Ryan Shotzberger Explained

Ryan Shotzberger
Current Title:	Head coach
Current Team:	Incarnate Word
Current Conference:	Southland
Current Record:	105–123
Birth Date:	12 April 1982
Birth Place:	Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Player Years1:	2001–2004
Player Team1:	McDaniel College
Player Positions:	Shortstop
Coach Years1:	2005
Coach Team1:	Cecil College (assistant)
Coach Years2:	2006
Coach Team2:	Duke (assistant)
Coach Years3:	2007–2011
Coach Team3:	TCU (assistant)
Coach Years4:	2012–2014, 2018–2019
Coach Team4:	Houston (assistant)
Coach Years5:	2020–present
Coach Team5:	Incarnate Word
Admin Years1:	2015–2017
Admin Team1:	Houston (DPD)
Overall Record:	105–123
Tournament Record:	Southland: 3–4 NCAA: 0–0

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.

Playing career

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

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]

See also

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches

External links

• Incarnate Word Cardinals profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Delaware sports community giving shirts off their backs to help Hurricane Harvey victims . Sean Greene . August 31, 2017 . WXDE-FM/delaware1059.com . www.delaware1059.com . July 11, 2019.
2. Web site: All-Time All-Conference Selections . McDaniel College . www.mcdanielathletics.com . July 11, 2019.
3. Web site: TCU Baseball Coaches & Professional Staff . Texas Christian University Athletics . www.grfx.cstv.com . July 11, 2019 . July 12, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190712005057/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tcu/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/coachessection19-28.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: Schlossnagle completes staff . August 22, 2006 . Texas Christian University Athletics . www.gofrogs.com . July 11, 2019.
5. Web site: Baseball Adds Ryan Shotzberger To Coaching Staff . August 11, 2011 . University of Houston Athletics . www.uhcougars.com . July 11, 2019.
6. Web site: UH assistant Ryan Shotzberger named head coach at Incarnate Word . Joseph Duarte . June 24, 2019 . Hearst . www.houstonchronicle.com . July 11, 2019.