Rich Witten | |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Current Team: | FIU |
Current Conference: | Conference USA |
Current Record: | 21–34 |
Birth Place: | Danville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 2008–2012 |
Player Team1: | Coastal Carolina |
Player Positions: | Catcher |
Coach Years1: | 2014 |
Coach Team1: | Miami (FL) (Vol) |
Coach Years2: | 2015–2017 |
Coach Team2: | Winthrop (H/C) |
Coach Years3: | 2018–2022 |
Coach Team3: | VCU (H/IF/RC) |
Coach Years4: | 2023–present |
Coach Team4: | FIU |
Admin Years1: | 2013 |
Admin Team1: | UCF (DoBO) |
Overall Record: | 48–64 |
Tournament Record: | NCAA: 0–0 |
Richard Witten (born July 12, 1988) is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the FIU Panthers. He played college baseball at Coastal Carolina.
Witten attended Danville High School in Danville, Kentucky and played college baseball at Coastal Carolina.
Witten began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant coach at Miami (FL). In 2015, Witten became an assistant coach at Winthrop.[1] Following a 3-year stint as an assistant with the Eagles, he took an assistant position with the VCU Rams.
On June 23, 2022, Witten was named the head coach of the FIU Panthers.[2]