Tom Myers returns for his eighth season as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at UCSB after spending four seasons with the Gaucho coaching staff from 1998-2001. His other duties include academic affairs, fundraising and Gaucho Baseball Camp development. Prior to returning to UCSB, Myers spent three seasons in the West Coast Conference as pitching coach at Santa Clara University.

2008 marked another outstanding year for Myers' pitching staff with 3 Gaucho pitchers receiving MLB contract offers (Chuck Huggins - second time drafted as a Gaucho - Toronto Blue Jays, Jason Roenicke - Toronto Blue Jays and Kyle Brown - Seattle Mariners). In addition, sophomore hurler Mike Ford earned Second Team All-Big West honors as did Mike Martin while freshman pitcher Mario Hollands received Freshman Big West Pitcher of the Year. Hollands also garnered Freshman All-American honors from Collegiate Baseball and Louisville Slugger. The Gaucho pitching staff was ranked 61st in the country in team ERA.

In Myers' return as recruiting coordinator for the Gauchos, the 2008 recruiting class received national recognition by Collegiate Baseball ranking the stellar class 52nd in the country. The 2007 recruiting class received national recognition by Collegiate Baseball ranking 43rd in the country. In 2005 Studentsports.com tabbed the Gaucho recruiting class 25th in the country.
As pitching coach for the Santa Clara Broncos from 2002-2004, Myers was instrumental in shaping two recruiting classes that ranked in the top 15 in the country according to Baseball America. The 2003 Bronco pitching staff finished second in the WCC in several pitching categories. During his time at Santa Clara, Myers had the privilege to coach three All-American pitchers, and eight Bronco hurlers signed professional contracts.

The 2001 UCSB pitching staff assembled by Myers is considered one of the best in the program's history. The staff maintained a 3.96 team ERA during the regular season en route to an NCAA Regional appearance and a 40-17 overall record. For the first time in UCSB history, the pitching staff had produced two 10-game winners in Rylie Ogle and James Garcia. From the 2001 pitching staff, Rylie Ogle and James Garcia received All-Big West Honors and Garcia and Matt Vasquez received All-American honors. The staff had three pitchers selected in the MLB first year amateur draft, Jim Bullard (seventh round, Chicago White Sox), Jamie Gonzalez (18th round, Detroit Tigers) and Rylie Ogle (32nd round, New York Mets).

From 1998-2007, Myers has overseen 33 pitchers that have signed professional contracts. Twenty-five had never been drafted prior to their tenure with Coach Myers. Thirteen pitchers have garnered All-Conference honors in the Big West and West Coast Conference and seven have been named All-Americans. Myers has worked with a total of 58 players that have been drafted or have signed a professional contract. Current major leaguer players Barry Zito, Justin Lehr, Virgil Vasquez, Skip Schumacher and Ryan Spillborghs have received tutelage from Coach Myers during their Gaucho careers.

During the summer of 2008, Myers was Head Coach in the prestigious Alaskan League for the Kenai Peninsula Oilers. Myers guided the Oilers to a 33-19 overall record and finished in ninth place in the NBC World Series in Wichita, Kansas. Under Myers' tutelage RHP Joe Gardner received Alaskan League Co-Pitcher of the year and was rated the fifth-best prospect in the Alaskan League according to "Perfect Game." In 2007, Myers was pitching coach for the CCL Champion Santa Barbara Foresters. The Foresters finished fourth in the country in the 2007 NBC World Series in Wichita, Kansas.

As part of the 1991 UCSB baseball team, Myers was an All-Big West selection in his only season as a Gaucho, winning ten games and saving three in 24 appearances. Myers joined UC Santa Barbara for his senior season after two years playing for Barry Woodhead at San Jose City College and one year playing for Jerry Kindall at the University of Arizona. Following his senior year at UCSB, Myers was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 1991 first year amateur draft. Myers spent 5.5 seasons playing professional baseball for the Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and St. Louis Cardinals.

In 1997, Myers began his coaching career at Porterville Junior College. In the summer of 1998, Myers served as player-coach in the Dutch Professional League in Haarlem, Holland, and in 1999 was an envoy coach for Major League Baseball International in Wavre, Belgium.

A graduate of Archbishop Mitty School in San Jose, Calif., Myers earned his BA in history from UCSB and his MA in physical education from Azusa Pacific. Myers resides in Santa Barbara with his six-year-old daughter, Lauren.