The 2022-23 season marks Calan Fougner’s fourth season as the lead assistant coach for VCSU baseball.
Fougner joined the Viking staff in February 2020, prior to the spring season. He primarily works with the pitchers and catchers.
The Vikings finished the 2021-22 season with a 22-22 overall record and a 12-11 mark in conference play. David Demeter set a new school record with 29 extra-base hits and was named 1st Team All-Conference. He posted Top 5 marks in VCSU history in several categories, including home runs (14), saves (7), RBIs (49) and slugging percentage (.835). Avery Bennefeld and Dustin Mertz were both named 2nd Team All-Conference. VCSU's pitchers struck out 329 batters in 340 innings, led by William Hlady's 71 strikeouts in 63 innings pitched.
During the 2020-21 season – Fougner's second season at VCSU – the Vikings posted a 23-26 overall record and a 14-9 conference mark to finish third in the NSAA standings. VCSU's pitchers set a new school record with 359 strikeouts during the season.
The Vikings posted a 6-10 overall record during Fougner’s first season in 2020, which was cut short in early March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to joining the VCSU staff, Fougner was the head coach at Denfeld High School in Duluth, Minn., for seven season. He coached Denfeld High to a 58-38 record over his final four seasons (.605 winning percentage) and in 2019 he led Denfeld to the Minnesota State Baseball Tournament for the first time since 1954. Denfeld High won the Section 7AAA championship in 2019, and Fougner was named the Section 7AAA Coach of the Year.
Fougner has also previously worked as an assistant coach at University of Wisconsin-Superior and Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. He played collegiate baseball for four seasons at Wisconsin-Superior, where he was a pitcher, catcher and outfielder. He graduated with a degree in English - Secondary Education with a coaching minor.
