Mark Moriarty enters his fourth season as Nevada's associate head coach and pitching coach in 2026.
The 2025 campaign was another good one for Moriarty's staff, and weekend starter Alessandro Castro was named to the All-Mountain West First Team in his debut Nevada season, and relievers Dominic Desch (6-1, 39 strikeouts in 39.0 innings) and Ethan O'Neal turned in solid numbers. O'Neal thrived as the Wolf Pack closer in his two seasons under Moriarty's tutelage, notching 13 saves to rank tied for sixth on the Nevada career list. Additionally, his eight saves in 2025 ranked tied for eighth in Nevada single-season history.
Over just two seasons overseeing the Wolf Pack pitching staff, Moriarty has had three of his charges selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, with Kade Morris going in the third round to the New York Mets in 2023. Peyton Stumbo (Pittsburgh Pirates, 2023) and Jason Doktorczyk (Minnesota Twins, 2024) were also tabbed in the draft over the past two seasons.
Doktorczyk, in particular, thrived under Moriarty's watch. In 2024, Doktorczyk established himself as one of the top Friday-night starters in the Mountain West, being named to the conference's First Team after going 6-4 with a 3.95 ERA and 91 strikeouts over 84.1 innings of work. Under Moriarty's tutelage, Doktorczyk lowered his ERA by two-and-a-half runs from 2023 to 2024 (6.45 to 3.95) and raised his strikeouts-per-inning-pitched total from 0.95 to 1.08. Additionally, closer Ethan O'Neal was named to the All-Mountain West Second Team as he made five saves and went 3-2 with 42 strikeouts over 36.2 innings pitched in his first season working with Moriarty.
A season prior, Moriarty's Wolf Pack pitching staff set the program single-season record with 458 strikeouts, led by 85 from Morris and 71 from Doktorczyk. Morris, who averaged 1.05 strikeouts per inning pitched that season, tossed two complete games on his way to becoming a third-round selection in that summer's MLB Draft.
Moriarty joined the Wolf Pack staff after spending three seasons (2020-22) as a pitching coach in the Minnesota Twins organization.
He spent the 2021 and 2022 campaigns as pitching coach for the High-A Cedar Rapids Kernels, after being hired as pitching coach for the GCL Twins in 2020, before the season was canceled due to COVID-19.
In 2021, Moriarty’s staff shattered the Kernels franchise record and led the Central in strikeouts with 1,303, working to a High-A-best 3.88 ERA and finishing second across the level with a .211 opponent average. Righthander Ben Gross was named to the High-A Central All-Star Team after going 5-2 with a 3.62 ERA across 16 starts, punching out 106 batters across 82.0 innings while issuing just 23 walks and holding hitters to a .243 average. Fellow righty Louie Varland flourished in 10 starts with Cedar Rapids and put himself on the prospect map by going 6-2 with a 2.10 ERA and a 66:14 K:BB ratio across 55.2 innings of work. Four of the Kernels’ seven pitchers to start at least 10 games posted an ERA of 3.62 or better. Moriarty helped infielder Jordan Gore transition to the mound full-time and produce a 2.95 ERA across 39.2 innings of work with a whopping 58 punchouts.
He spent the 2019 season as the head coach at the University of Mary, a Division II school in North Dakota, leading the Marauders to a 12-win improvement from the season prior, and its highest win total in conference play (12) since 2010.
Moriarty spent two stints at Augustana University, first from 2008-12 then as associate head coach and pitching coach from 2017-18. In that second stint, he helped guide the Vikings to the 2018 NCAA Division II national title, and mentoring 2017 D2CCAA National Pitcher of the Year, Jacob Blank, who was drafted in the 22nd round by the Twins that same year. Five members of his staff at Augustana went on the sign professional contracts.
During his first stint with the Vikings, he guided five players to all-conference honors, one to all-region honors, and the team to a program-record 34 wins in 2010 and its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2011.
From 2014-16, Moriarty was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Concordia University (Wis.), helping guide the Falcons to a combined 71 wins and two freshman pitchers to conference freshman of the year honors.
Moriarty played his college ball at the College of St. Scholastica where he finished his career with the third most wins in school history (23) and a 2.80 ERA. His 257 strikeouts were second-most in school history. He was an All-Upper Midwest (UMAC) Conference performer three times in his career and a 2006 All-American. The 2006 UMAC Pitcher of the Year was named National Pitcher of the Week once and holds the CSS school record for strikeouts in a game (16). He was a two-time All-Region selection.
He played professionally in 2009, pitching for the St. Paul Saints of American Association of Independent Professional baseball. He finished the year with a 2-5 record and 47 strikeouts.
In 2011, Moriarty was inducted into the CSS Baseball Hall of Fame. He earned a degree in business management from CSS in 2007. He received his Master's Degree in Sports Management from Augustana.
