Casey Dykes (born 1990) is an American professional baseball hitting coach for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.
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New York Yankees – No. 78 | |
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Born: 1990 (age 33–34) | |
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Dykes graduated from Franklin High School in Franklin, Tennessee, in 2008. He played baseball and football in high school.[1] Dykes attended Western Kentucky University and played college baseball for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. He earned a bachelor's degree in sports management in 2012.[2] He stayed at Western Kentucky as a graduate assistant in 2013 and worked as a volunteer assistant for Bowling Green State University in 2014. Virginia Military Institute hired Dykes as a full-time assistant coach in 2015.[3] He then served as an assistant coach for Indiana University Bloomington.[4]
The New York Yankees hired Dykes as a minor league hitting coach in September 2019.[4] In 2021, he was the hitting coach for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.[5] The Yankees promoted Dykes to the major league coaching staff after the 2021 season.[6]
Dykes' wife, Chaney, played college basketball for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. They have three children.[1]