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Geoff Loomis starts his eighth year as head baseball coach at Pacific Lutheran University with a 173-105-2 record. He is the 11th head coach in the program's history and accomplished in both 2007 and 2009 what no others have, leading the Lutes to the Northwest Conference championship. The 2007 crown was the program's first conference title of any kind in 53 years, while the 2009 championship was shared with George Fox University.

In Loomis' first seven seasons at PLU, the Lutes reached the record books in several individual and team offensive categories. During their conference title run in 2007, the Lutes rewrote numerous school records and top 10 lists, and the 2009 team broke 10 team offensive records. Most significantly, Loomis led the 2007 Lutes to a 35-9 overall record, shattering the old PLU single-season record of 26 wins set in 1994.

In addition to coaching at Pacific Lutheran, Loomis coached the Aloha Knights for five seasons, leading that team to consecutive Pacific International League division titles, including a club record 54-14 mark in 2001. In 2004, the team won the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan. Loomis was named National Manager of the Year by the National Baseball Congress. He also was an assistant coach at George Fox University for five seasons (1996-2000).

Loomis played his collegiate baseball at the University of Portland, where he earned Pac-10 Player of the Year honors in 1992 and All-Pac-10 recognition in 1991 and 1992. He was selected in the 1992 free agent draft by Oakland and played in the Athletics' minor league system from 1992-94. He was named Oakland A's affiliate Minor League Player of the Year in 1993.

Following his playing career, Loomis returned to the University of Portland where he earned his bachelor's degree in business administration in 1994. He earned a master's degree in teaching from Pacific University (Ore.) in 1997, and was a business teacher at David Douglas High School in Portland, Ore., prior to coming to Pacific Lutheran.

In addition to coaching the Pacific Lutheran baseball team, Loomis is also an assistant athletic director. His duties include game management at other PLU athletic events.

Loomis and his wife, Anna, have two daughters, Bryn and Addison, and a son, Cooper, and live in Puyallup. Anna is a 1993 graduate of Pacific Lutheran University.

T.J. Cafferty is in his fourth year as a PLU baseball assistant coach, and he will work with outfielders and hitters.

Cafferty, a native of Boise, Idaho, played two seasons of collegiate baseball at PLU after transferring from Walla Walla CC. Cafferty, an outfielder, had a .305 career batting average while playing for Geoff Loomis at PLU.

Cafferty is employed as a sporting goods salesman.

The Pacific Lutheran baseball program welcomes the return of former assistant coach Eric Grice, who spent the 2007 and 2008 seasons as head coach at Northland College in Wisconsin. The 2010 season will mark Grice's sixth year with the Pacific Lutheran program.

Grice was an assistant coach at Minot State University in North Dakota in 2001-02 and earned his master's degree in business management from that school in 2002. Prior to coaching at Minot State, Grice was an assistant coach at Saint Mary College in Kansas in 2000.

Grice was a starter at Tacoma Community Colege in 1993-94 and earned All-NWAACC honors as a shortstop in 2004. He concluded his playing career at Washington State University in 1995.

Nolan Soete is in his fourth season as a PLU baseball assistant coach, and he will work with infielders and hitters. He also serves as PLU's recruiting coordinator.

A four-year letter winner while playing baseball at Pacific Lutheran, Soete earned 2005 second team All-Northwest Conference honors as a senior first baseman after hitting .317 with four home runs.

Soete, a 2006 Pacific Lutheran University graduate, is a substitute teacher. He and his wife, Jessica, live in Lakewood.