Mel Krause (February 4, 1928 – June 13, 2008) was an American college baseball coach and player at the University of Oregon.
Prior to its planned reinstatement in 2009, Krause was the last Ducks baseball coach when the university canceled the sport in 1981.
[3] He pursued a professional baseball career, playing in the minor-league Northwest League for the Salem Senators from 1954 to 1956 and the Eugene Emeralds from 1957 to 1961.
In addition to being the head coach of Men's Basketball, Mel helped the school start a varsity baseball program in 1969.
[4] Following his coaching career, he worked as a baseball scout for the San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers.