Eric Hutting

Biography

Eric Hutting begins his third season as the Cougars Assistant Coach and second as the hitting coach while working with the catchers. Hutting was hired by Nathan Choate in June, 2023. Last season, in his first season as the hitting coach Hutting saw the Cougars improved their batting average by 20 points along with a higher scoring average and on-base percentage while the defense led the Mountain West Conference in runners caught stealing. A pair of hitters earned All-Mountain West Conference honor including second-team catcher Will Cresswell who became WSU’s first all-league catcher since 2021 and was later drafted in the 18th round by the Toronto Blue Jays, the first Cougar catcher drafted since 2015. In 2024, WSU won the Round Rock Classic title after posting wins over No. 24 Kentucky and Kansas in Texas while four players were named to the All-Tournament Team led by first baseman Joey Kramer who was named the Round Rock Classic MVP. The Cougars swept Arizona State for the second time in program history, recorded their first win at UCLA since 2014 and first win at Stanford since 2016. The Cougar defense turned the second-most double plays (50) in the Pac-12 Conference and posted a .976 fielding percentage, the third-best mark in program history. Following the season, three players earned All-Pac-12 honors. Hutting came to WSU after working the prior two seasons with Choate at Loyola Marymount as an assistant coach, working with the catchers and assisting with the LMU hitter