Elliott Cribby joined Purdue as its pitching coach in July 2018. Previously, he was the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Seattle University.
Under Cribby tutelage during the 2019 season, the Boilermakers set team records for strikeouts (477) and Ks per nine innings (9.10). They eclipsed benchmarks that had stood since 2010. Purdue's 18 strikeouts in the 10-inning loss at Indiana on April 10 was also a program record.
Cribby returned to his alma mater in June 2019 when he was hired as the pitching coach at the University of Washington.
Cribby helped lead Seattle to 30-plus wins in 2015, 2016 and 2018. The Redhawks won a program-record 37 games and the Western Athletic Conference title in 2016. Three of the four SU players drafted in 2018 were pitchers, headlined by lefty Tarik Skubal being selected in the ninth round. Another incoming signee that Cribby recruited was drafted in the 11th round. Cribby also coached Nick Meservey to WAC Pitcher of the Year honors in 2016.
"We are so excited to have Elliott and his wife Shannon joining the Boilermaker Family," Mark Wasikowski says. "Elliott is one of the most respected pitching coaches in the country and our student-athletes will benefit greatly from his expertise. Coach Cribby is known as one of the nation's top recruiters and has been in high demand for several years from top-25 programs. We are fortunate to have the Cribby Family joining us here at Purdue."
Cribby also pitched collegiately in Seattle at the University of Washington. He was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Seattle University from 2014 to 2018. Previously, he was the pitching coach at Abilene Christian (2013) and the head coach at Mount Si High School (2011-12) in Snoqualmie, Washington.
"I am thrilled for the opportunity Coach Wasikowski has provided me to join the Boilermaker Baseball family," Cribby says. "Mark has annually shown the country that he is very good at what he does and I am excited to join forces. Combined with a world-class education and tremendous athletic support, Purdue University is an exciting place to be for the very best student-athletes to grow and develop. Boiler up!"
Cribby replaces Steve Holm, who was hired as the head coach at Illinois State on June 22. Holm was also a successful pitching coach in the WAC at Sacramento State before joining Wasikowski's first coaching staff at Purdue in the summer of 2016.
Cribby served as the pitching coach of the BRAVE team in USA Baseball's Tournament of Stars in both 2015 and 2016. The 2015 squad won gold at the event. He led Mount Si to a state title in 2011.
Voted the best recruiter in the WAC by his fellow coaches in a D1Baseball.com poll, Cribby helped build a Seattle roster that featured multiple MLB draft picks in 2015, 2017 and 2018. The Redhawks had 18 players or recruits drafted total in his five years. His recruits earned Freshman All-America honors for three straight seasons from 2015 to 2017. Among those honorees, pitchers Zach Wolf and Skubal both went on to be drafted. Wolf recorded a pair of 10-save seasons and Skubal eclipsed the program's all-time strikeouts record while fanning 106 in 80 innings as a senior.
Seattle's pitching staff led the WAC in strikeouts for three straight seasons from 2014 to 2016. The 2016 team was tops in the conference in almost every pitching statistic and among the top 20 nationally with a 2.72 strikeout-to-walk ratio. That season's staff recorded 448 strikeouts vs. 165 walks while surrendering only 18 home runs in 501 2/3 innings.
Cribby made at least 20 appearances in each of his three seasons at the University of Washington. As a teammate of Tim Lincecum in 2006, he recorded seven wins and 10 saves while pitching in 29 of the 61 games. He was named honorable mention All-Pac-10 that season and selected to the Rogers Clemens Award watch list going into the 2007 campaign. He made 70 career appearances for UW, recording 13 saves and a 2.13 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 151 1/3 innings. He was seventh in program history in saves and appearances entering the Huskies' 2018 campaign.
Cribby earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Washington. He was selected as UW's Sociology Student of the Year as a senior in 2008 and was also named to the Pac-10's All-Academic Team. He earned his master's in intercollegiate athletic leadership in 2009.
