Coach Larrinaga is in his first season as an assistant coach with the OU baseball program.
Before coming to Ottawa University, Larrinaga was the head assistant coach at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He was the catching and hitting coach for the Mountain Lions. Larrinaga also served as the recruiting coordinator. In his three years at UCCS, the team had a .513 winning percentage, had three top five conference finishes, qualified for three RMAC Tournaments, was ranked in the region in 2019, and had the highest stolen base percentage in 2019 (85 percent). Larrinaga coached Zach Hall, a 2018 MLB 19th round draft pick by the Colorado Rockies. He has coached two NCAA II All-Americans, two Academic All-Americans, and two Freshman Player of the Year award winners.Â
Prior to his time at UCCS, Larrinaga was an assistant coach, hitting and outfield coach at Palomar Community College. He helped PC to three Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Championships, four CCCAA Regional appearances, two Super Regional appearances, and to the 2015 California Final Four. The Palomar College offense finished in the top 10 in the state of California in batting average and runs scored. Larrinaga helped develop a gold glove outfielder and the first junior college player drafted in the 2015 MLB draft.Â
Larrinaga has coached at the high school level and was involved with various club/travel teams in Southern California. Those teams include BPA, West Coast Clippers, San Diego Longhorns, San Diego Show, and SKLZ. Larrinaga has also given private lessons as owner and operator of Black Ops Human Performance. He has worked with current and former professional MLB athletes in both skill instructions and strength and conditioning.Â
