The 2023 season is Brandon Barak’s eighth season at Vanderbilt and fifth as the Commodores’ director of player development.

Barak spent three years working in the Toronto Blue Jays scouting department as a minor league video coordinator. He also worked for Baseball Info Solutions as a MLB video scout during the 2012 season.

Barak graduated from Illinois in 2012 with a degree in sport management and worked with the Illini’s women’s basketball team for four years.