MALIBU, Calif. — The Pepperdine baseball team added Ryan Fecteau as the pitching coach for the 2026 season, Head Coach Tyler LaTorre announced Wednesday.
 
"Ryan is a huge addition to the Waves baseball program," LaTorre said. "He epitomizes our university's commitment to academic excellence and Christian values as he lives his life with purpose, service, and leadership. His vast background and experience in college baseball will greatly benefit our players and their development on and off the field. We can't wait to welcome Ryan and his family to our Pepperdine family."
 
Fecteau comes to Malibu with 20 years of collegiate coaching experience. Throughout his career, Fecteau has made six NCAA regional appearances — including one Super Regional appearance — and developed 36 pitchers into MLB draft picks. He comes to Malibu after a seven-year stint at Virginia Tech, where he served as a pitching coach from 2018-22 before being elevated to the associate head coach position in 2022.
 
During his time as Virginia Tech's pitching coach, Fecteau helped develop two All-Americans and 14 MLB draft picks. His pitching staff was consistently among the best in the ACC, plus the Hokies ranked among the nation's best teams in several statistical categories. They also set several program records along the way. The Hokies broke the program strikeout record three times, most recently with 581 strikeouts in the 2025 season.
 
The highlight of Fecteau's tenure in Blacksburg was the 2022 season, in which the Hokies made their first-ever NCAA Super Regional appearance and hosted the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. That year, freshman right-hander Drue Hackenberg had a breakout season by becoming a two-time All-American and Freshman All-American, an All-ACC First Team selection, an ABCA/Rawlings All-Region selection and a USA Baseball Collegiate National Team training camp invitee. All told, three pitchers from that season signed with MLB teams: Hackenberg (Atlanta Braves), Graham Firoved (Baltimore Orioles) and Jordan Gerber (undrafted signee, New York Mets).
 
Prior to his time in Blacksburg, Va., Fecteau served as an assistant coach at Maryland in 2017. During his lone season in Maryland, he helped the Terps win 38 games — the third-most in program history — and make the NCAA Tournament. Two of Fecteau's players became All-Americans that season: Big Ten Pitcher of the Year Brian Shaffer was a third-team All-American, while Big Ten Freshman of the Year Tyler Blohm earned Freshman All-American honors.
 
Before breaking into the Power-4 ranks, Fecteau served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Bryant from 2011-16. The Bulldogs won five consecutive NEC regular-season titles and made three NEC Tournament Championships, plus they made the NCAA Regionals in back-to-back years from 2013-14. In his final season at Bryant, the Bulldogs won a program-record 47 games, won the NEC regular-season title and reached the NEC Championship game. Individually, right-hander James Karinchak put together the best season in program history by earning All-American honors and setting program records in single-season wins (12) and strikeouts (112). Throughout his tenure at Bryant, Fecteau's teams finished in the nation's top-25 ERA rankings four times, while individually, eight pitchers were drafted by MLB teams.
 
Fecteau began his head coaching career as a graduate assistant at Saint Lawrence from 2005-07 before spending one-year stints at Southern Utah and USC Upstate. He returned to St. Lawrence as the assistant coach in 2010 before joining the Bryant coaching staff in 2011.
 
As a player, Fecteau played for Saint Anselm College, a Division II school located in Goffstown, N.H. He graduated in 2005 as Saint Anselm's program leader in wins (20), innings pitched (312.0) and strikeouts (254). Fecteau earned his bachelor's degree in business and a master's degree in education from St. Lawrence in 2007. He and his wife, Catherine, have three children: Kellan, Tessa and Elise.