Lewis-Clark State College Athletics

Brandon Vial enters his fourth season as an assistant coach with the Warrior Baseball team in 2026 after stepping away for a year to coach at NCAA Division I Washington State. He works largely with the pitching staff. Vial joined the Warrior staff after spending 2021 as the Director of Player Development Initiatives at Georgia Gwinnett College, winning the 2021 Avista NAIA World Series. Vial earned Northwoods League Coach of the Year for his work with the record-setting pitching staff of the St. Cloud Rox. 

Vial graduated from Austin Peay State in 2019 after playing two years for the Governors. Prior to Austin Peay, he spent two years as a member of the Feather River College Golden Eagles baseball team. Vial amassed 25 college wins spanning four seasons. He left feather river college with a 16-2 record with a 2.24 ERA over 170.2 innings of work.