| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 12, 1982 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2001–2004 | McDaniel College |
| Position(s) | Shortstop |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005 | Cecil College (assistant) |
| 2006 | Duke (assistant) |
| 2007–2011 | TCU (assistant) |
| 2012–2014, 2018–2019 | Houston (assistant) |
| 2020–2025 | Incarnate Word |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2015–2017 | Houston (DPD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 122–156 |
| Tournaments | Southland: 3–4 NCAA: 0–0 |
Ryan Shotzberger (April 12, 1982) is an American college baseball coach and former shortstop. He was 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.
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]
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]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incarnate Word Cardinals (Southland Conference)(2020–2025) | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 2024 | Incarnate Word | 26–31 | 10–14 | 8th | Southland Tournament | ||||
| 2025 | Incarnate Word | 17–33 | 3–27 | 11th | |||||
| Incarnate Word: | 122–156 | 54–81 | |||||||
| Total: | 122–156 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||