Rick Hirtensteiner

Rick Hirtensteiner
	Hirtensteiner with Pepperdine in 2010
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Oaks Christian Lions
Record	0–0
Biographical details
Born	October 9, 1967 (age 57); Riverside, California, U.S.
Playing career
1986–1989	Pepperdine
1989	Bend Bucks
1989	Palm Springs Angels
1990	Quad Cities Angels
1991	Salt Lake City Trappers
1992	Harrisburg Senators
1993	Ottawa Lynx
1993	St. Paul Saints
1994	Brevard County Manatees
1994	Portland Sea Dogs
Position(s)	Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997	Lamar (Asst)
1998–2015	Pepperdine (Asst)
2016–2024	Pepperdine
2025–present	Oaks Christian School
Head coaching record
Overall	194–226
Tournaments	WCC: 3–5; NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	West Coast (2018);
Awards
	West Coast Conference Player of the Year (1989); College Baseball All-American (1989); West Coast Conference Coach of the Year (2018);
Medal record
Baseball
Representing United States
Pan American Games

Richard Scott Hirtensteiner (born October 9, 1967) is the head coach for the Oaks Christian School baseball team. He was previously the head coach for the Pepperdine Waves baseball team from 2016 to 2024.^[1] He previously played at Pepperdine for four years, earning All-American honors in 1989. In 1987, he represented the United States in the Pan American Games.^[2] From 1989 to 1994, he played professionally.^[3]

Playing career

In 877 at-bats at Pepperdine, he hit .336 with 27 home runs and 176 RBI. In his All-American senior year, he slashed .366/.469/.620 with 12 home runs, 41 RBI and 13 steals.^[4] In the 1987 Pan American Games, he batted .409. In 1988, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and was named a league all-star.^[5]^[6]

He was drafted three times, last by the California Angels in the 8th round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft. He played in the Angels system through 1990 before joining the unaffiliated Salt Lake City Trappers in 1991. With them, he hit .356 with 11 home runs and 20 RBI in 70 games. He joined the Montreal Expos system in 1992, played briefly at Triple-A in 1993 (spending most of the year in the independent ranks) and finished his career in the Florida Marlins system in 1994.^[7]

Coaching career

He later became an assistant coach at Lamar University before joining Pepperdine as an assistant. In 1998, he returned to the CCBL as an assistant coach for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox^[6] He became Pepperdine's head coach in 2015.^[8]

On August 1, 2024, Hirtensteiner was named the head coach of the Oaks Christian School baseball team.^[9]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Pepperdine Waves (West Coast Conference) (2016–2024)
2016	Pepperdine	29–24	16–11	4th	West Coast Tournament
2017	Pepperdine	20–32	8–19	8th
2018	Pepperdine	31–24	17–10	1st	West Coast Tournament
2019	Pepperdine	24–24	14–13	T-6th
2020	Pepperdine	12–3	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Pepperdine	20–25	12–15	7th
2022	Pepperdine	24–26	12–15	7th
2023	Pepperdine	19–30	8–19	T–8th
2024	Pepperdine	15–38	9–15	T–6th	West Coast Tournament
Pepperdine:		194–226	96–117
Total:		194–226
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

High school

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference
Oaks Christian Lions () (2025–present)
2025	Oaks Christian	0–0	0–0
Oaks Christian:		0–0	0–0
Total:		0–0
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion