CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois head baseball coach Lance Rhodes announced the promotion of Austin Tribby to pitching coach Tuesday.
“I’m very excited to see the direction of our pitching staff under the guidance of Austin Tribby. He is a continual learner who will be able to help continue enhancing our pitching staff in all areas,” Rhodes said. “He does a great job building relationships and I am excited for our pitchers to be able to grow under his leadership.”
Tribby joined the Salukis in 2021 as the Director of Pitching Development, assisting then pitching coach Tim Jamieson. Tribby helped a staff that led the MVC in wins, innings pitched and ERA (4.89). The Salukis were also second in the MVC in strikeouts and second in saves. Southern’s 478 strikeouts were the second most in one season in school history.
As a team, SIU was 44-16, 16-5. The Salukis won the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title for the first time in 32 years.
“I am very grateful to Coach Rhodes for the opportunity to step into the role of pitching coach here at SIU,” Tribby said. “We have a great group of returning and incoming pitchers, and I am excited to get to work.”
Before SIU, Tribby was an assistant coach at Missouri for two seasons after a two-year stint at McKendree University.
Tribby was a standout pitcher under Tim Jamieson at Missouri and was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2016 MLB draft. He also began his coaching career at Missouri, serving as a graduate assistant pitching coach in 2018 and 2019.
While Tribby was coaching at Missouri, the Tigers had back-to-back 34-win seasons, and the pitching staff ranked second in the SEC with a 3.24 ERA. At McKendree in 2020 and 2021, Tribby was the program’s pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.
A native of Springfield, Mo., Tribby was a two-time All-State selection at Springfield Catholic High School. At Missouri, he made 90 appearances in his final three seasons and his 91 career appearances were fifth-most in program history when he graduated in 2016.
