Oregon Institute of Technology Men's Baseball

Ricky Walker enters his third season at Oregon Tech. Walker serves as the Owls Pitching Coach, Recruiting Coordinator, as well as oversees the nutrition of the Owls Baseball team. While at Oregon Tech, Coach Walker has lead the pitching staff to the second lowest ERA, lowest OPPBA, most Strikeouts per 9, most saves. and most strikeouts, since the program restarted in 2002. Prior to joining OIT, Coach Walker served as head baseball coach at Barstow Community College (CA) from 2018-2020 and was the lead assistant for BCC from 2014-2018.   In Walkers time with BCC, he led the Vikings to produce 33 All-Conference Players, 8 CCCAA Academic All-State honorees, 5 Southern California Players/Pitchers of the Week, one ABCA All American, one CCCBCA All-State Selection, one CCCBCA All So-Cal Team honoree, as well as a  Rawlings Big Stick Award Winner. Walker played an integral part in the matriculation process helping student find four-year colleges to continue their student-athlete careers. Throughout Coach Walkers tenure at BCC, 36 student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent to continue their academic career and play baseball at four-year colleges/universities.   Walker has served as an assistant at Kansas Wesleyan University (2012-2014), an assistant at Willamette University (OR/2010-2012), and Colorado Christian University (2006-2010), where Walker helped lead the Cougars to three straight NCCAA Division I Regional Championships and World Series appearances, finishing 3rd in 2009 Coach Walker resides in Klamath Falls with his wife Shaila, their daughter Lainey, twins REX and Sydney, and their two dogs Pudge and Yadi