Bio

Dubanoski brings over nine years of coaching experience from various levels to the Tiger baseball squad. Most recently, he served as the head assistant coach for the University of Sioux Falls baseball team the last three years. He assisted in all aspects of the NCAA Division II baseball team, reigning from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

In Dubanoski’s first season as head coach for Tiger baseball, he led his team to a 15-28 overall record, and 8-19 in conference play. Over the 43 games played, Tigers baseball drove in 255 runs for a team .267 batting average. He led four student-athletes to earning All-GPAC honors in graduate transfer Matt Bezdicek, junior Wyatt Hunt, senior Cameron Quigley, and senior Carter Gullickson. Bezdicek also broke the single season record for doubles in Dubanoski’s first year at the helm, a record that has stood strong at 16 since 2005. Dubanoski and the Tigers also stepped on Drake Field for the first time this year after the laying of turf was complete; the Tigers got to play several games on the new turf this season despite delayed delivery of materials. DWU baseball placed four student-athletes on the GPAC All-Conference list in Dubanoski’s first season as Matt Bezdicek garnered second-team honors, Wyatt Hunt, Cameron Quigley, and Carter Gullickson all were tabbed as honorable mention players. Bezdicek was also named as a CoSIDA Academic All-District First-Team honors.

The Burnsville, Minn., native recruited student-athletes, taught and developed over 50 collegiate student-athletes, managed all aspects of team travel and implemented the usage of baseball technology with his team. Dubanoski also led many fundraising efforts for the Cougar baseball program such as their annual Alumni Golf Outing.

Along with coaching at USF, Dubanoski has served as head coach for the Sioux Falls Post 15 Legion West baseball team since 2018. He manages all aspects of the team and leads their off-season baseball academy for skill development and team building.

Prior to joining USF, he served as the associate director of Player Development with the Sioux Empire Baseball Association. At SEBA, he directed programming, tournaments and coordinated all aspects of player and coach development. The Sioux Empire Baseball Association provides programming for roughly 4,200 players and 299 teams while its camp program serves over 600 area athletes.

Dubanoski played college baseball at Augustana College from 2008 to 2012, where he earned numerous all-conference and all-regional honors while receiving his bachelor’s degree. Dubanoski had a career batting average of .358 and drove in 157 runs, knocked 37 doubles and smashed 28 home runs. His playing career included a professional stint in the Pecos Independent League with the Roswell Invaders during the summer of 2013. Following his playing career, he obtained his Master of Science degree in Education Leadership with an emphasis in sports management from Winona State University in 2014.