Max Fecske

Biography

Max Fecske is an assistant baseball coach at Eastern Illinois University, hired in July 2024 to serve as pitching coach on head coach Jason Anderson's staff. He begins his second season at EIU for the 2026 season. Prior to joining the Panthers, Fecske served as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Western Illinois (2023-24), where he coached second team All-OVC relief pitcher Caden Kratz. He also worked as pitching coach at Glendale College (2022-23), where his team won the Western States Conference South Championship and CCCAA Regional Championship. Fecske spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Pepperdine (2019-2022), including two years as a graduate assistant and one year as a volunteer coach, working with multiple MLB draft picks including Billy Cook, Wyatt Young, John Peck, and Ryan Johnson. He earned his bachelor's degree from Webster University in 2016 and his master's degree from Pepperdine University in 2021. A native of North Hollywood, California, Fecske finished his collegiate baseball career at Webster University, where he earned All-SLIAC honors and led the team to an NCAA Division III World Series appearance in 2015.