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Jimmy Smiley

• Coach Smiley comes to GameDay from player development powerhouse, Tread Athletics in North Carolina, bringing an extensive baseball playing, coaching and data analytics background to the GameDay staff. Smiley is a former D3 and D1 college baseball pitcher and captain at Whitman College at Columbia University. He is an Ivy League mechanical engineer and data analyst. In addition, Smiley played professionally in the Czech Republic as a pitcher and bullpen catcher. He is currently the pitching coach for the Malaysian National Team. 

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Derek Wakeley

• Wakeley, a 2016 graduate of West Deptford High School, was instrumental in leading his team to a New Jersey state championship. He began his collegiate career at Stony Brook University, later transferring to Gloucester County College (now Rowan College of South Jersey – Gloucester) from 2017 to 2018. He then played at the University of Delaware from 2019 to 2021, earning recognition on the 2020 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List. After his playing days, Wakeley transitioned to coaching, serving as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at RCSJ–Gloucester from 2021 to 2022. He then returned to the University of Delaware from 2022 to 2023 as the assistant pitching coach and camp director. He joined the GameDay staff in 2025.