Position: Manager

College: Miami

Tom Holliday is entering his first season as manager of the Chatham Anglers, replacing Cape Cod legend John Schiffner. Holliday has over 35 years of experience as a coach at the collegiate level, including 26 years at Oklahoma State, where he was the head coach for seven seasons. Holliday has coached many great players over the years, including Pete Incaviglia, Carlos Rodon and Robin Ventura. Holliday played his college ball at Yavapai College and the University of Miami. He spent one season as an assistant coach at Arizona State in 1977 before moving to the Oklahoma State. For 19 seasons as an assistant under Gary Ward, Holliday and the Cowboys had 40+ wins seasons all but once, made seven consecutive College World Series from 1981-1987 and were runners-up three times. When Ward retired after the 1996 season, Holliday replaced him. While the leader at Oklahoma State, Holliday went 281-150 and led the team to the 1999 College World Series. From 2004-2006, Holliday was the pitching coach for college baseball legend Augie Garrido at Texas. While in Austin, the Longhorns won the 2005 College World Series and were runner-ups in 2004. Following his three seasons at Texas, Holliday spent eight years at NC State, where he helped the team to a College World Series appearance in 2013, and then one season at Auburn. Holliday is the father of two sons, Josh and Matt. Josh played four seasons of college ball at Oklahoma State where he was a Freshman All-American, 2x First Team All-Big 12 member and played in two College World Series. He followed in his father’s footsteps into coaching and has been the head coach of Oklahoma State since the 2013 season. Matt is a seven-time MLB All-Star, 2011 World Series Champion, 4x Silver Slugger winner and career .299 hitter. Holliday is excited to help the Anglers have a summer of enjoyment and improvement.“If they're winning, the time, it'll fly” Holliday said. “If they're getting better and winning, they're going to have a great experience.”

Position: Coach

College: Oklahoma State

Randy Whisler is entering his first season as a member of the Chatham Anglers coaching staff. Whisler previously played for and coached with Anglers manager Tom Holliday and is the only member of the Anglers staff to coach in the major leagues. Whisler played college baseball at Oklahoma State from 1982-1985 and played in the College World Series in all four of those seasons. The Cowboys finished fifth three times and third once during that span. Over his final three seasons in Stillwater, Whisler played in 207 of 216 total games and hit over .300 each year. During his senior season, he hit .322 with 26 extra-base hits, 37 stolen bases and 92 runs scored. He was drafted in the fourth round with the 79th overall pick in the 1985 MLB Draft by the Chicago Cubs. He played two minor league seasons before retiring. Whisler returned to Stillwater to begin his coaching career in 1988 and spent two seasons there before moving to the professional ranks. He was the hitting coach from 1990-1991 with the Gastonia Rangers and the hitting coach for the Tulsa Drillers in 1995. For three seasons from 1997-1999, Whisler was the manager of the Rookie League Arizona Padres. The Padres then moved him to Las Vegas in 2000 to be the hitting coach and was moved again in 2001 to become the manager of the Eugene Emeralds. During those four seasons as a manager, he had a record of 111-130. From 2002-2003, Whisler was the Minor League Infield Coordinator for the Florida Marlins and won a World Series ring in 2003. Following the 2003 season, Whisler was hired by the Cincinnati Reds as a first base coach. During Whisler’s two seasons in Cincinnati, he coached Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. and Barry Larkin. The Reds went 152-175-1 during his two seasons as the club’s first-base coach. Whisler is now a coach at Victory Christian School in Tulsa. Whisler is excited to be working with the high-quality talent on the Anglers and seeing them continue to become great players. “It's just really, really exciting to work with that type of caliber baseball player again and get back,” Whisler said. “That's my biggest thing. I want get out there and work hard, have passion and get these kids better.”

Position: Coach

College: Oklahoma State

Daylon Monette will be in his first season of coaching with the Chatham Anglers. Monette has experience playing baseball the highest levels of college and coaching at the highest level of high school summer ball. Monette played college baseball for two coaches on the Cape: Holliday and Yarmouth-Dennis’ Scott Pickler. He played two seasons of junior college baseball for Pickler at Cypress College in California before spending his junior season for Holliday at Oklahoma State. As a Cowboy, Monette hit .333 with 7 home runs, 54 RBIs and 71 hits. Monette was drafted three times in 1999, 2000 and 2002. He signed a professional contract after being drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 15th round in 2002. Monette spent two seasons in the minor leagues with Cardinals organization, playing with the Johnson City Cardinals, New Jersey Cardinals and Peoria Chiefs. He then spent one season with the Gateway Grizzlies of the independent Frontier League in 2004 before hanging up the spikes. Since returning, he has been a travel baseball coach in Southern California where he has coached many Perfect Game All-Americans and USA Baseball participants. This spring, he coached at Orange Coast College, a junior college in Costa Mesa, CA. For Monette, the opportunity to coach on the Cape was an easy decision. “It was a no-brainer,” Monette said. “For sure, it was something I wanted to do.”

Position: Pitching Coach

College: Texas

Dennis Cook is the new pitching coach for the Chatham Anglers. Cook has experience playing and coaching at the highest levels of collegiate, professional and international baseball. He spent two seasons at Angelina College before transferring the University of Texas. As a Longhorn, Cook pitched and played right field. At the plate, Cook had 149 hits and 103 walks over his two seasons of play. He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 1985 in the 18th round and made the big show three years later in 1988. Over a 15-year, 665-game career with nine different teams, Cook finished with a career ERA of 3.91, FIP of 4.41, WHIP of 1.325, 739 strikeouts and 64 wins. He began his career as a starter and made 64 starts over his first five seasons. But after the 1992 season, he made only seven starts and spent the rest of his career in the bullpen. He won two World Series during his career: the 1997 title with the Marlins and the 2002 title with the Angels. In the 1997 Series, he pitched in three games and picked up the victory in game three of the series. In addition to being solid on the mound, Cook was impressive at the plate. He hit .264 and was even called upon occasionally to pinch hit. After his playing career concluded, he coached one seasons at his Alma mater. Coaching with Holliday, Cook helped the Longhorns to a runners-up spot in the 2004 College World Series. After that, he coached the Swedish National Baseball Team. Cook now works with the Italian National Team and was in the dugout with the team during the 2017 World Baseball Classic. Cook is excited to help the pitchers get prepared for pitching at a higher level.“I think I'd be able to help them as far as  [00:01:00] what to expect the next year when they're drafted or in pro ball. Basically just prepare them for the next level of pro ball, help them understand how to use their stuff a little bit better, help them with their routine.