Dave Lawn joined the Arizona baseball program as an assistant coach on July 9, 2015. He was retained by newly-hired head coach Chip Hale on July 5, 2021 and promoted to the role of associate head coach on July 14. He returns for his eighth season with the Wildcats in 2023.
Lawn no stranger to the Pac-12 Conference. After beginning his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Nevada in 1988, Lawn went on to spend 10 seasons at California (1991-2000) and seven at USC (2001-07). He boasts a total of 33 years of collegiate coaching experience.
Under Lawn’s guidance, 23 players have gone on to play Major League Baseball, including Mark Prior, the 2001 Golden Spikes Award winner from USC. Lawn’s teams have four times earned trips to the College World Series, four times played in the NCAA Super Regionals and nine times earned NCAA Regional berths. Additionally, his clubs have won three Pac-12 Championships, one Big West title and one Mountain West regular season championship.