Cribby and his wife Shannon were married in December 2012.
Under Cribby tutelage during the 2019 season, the Boilermakers set team records for strikeouts (477) and Ks per nine innings (9.10). They eclipsed benchmarks that had stood since 2010. Purdue's 18 strikeouts in the 10-inning loss at Indiana on April 10 was also a program record.
Cribby returned to his alma mater in June 2019 when he was hired as the pitching coach at the University of Washington.
Cribby helped lead Seattle to 30-plus wins in 2015, 2016 and 2018. The Redhawks won a program-record 37 games and the Western Athletic Conference title in 2016. Three of the four SU players drafted in 2018 were pitchers, headlined by lefty Tarik Skubal being selected in the ninth round. Another incoming signee that Cribby recruited was drafted in the 11th round. Cribby also coached Nick Meservey to WAC Pitcher of the Year honors in 2016.
"We are so excited to have Elliott and his wife Shannon joining the Boilermaker Family," Mark Wasikowski says. "Elliott is one of the most respected pitching coaches in the country and our student-athletes will benefit greatly from his expertise. Coach Cribby is known as one of the nation's top recruiters and has been in high demand for several years from top-25 programs. We are fortunate to have the Cribby Family joining us here at Purdue."
Cribby also pitched collegiately in Seattle at the University of Washington. He was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Seattle University from 2014 to 2018. Previously, he was the pitching coach at Abilene Christian (2013) and the head coach at Mount Si High School (2011-12) in Snoqualmie, Washington.
"I am thrilled for the opportunity Coach Wasikowski has provided me to join the Boilermaker Baseball family," Cribby says. "Mark has annually shown the country that he is very good at what he does and I am excited to join forces. Combined with a world-class education and tremendous athletic support, Purdue University is an exciting place to be for the very best student-athletes to grow and develop. Boiler up!"
Cribby replaces Steve Holm, who was hired as the head coach at Illinois State on June 22. Holm was also a successful pitching coach in the WAC at Sacramento State before joining Wasikowski's first coaching staff at Purdue in the summer of 2016.
Cribby served as the pitching coach of the BRAVE team in USA Baseball's Tournament of Stars in both 2015 and 2016. The 2015 squad won gold at the event. He led Mount Si to a state title in 2011.
Voted the best recruiter in the WAC by his fellow coaches in a D1Baseball.com poll, Cribby helped build a Seattle roster that featured multiple MLB draft picks in 2015, 2017 and 2018. The Redhawks had 18 players or recruits drafted total in his five years. His recruits earned Freshman All-America honors for three straight seasons from 2015 to 2017. Among those honorees, pitchers Zach Wolf and Skubal both went on to be drafted. Wolf recorded a pair of 10-save seasons and Skubal eclipsed the program's all-time strikeouts record while fanning 106 in 80 innings as a senior.
Seattle's pitching staff led the WAC in strikeouts for three straight seasons from 2014 to 2016. The 2016 team was tops in the conference in almost every pitching statistic and among the top 20 nationally with a 2.72 strikeout-to-walk ratio. That season's staff recorded 448 strikeouts vs. 165 walks while surrendering only 18 home runs in 501 2/3 innings.
Cribby made at least 20 appearances in each of his three seasons at the University of Washington. As a teammate of Tim Lincecum in 2006, he recorded seven wins and 10 saves while pitching in 29 of the 61 games. He was named honorable mention All-Pac-10 that season and selected to the Rogers Clemens Award watch list going into the 2007 campaign. He made 70 career appearances for UW, recording 13 saves and a 2.13 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 151 1/3 innings. He was seventh in program history in saves and appearances entering the Huskies' 2018 campaign.
Cribby earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Washington. He was selected as UW's Sociology Student of the Year as a senior in 2008 and was also named to the Pac-10's All-Academic Team. He earned his master's in intercollegiate athletic leadership in 2009.
Cribby and his wife Shannon were married in December 2012.