Josh Larrinaga

Josh Larrinaga enters his first season as an assistant coach at UT Permian Basin. Larrinaga came to UTPB after serving as an assistant coach at Ottawa University under Head Coach Gabe Grinder.

Under Larrinaga's leadership, the OU offense set four individual single season records and five single season team records. The Braves finished the year ranked 15th in the NAIA in total at bats (1,846), 25th in total hits (566), 31st in home runs per game (1.2), 34th in total runs scored (398), 34th in total RBI (356), 41st in hits per game (9.9), 42nd in at bats per game (32.3), 43rd in slugging percentage (.485), and 45th in batting average (.307). He coached Elliot Antonetty to a First Team All-KCAC selection at catcher. Antonetty threw out 18 runners, had 425 put outs, and 52 assists, and a .979 fielding percentage.

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 19^th 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.

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.

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.