The following year, he led the Beavers to a repeat championship in the 2007 College World Series, the first unranked team in history to accomplish this feat.

A three-sport athlete at Newberg High School, Casey attended the University of Portland where he played baseball as well as basketball.

He is the only coach in NCAA history to lead a team to the National Championship after playing in six elimination games, which he accomplished twice (in 2006 and 2018).

[4][5] After winning the 2006 national championship, the program received its first ever number 1 ranking by all four college baseball polls.

[9] During his career, Notre Dame and Texas offered him the position of head coach, but Casey decided to stay at Oregon State.