VonDracek is in his first season as a pitching coach with the AppleSox. This will be VonDracek’s second summer coaching in the West Coast League after serving as an assistant pitching coach for the Cowlitz Black Bears last summer. He has spent the last four seasons with them at Yakima Valley College. This past season, VonDracek was promoted from assistant pitching coach to the head pitching coach position with the Yaks. VonDracek played two seasons for Yakima Valley before playing his final two years at Whitworth and graduating from there.