The 2010 baseball season will be the 15th for Coach Brad Bass as head of the Pioneer baseball program. He has won almost 700 games during his 25 year collegiate coaching career, including over 400 at Wayland where the Pioneers compete in the Sooner Athletic Conference, arguably the toughest small college conference in the nation.

A 1984 graduate of Hardin Simmons University where he was a member of the Cowboy's baseball team, Coach Bass experienced his best season at Wayland last year when the Pioneers fell just one game short of advancing to the NAIA World Series, losing in the final game of the National Championship Opening Round Tournament to eventual National Champion Lubbock Christian.

He began his college playing career at Ranger Junior College. While at Ranger he played on a team that won the 1978 Junior College World Series. From Ranger Junior College Coach Bass went on to play two years at HSU, then served as an assistant coach for 5 years. Before coming to Wayland Baptist, Coach Bass was the head baseball coach at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth.

A graduate of Connally High School in Waco, Coach Bass and his wife Sally, have three children: Calvin, 20; Meredith, 19; and Will, 15.

A long-time supporter of Wayland baseball, Coach McMillan joined the Pioneer coaching staff five years ago as coach of the WBU infielders. A native of Plainview, he is a 1976 graduate of Texas Tech University where he spent three seasons as a member of the Red Raider baseball team.

Coach McMillan has been a part of the Plainview Noon Optimist's Summer Baseball Program almost continuously as a player, coach, umpire, baseball committee member, league representative, and tournament official since 1969, and was inducted into the Southwest Regional Babe Ruth Hall of Fame in 2004.

An original member and chairman of the Going the Distance Committee, which was the driving force behind the development of Wilder Field, Coach McMillan has also served as a coach for the WBU Summer Collegiate Baseball League since it's inception three years ago. Coach McMillan and his wife, Susan, have a daughter, Lori, and her husband, James; a son, Chance, and his wife, Kelsey; and are the proud grandparents of two granddaughters, Rileigh and Madeline Johnston; and a grandson, Grayson McMillan.

Steven Quezada returns to the Pioneer baseball program in the fall of 2009 after working the last five years as an intervention counselor for at-risk teens.

A former Wayland player, Coach Quezada hit .307 with nine doubles, eight homers and 44 RBIs during his senior season. He remained with the program as a student assistant, and eventually took over as assistant coach in 2003.

The Pioneers advanced to post-season play in each of the three seasons Coach Quezada assisted in the Pioneer dugout. The 2004 team won 40 wins for just the second time in WBU history at that time and established numerous records.

A native of Tolleson, Ariz., Coach Quezada and his wife, Noelia, a physical therapist, have one son, Marcello (2). He also has a son, Ryan, who is 17.

Wayland's first 1st team NAIA All-American since 1993, Brett Cook finished his career as a Pioneer last year as the school's all-time leader in runs scored (209), hits (269), and doubles (50). He also holds WBU records for best career batting average (.426) and slugging percentage (.731) and is second in career home runs (41).

A native of Kearny, Airz., Coach Cook played three years at Wayland after transferring from Lamar Community College. He will graduate in December with a degree in Exercise & Sports Science.

In addition to his duties on the baseball field, Coach Cook and his wife, the former Brandi French, work as the Resident Hall Supervisors at McDonald Hall.

Todd Jeffress joins the Pioneer coaching staff after a four-year career in which he became Wayland's all-time leader in wins (30), strikeouts (333) and innings pitched (343.2). A two-time All-Sooner Athletic Conference pitcher and a NAIA All-Region VI selection, he also holds the school record for career shutouts (7) and most games started (58), as well as the record for Most RBI in a game (9).

A native of Plainview, Coach Jeffress is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Education.

David Purcell is in his second year as a Graduate Assistant with the Pioneers. A 2008 NAIA Scholar Athlete, Coach Purcell played one season at Wayland after transferring from Henderson State University in Arkansas.

A native of Peoria, Ariz., Purcell started 24 games at catcher in 2008. He threw out eight out of 18 base runners and had a fielding percentage of .976.

Coach Purcell is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Business.