Dave Gage joined the Mount St. Mary's baseball coaching staff ahead of the 2024 season.
Gage enters into his second year at the Mount as assistant coach. He came to Emmitsburg last season after a six-year run as the head coach for the Stevenson University Mustangs. He guided the Owings Mills-based institution to over 100 wins during his tenure, which included three seasons of 20 or more wins. Last year, the Mustangs finished with a mark of 21-17 with a 13-11 record in the Middle Atlantic Conference.
In 2024, the Mount pitching staff broke six records including Strikeouts, K/9, and Batting Average Against. The Mount Staff led the MAAC in Strikeouts with 507 with individual accolades including two All-Conference pitchers, a Freshman All-American and MAAC Rookie of the Year. The staff also lowered the team ERA by over a run.
Student-athletes under his watch earned four All-Regional selections, with three MAC Commonwealth Pitcher of the Year honors, and 10 All-Conference awards with three more earning honorable mention status. In the classroom, Gage's teams won Academic Awards presented by the American Baseball Coaches Association in 2018 and 2019. At Stevenson, his athletes earned the ABCA's Academic Award in every year from 2018-2023.
Before his time outside Baltimore, he served as the head coach of his alma mater, Southern Vermont College, from 2013-17. The Mountaineers set a program record for wins in 2016, taking a runner-up spot in the New England Collegiate Conference. Nine players in that span also went on to earn placements on All-Conference teams. Gage is the all-time leader for wins as a head coach at SVC with 70.
A 2010 graduate of SVC and valedictorian of his class, Gage served as captain and starting second basemen, compiling a .305 career batting average and holding the highest on-base percentage (.480) in program history. He also towed the rubber as a relief pitcher, earning nine saves. He was inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in 2016.
