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The NCAA.com Baseball Chat Series gets underway at 4pm ET on Thursday, April 30 with our special guest, Linfield College coach Scott Brosius.

Coach Brosius will be the first of four current college coaches joining us this season, and all four have one thing in common – they were all major league players before entering the college coaching ranks.

Scott Brosius enters his second year as Linfield head baseball coach. In his first season, he guided the Wildcats to a school-record 35 wins, the Northwest Conference and West Region championships, and a berth in the NCAA Division III Finals. Brosius, a former Wildcat who went on to gain fame in professional baseball, was a natural choice to succeed retiring coach Scott Carnahan in 2008, having served under Carnahan on the baseball coaching staff for five seasons. During that time, he gradually accepted more responsibility, managing the baseball team’s entire recruiting efforts.

Brosius left Linfield following his junior year after being selected by Oakland in the 20th round of the 1987 amateur draft. He returned to Linfield and completed a bachelor’s degree in business in 2002. In three seasons at Linfield, he hit .332 with 14 home runs and 77 runs batted in. During his junior season in 1987, he hit .348 and set Linfield single-season records for most at-bats, hits and RBI. He received recognition on the NAIA all-Area, all-District and all-Northwest Conference teams, and was a honorable mention NAIA All-American.

Brosius began his professional career in the minor leagues in 1988 and spent a total of 11 seasons in the major leagues with Oakland and New York. He won three World Series titles with the Yankees in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Brosius was a Golden Glove award recipient, was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1998 World Series, and played in the 1998 All-Star Game.

Brosius, a native of Milwaukie, Ore., and graduate of Rex Putnam High School, is a member of the Linfield Athletics, NAIA, and Oregon Sports halls of fame.

Send in your questions here, and come back at 4pm ET on Thursday, April 30, as we ask Coach Brosius your questions.