Toby DeMello was hired by Head Coach Chip Hale and joined the Wildcats coaching staff as a Volunteer Assistant Coach on July 22, 2021; he was promoted to Assistant Coach after two years in Tucson on July 6, 2023. He enters his fourth season at Arizona in 2025.

Much of the Wildcats success over the last three years can be attributed to the work of coach DeMello, who has established himself as one of the premier young offensive and catcher minds in the game. Arizona has proudly claimed a trio of NCAA Tournament berths, two first round MLB Draft selections, three position player All-Americans, and more under DeMello.

Under DeMello's leadership in 2024, the Wildcats collected a pair of Pac-12 Championships (regular season & tournament) and earned their first NCAA Regional host bid since 2021.

DeMello and the Wildcats built off their tremendous offensive success in 2022 to create one of the most dynamic, explosive offenses in the entire nation in 2023, rewriting large portions of the Arizona record books in the process. The Wildcats offense finished the year first in the Pac-12 in batting average, slugging percentage, doubles, triples, and extra-base hits. The Arizona lineup also ranked among the most dangerous in the entire country, finishing the year ranked among the Top 20 teams nationally in batting average, doubles, doubles per game, hits, runs, scoring, slugging percentage, triples, and triples per game.

DeMello joined the Wildcats after spending three seasons at Sacramento State from 2019-21. He began his tenure with the Hornets serving as the program's Director of Operation and Analytics in 2019 before moving into the volunteer assistant role for the 2020 and 2021 campaigns.

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