Years as a Head Coach at Stanford: 12

College: New Mexico State, 1986

Coaching Totals at Stanford: 465-232-3

• Assistant Coach at Washington (1992-1996)

• Assistant Coach at Minnesota (1990-1991)

• Assistant Coach at Oregon (1987-1989)

 

• Recorded 11 consecutive winning seasons

• Made 10-straight NCAA appearances

• Notched nine 40-win seasons

• Led Cardinal to two Women’s College World Series Appearances (2001 & 2004)

• Maintained a spot in every regular-season NFCA poll for the last decade

• Coached 22 All-Americans

• Coached four Academic All-Americans

• Assistant Coach of USA National Team that won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China

• Assistant Coach of USA National Team which captured gold medals at the Canada Cup, World Cup, Pan American Games and Japan Cup

 

• Assistant Coach of USA National Team that won its first World Cup title with an undefeated record and defended its sixth consecutive World Championship gold medal in Beijing, China

• Assistant Coach of USA National Team who finished first at International Sports Invitational

• Assistant Coach for USA Softball Elite National Team that won gold medal at Intercontinental Cup in Madrid, Spain.

 

• Assistant Coach of USA National team who captured its third Olympic gold medal with a perfect 9-0 record; Team USA outscored opponents 51-1

• Assistant Coach of USA National team that captured the Pan American gold medal in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

 

• Assistant Coach of USA National team who claimed the World Championship gold medal in Saskatoon, S.K., Canada; fifth consecutive

 

• Coached USA Red Team that won the gold medal at the U.S. Cup in Honolulu, HI

• Head coach for USA Red during USA Softball Shootout tour ‘93-‘96

 

Rittman graduated from New Mexico State with a degree in journalism in 1986. He was a three-year letterwinner in baseball as an outfielder at NMSU after transferring from Yavapai Junior College in Prescott, Ariz. Rittman played two years of semipro baseball and fast-pitch softball after his collegiate career. Rittman and his wife Lorie, a former softball player at Oklahoma, are the parents of Justin (12) and Jake (8).