Tyler Packanik joined the Stetson baseball program in August, 2018, and serves in the role of Director of Player Personnel and Video Coordinator.
A native of Plant City, Fla., Packanik played collegiate baseball at Marietta College in Ohio where he was an All-Conference Tournament performer in 2015. He received a bachelor’s degree in Marketing in 2016 and went on from there to earn a Master’s in Coaching Education from Ohio University in 2017.
Packanik started his professional career working with the baseball program at Ohio University where he assisted with the outfielders and hitters in addition to using the ISCORE system to track games, detail pitch patterns and develop spray charts. He also was involved in the evaluation of prospects in the recruiting process through video and worked as a camp instructor.
He served as an assistant coach for the Edenton Steamers in the Coastal Plain League during the summer of 2017 before spending the 2017-18 academic year as a volunteer assistant coach at Bucknell University.
While at Bucknell, he coached the infielders and assisted with the hitters. He coached first base during games and managed the defensive alignment of the infielders. Off the field he handled the ordering of equipment, managed the Arms recruiting database, managed the use of FlightScope and also created scouting reports based on video analysis from Synergy.
