Cole Mahoney-Bruer joined Pepperdine in September 2022 as the baseball program’s volunteer assistant coach.
Prior to arriving in Malibu, Mahoney-Bruer was the head coach at Ventura College (CCCAA) for three seasons. Under his leadership, Ventura led the league in runs, hits, hit-by-pitches and on-base percentage in 2022. Before being promoted to head coach, Mahoney-Bruer was an assistant with Ventura from 2015-18.
Mahoney-Bruer also has experience working at the Mamba Sports Academy and the Los Angeles Dodgers Training Academy. He served as the hitting coach for the Thunder Bay Border Cats of the prestigious Northwoods League in 2016. He also completed a graduate internship with Pepperdine baseball in 2015 and coached at Oaks Christian High School in nearby Westlake Village from 2011-2014, winning a CIF Championship in 2014
Mahoney-Bruer has coached three players who reached Major League Baseball in Phil Bickford (Los Angeles Dodgers), Andrew Nardi (Miami Marlins) and Michael Papierski (San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds). Twenty-six of his players transferred to the Division I level. He has coached 25 draft picks, including one first-round pick.
Mahoney-Bruer received his bachelor’s degree in physical education and health from Graceland University in 2012, where he served as an undergraduate assistant coach. He then received his master’s degree in intercollegiate athletic leadership from the University of Washington in 2015.
