Tanner Petersen joined the Missouri State baseball program in 2023 as a student assistant and advanced to the Director of Analytics and Video for the 2025 season prior to his appointment to Director of Player Development in August 2025.
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Petersen helps the Bears stay on the leading edge of data and analytics, using those resources and information in the development of the team’s roster.
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His additional coaching experience includes serving as an assistant coach for the Lakeshore Chinooks of the Northwoods league in the summer of 2023.
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A native of Rogersville, Mo., Petersen was a football and baseball athlete in high school and helped the Wildcats to a state runner-up finish on the diamond in 2022 alongside MSU junior Curry Sutherland. Petersen is studying concurrently towards a bachelor’s degree in data and analytics and an accelerated master’s in information technology.