Mike Gange enters his third season at Washington in 2025 and has been named the program's recruiting coordinator by head coach Eddie Smith. After spending his first season back on Montlake as UW's volunteer assistant coach, Gange was elevated to a full time assistant coach ahead of the 2024 season.
During Gange's first season coaching at UW, the Huskies defied expectations. Picked seventh in the Pac-12 Preseason Poll, the Dawgs finished third in the league standings with a 17-12 record. Washington garnered a 35-20 record overall, earning the program's 12th NCAA postseason bid.
In addition to helping direct the Husky offense that put up unparalleled production in 2023, Gange was also in charge of guiding the defensive efforts of the UW outfielders, with the Huskies racking up eight outfield assists on the year.
Gange returns to the Husky program after spending over five years with the Chicago White Sox, most recently as the West Coast Scouting Supervisor. Prior to his promotion, he served as a Pacific Northwest Area Scout covering Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Western Canada.
Before spending one season as an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator at Pacific, Gange was a graduate assistant at Washington for two seasons, including 2016’s NCAA Tournament squad.
Gange was also the head coach of the Bellingham Bells of the West Coast League in 2016, leading the team to a second place finish. He was also an assistant coach for the Bells in both 2014 and 2015, helping Bellingham capture a league championship in 2014.
Gange played collegiately at Everett Community College and Western Oregon. At Everett CC, he was a two-time First Team North Region Selection and a Gold Glove winner at second base. During his time at WOU, he helped the Wolves win a pair of Great Northwest Athletic Conference titles and make a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
A native of Marysville, Washington, and a graduate of Western Oregon University with a degree in communication studies, Gange and his wife, Nicole have two sons, Elliott and Gavin.