Miles Kizer is entering his fourth season in 2023 as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator with the Yavapai College baseball program. He spent the previous eight seasons helping lead the Western Oregon University Wolves to six Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships and two regional berths.
Kizer helped lead the 2021 squad to a region championship and helped lead the 2022 team to a region playoff appearance and 36-19-1 record.
In Kizer’s first season at YC, while working with the teams hitters and catchers, the Roughriders had a 22-3 record and finished the season leading the ACCAC in HR’s, 2B’s, H’s, R’s, RBI’s, AVG, OBP and SLG while being #4 in the final national poll. Kizer also does the strength and conditioning for YC Baseball.
During his time at WOU Kizer assisted with all aspects of the WOU program. On the field Kizer primarily worked with the team’s catchers and hitters.?In seven of his eight seasons with the Wolves he helped a catcher to an All-GNAC honor, including helping catchers to All-Region honors in 2017, ’18 and ‘19. There were three Wolves’ catchers to sign professional contracts in Kizer's time at WOU, including Jared McDonald, a 2019 19th round draft pick by the Oakland A’s.
In the summer Kizer has coached the Post 20 Dirtbags (a AAA American Legion team in Dallas/West Salem), the Wenatchee Applesox in the West Coast League and the Alaska Goldpanners. After being an assistant coach for the Dirtbags in 2012, he took over as the head coach in 2013 and led the team to its first state tournament appearance. In his four summers as the head coach, the Dirtbags appeared in four state tournaments with three top four finishes. While with the Wenatchee Applesox in 2015, he ran the offense and worked with the hitters, including future MLB infielder Keston Hiura. In two summers as the Head Coach for the Alaska Goldpanners, they compiled a record of 61-25-1 and won the Grand Forks Invitational in 2019.
Kizer played collegiately at Glendale CC (Ariz.), University of Washington and Western Oregon University. At GCC, Kizer was a standout in both football and baseball. Kizer’s sophomore year he was selected to the NJCAA DII All-American 1st team as a catcher while helping Glendale to consecutive postseason births. He transferred to UW for his junior season before playing for the Wolves as a senior.
Kizer graduated from WOU with a Bachelor’s of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies. He currently resides in Prescott Valley, AZ, with his wife, Christina.
