Quick Facts
Biography
Ritch Price is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks baseball team.He has held that position since prior to the 2003 season.
Coaching career
Price took over as head coach at Cal Poly for the 1995 season, which was to be the Mustangs first at the Division I level.In his second season, he led the team to a winning record.
He accepted the head coaching position at Kansas on July 2, 2002, and has led the Jayhawks to two NCAA Tournament berths and their first Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament title in 2006.Kansas had made only two NCAA appearances prior to Price's arrival.
Head coaching record
The table below shows Ritch Price's record as a head coach at the Division I level.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Poly Mustangs (Western Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 1995 | Cal Poly | 21–29 | 13–17 | 5th | |||||
| 1996 | Cal Poly | 30–23 | 18–12 | 3rd | |||||
| Cal Poly Mustangs (Big West Conference) | |||||||||
| 1997 | Cal Poly | 37–21 | 15–15 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1998 | Cal Poly | 16–42 | 7–21 | 4th | |||||
| 1999 | Cal Poly | 21–34 | 9–21 | 6th | |||||
| 2000 | Cal Poly | 32–24 | 18–12 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2001 | Cal Poly | 30–26 | 8–10 | 5th | |||||
| 2002 | Cal Poly | 30–29–1 | 15–9 | 3rd | |||||
| Cal Poly: | 217–228–1 | ||||||||
| Kansas Jayhawks (Big 12 Conference) | |||||||||
| 2003 | Kansas | 35–28 | 9–18 | 8th | Big 12 Tournament | ||||
| 2004 | Kansas | 31–31–1 | 7–19 | 9th | |||||
| 2005 | Kansas | 36–28 | 11–15 | 7th | Big 12 Tournament | ||||
| 2006 | Kansas | 43–25 | 13–14 | 5th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2007 | Kansas | 28–30 | 9–17 | 9th | |||||
| 2008 | Kansas | 30–27 | 9–18 | 9th | |||||
| 2009 | Kansas | 39–24 | 15–12 | 4th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2010 | Kansas | 31–27–1 | 11–15–1 | 7th | Big 12 Tournament | ||||
| 2011 | Kansas | 26–30 | 9–18 | 10th | |||||
| 2012 | Kansas | 24–34 | 7–16 | 7th | Big 12 Tournament | ||||
| 2013 | Kansas | 34–25 | 12–12 | T–6th | Big 12 Tournament | ||||
| 2014 | Kansas | 35–26 | 15–9 | 3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2015 | Kansas | 23–32 | 8–15 | 9th | |||||
| 2016 | Kansas | 20–35–1 | 6–17 | 9th | |||||
| 2017 | Kansas | 30–28 | 11–13 | 7th | Big 12 Tournament | ||||
| 2018 | Kansas | 27–30 | 8–15 | 8th | Big 12 Tournament | ||||
| 2019 | Kansas | 32–26 | 12–12 | 5th | Big 12 Tournament | ||||
| 2020 | Kansas | 7–10 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| Kansas: | 531–496–3 (.517) | 172–255–1 (.403) | |||||||
| Total: | 748–724–4 (.508) | ||||||||
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Personal
Ritch Price has three sons, all of whom have played for him at Kansas.His eldest, Ritchie Price, was head coach at South Dakota State from 2008 to 2011, before returning to Kansas to again work on his father's staff.Baseball America believes that the Prices were the first father–son duo to serve as head coach of two Division I programs at the same time.