Fresno State Athletics
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Price, Ritchie
Ritchie Price
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- Assistant Coach
Last updated: Feb. 11, 2025
Ritchie Price enters his third season as an assistant coach at Fresno State in 2025.
Price arrived in Fresno in 2023 after 11 seasons at his alma mater Kansas, Price coached the Jayhawks hitters and infielders.
Finishing in the top half of the Big 12 six times in team fielding percentage, Price coached and developed 10 infielders and 16 hitters who were selected in the MLB Draft.
In addition, Price recruited and coached a pair of Big 12 Newcomers of the Year and spent the last two seasons coaching and developing projected 2023 first-round pick Maui Ahuna.
Before his time in Lawrence, Price was the head coach at South Dakota State from 2009 to 2011 where he compiled a 102-71 record (.590) helping the Jackrabbits win the 2010 Summit League Championship on his way to earning Summit League Coach of the Year honors.
Price helped SDSU advance to the Summit League Conference championship game in all three seasons falling to nationally ranked Oral Roberts each time. In his time in Brookings, Price coached three MLB players in Blake Treinen (Nationals, Athletics, Dodgers), Caleb Thielbar (Twins) and Layne Somsen (Reds).
Price got his coaching career started at SDSU in 2008 after his playing career ended in 2007. An 18th round selection of the New York Mets in 2006, Price played for the Brooklyn Cyclones and Kingsport Mets in the minors after wrapping up his four-year career at Kansas.
A four-year letter winner for the Jayhawks from 2003 to 2006, Price started 248 consecutive games in college and set 24 program records, including hits, at-bats, games played and runs scored. In addition, he finished top 10 all-time in NCAA history in assists.
Helping Kansas to the 2006 Big 12 tournament championship, Price earned the Jayhawk Excellence Award as the top student-athlete in the department.
Price is a 2002 graduate of San Luis Obispo High School winning the county batting title as a senior and helped the Tigers to the 2000 CIF Division IV Southern Section championship at Dodger Stadium.
Ritchie Price enters his third season as an assistant coach at Fresno State in 2025.
Price arrived in Fresno in 2023 after 11 seasons at his alma mater Kansas, Price coached the Jayhawks hitters and infielders.
Finishing in the top half of the Big 12 six times in team fielding percentage, Price coached and developed 10 infielders and 16 hitters who were selected in the MLB Draft.
In addition, Price recruited and coached a pair of Big 12 Newcomers of the Year and spent the last two seasons coaching and developing projected 2023 first-round pick Maui Ahuna.
Before his time in Lawrence, Price was the head coach at South Dakota State from 2009 to 2011 where he compiled a 102-71 record (.590) helping the Jackrabbits win the 2010 Summit League Championship on his way to earning Summit League Coach of the Year honors.
Price helped SDSU advance to the Summit League Conference championship game in all three seasons falling to nationally ranked Oral Roberts each time. In his time in Brookings, Price coached three MLB players in Blake Treinen (Nationals, Athletics, Dodgers), Caleb Thielbar (Twins) and Layne Somsen (Reds).
Price got his coaching career started at SDSU in 2008 after his playing career ended in 2007. An 18th round selection of the New York Mets in 2006, Price played for the Brooklyn Cyclones and Kingsport Mets in the minors after wrapping up his four-year career at Kansas.
A four-year letter winner for the Jayhawks from 2003 to 2006, Price started 248 consecutive games in college and set 24 program records, including hits, at-bats, games played and runs scored. In addition, he finished top 10 all-time in NCAA history in assists.
Helping Kansas to the 2006 Big 12 tournament championship, Price earned the Jayhawk Excellence Award as the top student-athlete in the department.
Price is a 2002 graduate of San Luis Obispo High School winning the county batting title as a senior and helped the Tigers to the 2000 CIF Division IV Southern Section championship at Dodger Stadium.
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