion Cotuit Kettleers. He coached current MLB all-stars Chase Utley (Philadelphia Phillies) and Garrett Atkins (Baltimore Orioles).

He has served with both the University of Massachusetts and his alma mater, Northeastern University, as an assistant coach.

As a player, the Xaverian Brothers High School graduate was a four-year standout at Northeastern, where he captained the baseball team his junior and senior year. Coach Scannell also spent two seasons playing in the prestigious Cape Cod League for the Harwich Mariners and the Cotuit Kettleers.

Coach Scannell is a native of South Weymouth, Mass.  Along with his wife, Christa, the Scannells have three sons: Matthew (age 9), TJ (7) and James (5).

Zach Fregosi has been a coach with the Tiger baseball team since 2008, serving as the catchers coach, assistant batting coach, and recruiting coordinator.

Coach Fregosi finished his playing career with the Tigers in 2008 as a senior captain on the team. In his final year, he hit .333 and helped lead the Tigers to a SCAC Championship and a NCAA Division III West Region Finals Appearance.

As a thee-year starter, Coach Fregosi was a member of two SCAC Championship teams and played in two NCAA regionals in his four year career under Head Coach Tim Scannell.

Coach Fregosi graduated from Trinity in 2008, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance.

Since 2001, Trinity University has established itself as having one of the premier pitching staffs in Division III.  Five times they have led the conference in ERA, including the 2002 season in which they led the nation in ERA with a 2.26 mark.  Trinity has also led the conference in strikeouts six times in the last seven years, with totals of 464 in 2004 and 453 in 2008, both totals that led the nation and rank in the top ten in Division III history.  Individually, Trinity boosts three pitchers who have been named conference pitcher of the year (2002, 2004, and 2005) while 14 pitchers have been named all conference in the last seven seasons (four more were named honorable mention).  Three pitchers represented Trinity in the Cape Cod League over that time, and most impressively a total of six pitchers have gone on to play professionally since the 2005 season. 

Dave Smith has been the Trinity baseball pitching coach since 2001, following a standout career with the Tigers in which he compiled a 24-7 career record.  Overall, Coach Smith ranks No. 2  all time in Trinity starts, fourth in victories, seventh in ERA, and ninth in strikeouts.  Always a steady performer, his breakout season was 2002 where he anchored the Trinity pitching staff.  Coach Smith finished the year with an 8-2 record and a 1.84 ERA, earning All-West Region and All-SCAC honors.  He was also on the All-SCAC team in 2000 and 2001, and spent two summers in the MINK League playing for the Beatrice (Neb.) Bruins. 

Coach Smith entered into the coaching profession because of his pitching coach and mentor, the late Bob Meccage.  During his career at Trinity, Coach Smith developed a close relationship with Coach Meccage. His decision to follow in his teacher's footsteps was directly influenced by Coach Meccage's dedication toward Coach Smith’s baseball career and personal life.  According to Coach Smith, "Coach Meccage was the greatest motivator I have ever been around, and demanded everything you had every time you stepped on that field, all the while expressing his sincere joy when he knew you gave everything you had."

Coach Smith resides in San Antonio with his wife, Amber, and their two dogs, Hunter and Daisy, and cat Smoltz.

J.C. Bunch has been the Trinity hitting coach since 2005. 

The Tigers' hitting philosophy is simple, yet not trite.  Their goal is to make a pitcher throw a good pitch to hit.  Coach Bunch teaches being selectively aggressive at the plate, and focuses on driving the baseball to the big part of the field. 

Coach Bunch wasn't a heavily recruited player out of high school.  The Trinity coaching staff did give him every opportunity to succeed, though, and he definitely made the most of it.  With hard work from the moment he stepped on campus, coach Bunch made himself into an everyday player as a freshman.  That year he set the Trinity single season record for batting average, hitting .475.  He shares the career home run record with two other players. 

He was named to the All-West Region teams from 1998-2000.  In 2007, he was elected to the SCAC 15th Anniversary Baseball Team.  Coach Bunch, a four-time All-SCAC performer (1998-2001), hit .400 for his career (11th on the SCAC career list) with 251 hits (tied for fourth all-time), 30 home runs (tied for sixth all-time), 174 runs batted in (fifth all-time) and 202 runs scored (third all-time). In 1998, he led the SCAC in hitting with a .475 average - the third-highest single-season total in league history. Coach Bunch is one of just three players in league history to be named to the SCAC All-Tournament Team three times in a career.

After graduating with a bachelor’s in chemistry, Coach Bunch played two seasons in the Texas Rangers Minor League system.  His rookie year, he led his league with a .333 average, which was also good for second in the organization behind only Hank Blalock.  His minor league experience took him to the Gulf Coast Rangers, the Pulaski Rangers, and the Savannah Sand Gnats.  Coach Bunch competed one on one with Alex Rodriguez during spring training in a batting cage game, almost defeating the three-time MVP. 

Coach Bunch has spent the last eight years as a chemistry teacher, four at his alma mater, Austin High School, and the past four at Saint Mary's Hall in San Antonio.  He resides in San Antonio, with his wife, Sheridan.