Coach Lauer is entering his first season with the Chico Heat in 2017 after spending the last 6 years coaching college baseball throughout the Midwest and New Mexico.

He played college baseball at Butte College and Feather River College.  He also competed for two seasons in the Independent Professional Baseball League in New Mexico -- the Pecos League -- where he was an all-star catcher for Las Cruces in  2012.

In the summer of 2015, Lauer was the Head Coach of the Springfield Sliders in Springfield, Illinois which is a summer collegiate team that plays in the Prospect League. He is currently living in Chico and working towards a Master’s Degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration.

His father Jim and his mother Deedee have worked at Butte College and Enloe Hospital for over 30 years and his younger sister Alexis works as a preschool teacher in Chico.