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BYU baseball assistant coach Tyler Coolbaugh
Tyler Coolbaugh

Tyler Coolbaugh

TitleAssistant Coach
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Tyler Coolbaugh

Coaching Career

  • BYU Assistant Coach (2023-)
  • Arizona Director of Player Development (2022-23)
    • Developed player development tools and 
  • Texas Rangers Player Development Staff and Rookie Dominican Summer League Rangers Hitting Coach (2021)
  • Abilene Christian Assistant Coach (2020-21)
    • Coached infielders and assisted with offense
    • Oversaw campus recruiting and coordinated camps
  • Nicholls Director of Player Development (2020)
  • Sod Squad Coach (Amarillo Texas League, 2020)

Playing Career

  • Baltimore Orioles 
    • Selected in the 36th round of the 2017 MLB Draft
    • Played three years as an infielder with Orioles organization before retiring in 2019
  • Angelo State (2016-17)
    • Played in 107 games
    • Two-time First Team All-Lone Star Conference honoree
    • Earned First Team ABCA All-Region honors (2017)
    • Led Rams with batting average of .374 (2017)
  • Oklahoma (2013-15)
    • Played all four infield positions

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in liberal arts and sciences (University of Oklahoma, 2018)
  • Majored in communications and media studies at Angelo State

Personal

  • Father, Scott Coolbaugh, played third base for the Texas Ranger, San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals (1989-94). Current assistant hitting coach for Padres

“We are excited to have Tyler join our program. He comes from a baseball family has been around the game his whole life. He really understands the game and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that will help us in areas of hitting, analytics, technology and recruiting. His connections through Major League Baseball and other places he’s worked will help us expand our recruiting footprint.”

Trent PrattBYU baseball head coach

Hiring Announcement

Coolbaugh joined the BYU baseball staff in August 2023 having spent the previous two seasons as the director of player development at the University of Arizona. While at Arizona, he was instrumental in developing an array of cutting-edge player development tools and emerging technology such as TrackMan, TruMedia, Blast Motion and Rapsodo. 
 
Prior to joining the Arizona baseball staff in 2021, Coolbaugh worked for the Texas Rangers in player development and was the hitting coach for the Rookie Dominican Summer League Rangers.
 
Coolbaugh also spent time coaching at Abilene Christian University in 2020-21, where he worked with infielders, assisted with the offense, oversaw campus recruiting and coordinated camps. In addition, he was the director of player development at Nicholls State University in 2020 and also coached the Sod Squad in the Amarillo Texas League in 2020.
 
As a player, Coolbaugh spent three seasons at the University of Oklahoma (2013-15), where he played all four infield positions, before transferring to Angelo State. In two seasons with the Rams (2016-17) Coolbaugh played in 107 games and was twice named First Team All-Lone Star Conference. As a senior in 2017, he led Angelo State with a batting average of .374 and earned First Team ABCA All-Region honors. 
 
Following a senior campaign, Coolbaugh was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 36th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft. He went on to play three years as an infielder in the Orioles organization before retiring in 2019.
 
Coolbaugh majored in communications and media studies at Angelo State and eventually earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and sciences from Oklahoma in 2018.
 
He is the son of Scott Coolbaugh, who played third base for the Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres and the St. Louis Cardinals from 1989-94. Scott is currently the assistant hitting coach for the Padres.