Dan Giordano begins his seventh full season as the Head Coach of the Stormy Petrel baseball program. Giordano is no stranger to the program as he played for the Petrels from 1999-2002. He was hired as the pitching coach upon graduation and was name interim hed coach halfway through 2004. In 2005, he was handed the reigns of the program on a full time basis.

In 2004 he took over a team that 1-17 and led the team to a fourth place finish at the SCAC Championships held at Oglethorpe. Their fourth place finish is the best SCAC finish in the history of the program. Two players were named to the All-Region South 2nd Team and three players made the All-SCAC Team.

In 2005, Giordano took over the program full time in February and inherited a small squad of 12 players. Despite the lack of depth the Petrels battled throughout the year and managed to finish just three games out of playoff contention. In 2006, the Petrels went 11-29, almost doubling the wins from the previous year and fell one game short of postseason play.

Giordano has led the Petrels to the SCAC playoffs 3 out of the last 4 years and put up the first winning season since 1997 in 2009. In 2009, Giordano was named Georgia Dugout Club Coach of the Year at the division three level. That year they also had the first player drafted in the modern ear (1992- present) in Daniel Sarisky (40th Round Houston Astros).

The Petrels have enjoyed their best three year stretch of any team in school history since 1993.

Since Giordano took over the program the Petrels have had 22 All-SCAC members and four ABCA All-South All-Americans and one Rawlings Gold Glove winner.

Steven Argo will begin his second season as an Assistant Coach for the Stormy Petrels. He will primarily work with the Oglethorpe pitching staff.

Prior to Oglethorpe, Argo was an Assistant Coach at Emory University (2009-10 season), and an Assistant Coach at Duluth High School for two seasons. At Emory, Argo worked with the Eagles pitching staff and helped coach first base.

Argo played his collegiate baseball at The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). As a switch hitting middle infielder that also pitched, Argo was a huge contributor to helping the Bees set a school record of 32 wins during their 2006 campaign. While at SCAD, He was named the Florida Sun Conference player of the week for his performance at the plate and on the mound, and set the single season walk record (36).

Argo has worked several high school and collegiate baseball camps including Florida State University and Emory University.

 Spencer joins the staff after playing four seasons for the Petrels under Giordano. Originally from California, Spencer enjoyed a very successful four year career while pitching mainly out of the bullpen as a side arm specialist.

Spencer will mainly work with the outfielders and coach first base.