Eric Hutting

Eric Hutting begins his second season as the Cougars Assistant Coach and will serve as the hitting coach while working with the catchers. Hutting was hired by Nathan Choate in June, 2023.
 
Last season, WSU won the Round Rock Classic title after posting wins over No. 24 Kentucky and Kansas in Texas while four players were named to the All-Tournament Team led by first baseman Joey Kramer who was named the Round Rock Classic MVP. The Cougars swept Arizona State for the second time in program history, recorded their first win at UCLA since 2014 and first win at Stanford since 2016. The Cougar defense turned the second-most double plays (50) in the Pac-12 Conference and posted a .976 fielding percentage, the third-best mark in program history. Following the season, three players earned All-Pac-12 honors.

Hutting came to WSU after working the prior two seasons with Choate at Loyola Marymount as an assistant coach, working with the catchers and assisting with the LMU hitters. Hutting helped Loyola Marymount to a 2023 West Coast Conference title this past season while the Lions captured the West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Choate was named WCC Coach of the Year. LMU claimed its first outright regular season title in 25 years with a 29-24 mark including an impressive 21-6 record in conference play while a pair of Lions earned All-America honors with five players receiving All-WCC honors.
 
Hutting helped LMU post road wins at Vanderbilt and Oklahoma State, claim six WCC Pitcher of the Week honors, one WCC Player of the Week accolade and Khadim Diaw earned Freshman All-America honors after hitting .314 with eight home runs, 11 doubles, two triples, 33 RBI, 47 runs scored and 66 hits.
 
Prior to LMU, Hutting coached at Barry University during the 2021 season, at Cal State San Marcos in 2020, and at Regis University in Denver, Colo., where he was the assistant coach/pitching coach in 2019. Hutting spent two seasons as an assistant in the Orange Empire Conference. In 2018, he took over pitching coach duties for Golden West College, and in 2017, he served as the first base and hitting coach at Cypress College.

In 2017 and 2018, Hutting served as the pitching coach for the Anchorage Bucs in the Alaska Baseball League (Summer), where they led the league with a 2.44 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP. In 44 games, they finished first (25-19) with 11 shutouts and 10 saves.

A four-year catcher at Long Beach State, Hutting graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication studies in 2016. He started 140 games behind the plate for the Dirtbags and threw out 39 percent of would-be base stealers. He helped LBSU make two NCAA Regional appearances in 2014 and 2016, was named an Academic All-Star in 2013 and 2014 and later earned his master's degree in physical education from Azusa Pacific in 2017. 

A native of Rancho Santa Margarita, Hutting attended Tesoro High School and was a four-year letter winner in baseball. He earned All-South Coast League honors in 2011 and 2012 and was a member of the Academic Honor Roll in 2009 and 2010.
 
 
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