Former Florida Southern College baseball standout Dino Ebel, Class of 1988, became a World Series champion on October 27, as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, four games to two.

Ebel, a 1988 National Champion at Florida Southern, served as the third base and infield coach for the Dodgers. The 2020 season was his second in Dodger Blue, serving under manager Dave Roberts. In 2019, the Dodgers went 106-56 to win a seventh straight National League West Division title.

A native of Barstow, Calif., Ebel has 29 years of experience in professional baseball as a player, coach and manager, including 14 years as a coach in the major leagues. He began his professional managerial career with San Bernardino in the California League after playing six seasons in the minor leagues for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In fact, he spent 17 years in the Dodgers organization before moving the Angels organization in 2005, as the manager of the Angels Triple A team in Salt Lake City that finished 79-65. In his nine seasons as a minor league manager, Ebel collected a 531-496 overall record.

In his two seasons as a Moccasin (1987-88), Ebel, a shortstop, was named a two-time All-Sunshine State Conference selection, a two-time All-South Region honoree and was a Third-Team All-American in 1988 when FSC won its seventh NCAA Division II National Championship. As a senior, Ebel played in all 57 games and recorded a batting average .358. He was third on the team in hits (76) and runs scored (52) and recorded 14 doubles, three triples, six home runs and 47 RBIs. In addition, he was 15-for-16 in stolen bases. As a junior in 1987, Ebel, who transferred to FSC from San Bernardino Valley College, batted .318 in 55 games as he had 64 hits, 51 runs scored, 11 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 44 RBIs. In his two seasons in Lakeland, Ebel recorded 140 career hits, scored 103 runs, hit 25 doubles, six triples, 11 home runs and had 91 RBIs in 112 games. He finished with a career batting average of .339.