Ryan Cougill enters his first season with the Reivers for 2022-23. Cougill spent the past 10 seasons as the head baseball coach at Yavapai College. Cougill led the Roughriders to a record of 353-188-1 and back-to-back JUCO World Series appearances in 2015 and 2016; his team reached the pinnacle of division 1 junior college baseball in 2016 by winning the JUCO World Series 5-2 over San Jacinto College – North. During his 10-year tenure at Yavapai, Cougill saw more than 115 players move onto Division 1 or professional baseball including 3 making it to MLB.
Prior to being a head coach at Yavapai, Cougill spent four years as the recruiting coordinator with the Roughriders under Sky Smeltzer. Future MLB players during this span included Parker Markel (Rays), Kirby Yates (Padres), Merrill Kelly (Diamondbacks), and Ken Giles (Mariners).
Prior to Yavapai College, Cougill spent time as an assistant at New Mexico Junior College in 2008, Reed-Custer HS in Braidwood, IL in 2007, Joliet College in 2006, and Western Illinois University in 2005.
Cougill played for hall-of-fame coach Wayne King at Joliet College from 2001-02, where he earned All-Conference honors in his freshman and sophomore campaigns. He then transferred to Western Illinois University where he played for the late Stan Hyman. Cougill was named to the All-Mid-Continent Conference team in 2003 and 2004. Cougill left his mark at WIU finishing his career amongst the top of the record books in single-season hits, runs scored, and career batting average.
Cougill earned his B.S. in Kinesiology from Western Illinois. Cougill resides in Council Bluffs with his wife Jennifer; together they have two sons, Colter and Wyatt.
