Valley City State University

Alec DeMaria is in his 2nd season as VCSU's head baseball coach for the 2024-25 season.

In DeMaria's first season at VCSU, the Vikings posted made major strides forward as they posted a 21-33 overall record and an 11-13 mark in conference play. VCSU finished 3rd in both the North Star Athletic Association regular season and postseason. The Viking pitching staff set a new school record with 494 strikeouts during DeMaria's first season at the helm. 
 
DeMaria worked the past four seasons as a pitching coach at Dakota State University (S.D.). and the University of Minnesota-Crookston. A native of Fresno, Calif., DeMaria played college baseball for four years as a pitcher at the University of Mary (N.D.) prior to starting his college coaching career.
 
Prior to accepting the VCSU job, DeMaria was the pitching coach for the past two seasons at Dakota State University where he helped the Trojans turn their program around and contend for a North Star Athletic Association conference title. DeMaria’s pitching staff at DSU set numerous school records and produced the conference’s Pitcher of the Year and three 1^st Team All-Conference selections this past season.
 
The Trojans posted a 36-18 overall record and a 24-4 mark in the conference during the 2023 season. The pitching staff led the NSAA in ERA, strikeouts and numerous pitching categories, and they ranked 4th nationally in ERA (3.33) and Top 10 in several other categories.
 
DeMaria graduated from University of Mary with both a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Master of Education degree in athletic administration and physical education.  He resides in Valley City with his wife, Lucia.
 
DeMaria is the 9^th head coach in program history and just the fourth head coach for Viking Baseball since 1974.