| Casey Dykes | |
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| New York Yankees – No. 78 | |
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| Born: 1990 (age 34–35) | |
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Casey Dykes (born 1990) is an American professionalbaseballhitting coach for theNew York Yankees ofMajor League Baseball.
Dykes graduated fromFranklin High School inFranklin, Tennessee, in 2008. He played baseball and football in high school.[1] Dykes attendedWestern Kentucky University and playedcollege baseball for theWestern Kentucky Hilltoppers. He earned abachelor'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 forBowling 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 forIndiana University Bloomington.[4]
TheNew York Yankees hired Dykes as a minor league hitting coach in September 2019.[4] In 2021, he was the hitting coach for theScranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.[5] The Yankees promoted Dykes to the major league coaching staff after the 2021 season.[6]
Dykes' wife, Chaney, playedcollege basketball for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. They have three children.[1]
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