Justin Baughman made his Pioneer head coaching debut in the 2006 season. A Lewis & Clark baseball alum, the former Major League Baseball player was drafted by the (then) California Angels in the fifth round of the 1995 amateur draft, playing eight years in the Angels and White Sox systems. Baughman had two stints in the Major Leagues with the Angels, playing parts of the 1998 and 2000 seasons after sitting out the entire 1999 season with a broken leg, playing second base, short stop, and DHing for the (then) Anaheim Angels, ending his career with a .252 average and a .765 stolen base percentage. Baughman last played professional baseball in 2002 as a member of the Charlotte (N.C.) Knights, triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. Baughman has spent the past two seasons working in the Angels’ farm system as the hitting coach for the Class-A Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Kernels.

Baughman played for the Lewis & Clark College Pioneers from 1993-95 under Coach Jerry Gatto. A career .370 hitter for the Pioneers (the best amongst all players with at least 400 career at-bats), he holds the school records for most steals in a season (34) in 1995, and most steals in a career (76) and led the team in runs scored all three seasons he played at Lewis & Clark. He also played one season of football (93) at the college. Baughman is one of two Pioneers to play in the Major Leagues. 1963 AL Rookie of the Year Pete Ward played in the Major Leagues from 1962-1970 after an impressive career at Lewis & Clark College.

Baughman continued to work on his degree after going pro, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business from Lewis & Clark in 2001.

Justin and his wife Serena (Lewis & Clark ‘98, MAT ‘00) reside in Portland, Ore. with their daughter Adele (3) and Lucia (1).