Concordia College, Moorhead Men's Baseball

Coste took over control of the Cobber baseball program in the summer of 2014 after serving as the team's assistant coach for three seasons. Coste played for the Cobbers from 1993-95 and was a three-time MIAC MVP. He then went on to play professional baseball for 16 seasons.  Coste won a World Series championship with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008. He has played in the major leagues for the Phillies, Houston Astros, New York Mets and Washington Nationals organizations. Coste has appeared in 299 Major League Baseball games and has a lifetime MLB average of .272. Coste, who was inducted into the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007, played third base and pitcher for Concordia during the mid 1990s. He earned three consecutive All-American awards and still holds the school record for career batting average and career earned run average. Coste helped the Cobbers win the MIAC championship in 1995. The 1995 squad finished second at the NCAA Midwest Regional and is the only Concordia team to win 30 games in a single season.

Burgau's best season came in 1995 when the team went 30-8 and won the MIAC championship. In that season, the Cobbers advanced to the NCAA playoffs and finished second in the NCAA Midwest Regional. When Burgau stepped aside in 2014 he was 12th on the list of wins by active NCAA Division III coaches. He was also 25th in overall wins by any coach in Division III. Burgau has earned the MIAC Coach of the Year honors on four occasions with the most recent coming in 2010. During his 36 years at the helm of the Cobbers he coached six MIAC Most Valuable Player award winners, seven All-Americans, 36 All-Region players and almost 100 MIAC All-Conference honorees. Several of Burgau's former players have gone on to play professional baseball and was one of the influences on the professional career of former Cobbers, and three-time MIAC MVP, who won the World Series as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies. Burgau was elected to the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007 making him one of the few coaches to ever be inducted into the Hall of Fame while still being an active coach. Burgau came to Concordia in 1977 as the Equipment Manager and Assistant Baseball Coach. He became Head Baseball Coach at Concordia in 1979. Since then, Cobber teams have been consistent contenders for the MIAC crown. The Cobbers won MIAC titles in 1985, 1993 and 1995 and have finished in the league's upper division in 19 of his 25 seasons at Concordia. His teams are 325-188 in MIAC competition. His Cobber coaching record through 2005 is 544-408-6. Bucky grew up in Perham, Minnesota, where he learned to love the game. In 1966 his team won the state amateur title. After graduating from high school, Bucky played two years at Fergus Falls Community College before enrolling at NDSU. He played under NDSU coach Arlo Brunsberg, a Concordia graduate and member of the Cobber Athletic Hall of Fame. Upon graduation, Bucky took his first coaching job with the Perham American Legion. In 1973, he became head coach of the Moorhead American Legion Blues, where he completed 27 years, compiling an 883-396 record. In 1988, his Legion team won the state title, the Central Plains Regional title, and finished fourth in the World Series Championship. Bucky and his wife, Penny, live in Moorhead. They have two daughters; Jennifer and Rachel.