Bio

Kade Dees enters his second season on the Gulf Coast baseball staff in 2006 after contributing to a remarkable program turnaround. The Bulldogs won 12 more games than the previous year after he brought his winning pedigree and MACCC experience as a player and coach to his first season on the Gulf Coast staff in 2024-25.

The Bulldogs finished fourth in the MACCC with a 19-9 record, earning a trip to the postseason for the first time in three years. They won their opener in the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament, coming within a game of the championship round.

Ten players from that team signed to continue their collegiate careers at the Next Level, including Irving (New Orleans), Marsh (ULM), Dom Jackson (Southeastern Louisiana), Eli Waters (Nicholls State), Keilon Parnell (Alabama A&M), Keondre Fields (Alabama A&M), Landon Holliman (Delta State), Jacob Palazzo (Delta State), Colby Wilson (East Texas Baptist), and Brayden Scott (Mobile).

Dees is fresh off a season on the East Central staff where the Warriors went 55-8 and finished as one of the last four teams at the NJCAA Division II World Series. Before that, he was a graduate assistant at Jones, assisting with hitters and outfielders.

Dees played two seasons at Jones as a catcher, although one was cut short by COVID. He was a player under Gulf Coast head coach Zach Allen when he was an assistant there. Dees went on to play at Delta State, where he started 32 times as a junior to help lead the Statesmen to a 32-17 record and Gulf South Conference regular-season title. DSU advanced to the NCAA Division II South Regional that year, and he gave up only eight stolen bases in 36 games.

He graduated from Madison Central High School, where he was a member of the 2016 MHSAA Class 6A state championship team. He was a .370 hitter as a senior.

Dees has a bachelor's in health, physical education, and recreation from Delta State University. He completed his master's in sports and coaching performance at the University of Southern Mississippi.