Stony Brook University Athletics

Whelan is entering his second season as an assistant and pitching coach for Seawolves.

In his first season with Stony Brook, Whelan helped the team lower their ERA to 6.70 to 5.40, pushing them from the 10th best ERA in the conference from two seasons ago to the fifth best ERA in the conference last season. 

He guided Eddie Smink, Nicholas Rizzo, and Erik Paulsen to the All-CAA team. Paulsen became the first player in program history to be nominated for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year award and made history by becoming the first Seawolf named an All-American by four different publications: Baseball America (First Team Freshman All-American), D1Baseball (Freshman All-American), Perfect Game Baseball (Freshman All-American), and NCBWA (Second Team Freshman All-American). He was also named the CAA Rookie of the Year. 

This season, Smink and Paulsen have been named to the All-CAA Preseason Team. Smink was also named CAA Preseason Perfect Game Pitcher of the Year, while Paulsen was a Presason Perfect Game All-American. 

The pitching coach for Stony Brook helped three former pitchers get drafted in the 2024 MLB Draft (Fidel Ulloa - 7th Round, Will Watson - 7th round
and Andrew Morones - 18th round). Five of his pitchers in the last three seasons have gone on to get drafted. 
Whelan joined the Stony Brook after spending two seasons as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at San Joaquin Delta College.

Whelan began his coaching experience as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at San Joaquin Delta College, the same college where Whelan embarked on his collegiate career. In his first season with the Mustangs, numerous SJDC pitchers signed Division I scholarships, including Nate Hansen (San Jose State), Nate Morris (Long Beach), Andrew Morones (Fullerton), Connor Semone (Kansas), Jace Root (Santa Clara), and Seth Tomczak (Fullerton). That same season, the Mustang staff, led by Whelan, posted a 3.88 ERA and boasted a 9.23 K/9 for the year.

In his second with the program, he guided the team to a 3.84 ERA and led the state with a K/9 of 10.81. He helped nine pitchers to Division I scholarships, including Fidel Ulloa (LSU), David Rodriguez (Ohio State) Will Watson (USC), and Jake Guardiancic (Cal). 

During his two seasons with San Joaquin Delta College, he guided 26 total players to sign Division I scholarships, including 15 pitchers earning Division I scholarships. He also coached David Rodriguez (Atlanta Braves) and Will Watson (Seattle Mariners), who were both selected in the 2023 MLB Draft. Whelan left SJDC with 71 wins and 23 losses over his two seasons as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.

Prior to his coaching career, Whelan played collegiate baseball at Tulane and San Joaquin Delta. During his time at Tulane from 2019-2021 (2020 canceled due to COVID-19), the right-hander recorded two victories and tossed 18.2 innings over 19 appearances on the hill. The Green Wave earned over 30 wins in both seasons that Whelan played in.

The Rocklin, Calif. native started his first two years of his collegiate career at San Joaquin Delta under head coach Reed Peters and pitching coach Mat Keplinger. In 2018, Whelan helped the team to a 43-9 overall record en route to winning the 2018 California State Championship, the Big 8 Conference title and a No. 2 national ranking in Perfect Game's final national poll. During the regular season, he went 3-0 on the bump with a 1.31 ERA.

In the prior summer, the right-hander also suited up for the Dodge City A's in the Jayhawk League and went 5-0 with two saves and a 1.12 ERA. Over the course of his collegiate career, he owned an overall record of 10-0 (SJDC, Tulane, and Dodge City).

Whelan earned an A.A. Degree from San Joaquin Delta in 2018, a B.S. Degree in Business Management with a minor in Legal Studies from Tulane in 2020, including membership in the Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club. Whelan also earned his M.S. Degree in Sports Studies with an emphasis in Sport Administration and Sport Coaching from Tulane in 2021.