Ryan Shotzberger (April 12, 1982) is an American college baseball coach and former shortstop. He is the head baseball coach at the University of the Incarnate Word. Shotzberger played college baseball at McDaniel College from 2001 to 2004 for coach Dave Seibert. He served as the head assistant at the University of Houston from 2012 to 2019.

Ryan Shotzberger
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamIncarnate Word
ConferenceSouthland
Record79–92
Biographical details
Born (1982-04-12) April 12, 1982 (age 42)
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Playing career
2001–2004McDaniel College
Position(s)Shortstop
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005Cecil College (assistant)
2006Duke (assistant)
2007–2011TCU (assistant)
2012–2014,
2018–2019
Houston (assistant)
2020–presentIncarnate Word
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2015–2017Houston (DPD)
Head coaching record
Overall79–92
TournamentsSouthland: 2–2
NCAA: 0–0

Playing career edit

Shotzberger attended Wilmington Friends School in Wilmington, Delaware.[1] He was a member of the schools varsity baseball team. He then enrolled at McDaniel College, to play college baseball for the McDaniel Green Terror baseball team. He was named First Team All-Centennial Conference in 2003 and 2004.[2]

Coaching career edit

Shotzberger began his coaching career in 2005 as an assistant coach at Cecil College.[3] He was named an assistant coach at Duke for the 2006 season. On August 22, 2006, he was named an assistant at TCU.[4] While at TCU, Shotzberger was an assistant with Todd Whitting, who would add Shotzberger to his coaching staff at the University of Houston on August 11, 2011.[5] Following the 2014 season, he stepped back into a Director of Player Development role. In 2018, he returned to the field as a coach.

On June 24, 2019, Shotzberger was named the 5th coach in program history for the Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball program.[6]

Head coaching record edit

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Incarnate Word Cardinals (Southland Conference) (2020–present)
2020 Incarnate Word 9–7 1–2 Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Incarnate Word 21–28 17–23 11th
2022 Incarnate Word 21–31 9–15 8th
2023 Incarnate Word 28–26 14–10 2nd Southland Tournament
Incarnate Word: 79–92 41–50
Total: 79–92

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Sean Greene (August 31, 2017). "Delaware sports community giving shirts off their backs to help Hurricane Harvey victims". www.delaware1059.com. WXDE-FM/delaware1059.com. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "All-Time All-Conference Selections". www.mcdanielathletics.com. McDaniel College. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  3. ^ "TCU Baseball Coaches & Professional Staff" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Texas Christian University Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Schlossnagle completes staff". www.gofrogs.com. Texas Christian University Athletics. August 22, 2006. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  5. ^ "Baseball Adds Ryan Shotzberger To Coaching Staff". www.uhcougars.com. University of Houston Athletics. August 11, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Joseph Duarte (June 24, 2019). "UH assistant Ryan Shotzberger named head coach at Incarnate Word". www.houstonchronicle.com. Hearst. Retrieved July 11, 2019.

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