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Bay Area native Mark O’Brien begins his third year as an assistant coach at Stanford. O’Brien assists with all aspects of the program and serves as the Cardinal’s first base coach. O’Brien has an impressive resume, having served as the head coach at DeAnza Junior College in 1998 and spending four seasons as an assistant coach at Cal Poly in addition to his last two years on The Farm.
In his one season at DeAnza, O’Brien led the Dons to a third-place finish in the Coast Conference. At Cal Poly, he served as recruiting coordinator, academic advisor and third base coach, as well as hitting and infield instructor. During the summers of 1996 and 1997, O’Brien served as head coach of the Anchorage Bucs in the Alaska Summer League. He led the Bucs to a 68-40 record and a league championship in 1996 while coaching four eventual first-round draft picks (Mark Ginter, Danny Peoples, Mark Redman, Alvie Shepard).
O’Brien played collegiately at San Jose State from 1991-92 and was the Spartans’ team captain in his final year. He was also named an Alaska Summer League All-Star in 1991 after coming to SJSU from St. Francis High School and DeAnza College.
O’Brien is single and resides in Los Gatos.