Ryan Crotin

Ph.D., CSCS, RSCC

Ryan Crotin joins a USA Baseball coaching staff for the first time at the 2024 ADP, assuming the role of pitching coordinator as one of the most respected minds in baseball in the field of pitching performance. Crotin earned his Ph.D. at the University of Buffalo as he studied the biomechanical and physiologic effects of stride length related to pitching, and has also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania where he studied throwing arm health. After working as an assistant coach and strength coach at Buffalo, Crotin began work in the major leagues in 2007 as a short-season strength coach within the St. Louis Cardinals’ organization, helping the Batavia Muckdogs to the 2008 New York Penn League title. In 2012, Crotin joined the Baltimore Orioles, where he held the titles of assistant MLB strength coach, roving coordinator, and athletic performance analyst. He made the move to the Los Angeles Angels in 2017, first serving as the player performance coordinator and then as the director of performance integration as he oversaw the strength and conditioning programs for the organization. Crotin currently serves as a baseball performance research associate for both Louisiana Tech University and the Auckland University of Technology. Additionally, he is the founder and president of RC13 Sports and the executive vice president of ArmCare.com.

Ryan has a wealth of baseball experience being a coach either in skill or strength at all levels from youth to the Major Leagues. He completed his PhD at the University at Buffalo studying altered stride lengths and their movement and physiologic effects in baseball pitchers to model fatigue and compensation impacts on throwing performance. His post-doctoral fellowship was at the University of Pennsylvania focusing on throwing health and he was part of a team that developed a throwing clinic for Penn Orthopedics. Ryan has held past positions as Director of Performance Integration and Player Performance Coordinator for the Los Angeles Angels overseeing strength and conditioning efforts and applying physiologic-based data to improve the way athletes train, receive clinical care, skill coaching, as well as innovative approaches to scouting athletes. In his free time, Ryan enjoys playing ping pong with his wife and chasing around his two sons who are his greatest joys in life.