Andre Mercurio enters his fourth season with Stanford baseball in 2025 after beginning his tenure as a volunteer assistant prior to the 2022 season. Included in his duties, Mercurio has been instrumental in developing the offense and outfielders while on The Farm.
With Mercurio on staff, Stanford made its third consecutive appearance in the College World Series in 2023, including its 19th in program history, finishing the year with a 44-20 overall record and a 23-7 mark in the Pac-12 to win the conference regular season championship for the second consecutive season. The Cardinal entered the postseason ranked No. 6 in the nation according to D1Baseball and won a regional featuring No. 25 Texas A&M, Cal State Fullerton and San Jose State to advance and host a super regional. The Cardinal won three consecutive elimination games in the regional, including defeating No. 25 Texas A&M twice, before winning two more against Texas in the super regional to punch a ticket to Omaha. The Cardinal hit .316 as a team (first in Pac-12 and 10th nationally) and averaged 8.36 runs per game while also leading the conference in home runs (117) and finishing second in slugging percentage (.539). For the second consecutive season, Stanford cleaned up in the Pac-12 yearly award voting, capturing four of the five major Pac-12 yearly awards in addition to the batting champion in Tommy Troy. Among those lauded, outfielder Alberto Rios won Player of the Year, and catcher Malcolm Moore took home Freshman of the Year. Helping develop Rios as an outfielder, Mercurio saw the junior selected 79th overall in the third round by the Los Angeles Angels during the 2023 MLB Draft. Fellow outfielder Eddie Park would also be drafted, selected in the eighth round by the Chicago White Sox.
In his first season on The Farm, Mercurio helped guide Stanford to its second consecutive College World Series berth after finishing the year with a 47-18 overall record and a 21-9 mark in the Pac-12 to win both the Pac-12 regular season and inaugural Pac-12 Tournament championships. Stanford, which entered the College World Series ranked No. 1 in the nation according to Collegiate Baseball, finished the year ranked No. 5 in the D1Baseball poll. Stanford led all teams in postseason home runs, connecting for 23 of its program-record 118 long balls during the 10-game postseason run. The Cardinal ranked second in the Pac-12 in average (.309) and led the Conference in slugging (.536) and home runs (118) while hitting 71 in the last 27 games overall.
Mercurio came to Stanford after spending the previous two years as a volunteer assistant coach with San José State. Prior to his time with the Spartans, Mercurio played four seasons with the Florence Y'alls of the Frontier League. The Vallejo, Calif. native joined the Y'alls after graduating from SJSU in 2015, and ultimately returned to the team for nine games in 2021 while coaching with San José State.
Mercurio, a 2013 All-WAC selection while patrolling center field for the Spartans, was named a San José State Scholar-Athlete in addition to receiving 2012 Academic All-WAC honors.
As a sophomore, Mercurio hit .315 with a team-best 74 hits, four triples, 22 RBIs and 38 runs scored. Through four seasons with the Spartans, Mercurio batted .284 with 114 runs scored, 27 doubles, nine triples, two home runs and 74 RBIs. On the base paths, Mercurio swiped 25 bases in 39 attempts over his collegiate career.
Mercurio graduated from SJSU with a bachelor's degree in communication studies and was a member of San José State's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).
On the professional level, Mercurio played in 246 games for the Y'alls, batting .293 with six homers and 51 RBIs during the 2017 season to help lead Florence to a division pennant and a berth in the Frontier League Championship. Through five seasons of professional baseball, Mercurio batted .282 with 12 home runs and 114 RBIs.
Mercurio graduated from Serra High School in 2011 and was first team All-League and All-County as both a junior and senior while competing for the Padres.