Cribby enters his first season with Wildcat baseball for the 2024 season as the Associate Head Coach and the Recruiting Coordinator. Cribby is bringing a vast amount of experince to Ellensburg after having coached for 12 seasons at the NCAA Division I level.
Coach Cribby comes to CWU after most recently serving as the Associate Head Coach, Pitching Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for the University of Washington for three seasons, the 2020-2022 seasons. His recruiting success helped the Huskies improve each season he was apart of the team with many of his recruits playing pivotal parts in the teams participation in the NCAA Regional in Stillwater, Okla. in 2023.
In 2023 Coach Cribby had 10 of his recruits selected in the MLB Draft: Kiefer Lord (3rd Round, Baltimore Orioles), George Klassen (6th Round, Philadelphia Phillies), Case Matter (10th Round, Texas Rangers), Stuart Flesland III (11th Round, Colorado Rockies), Johnny Tincher (11th Round, Clevland Guardians), Bjorn Johnson (12th Round, Milwaukee Brewers), Will Simpson (15th Round, Oakland Athletics), Ryan Brown (16th Round, Oakland Athletics), Coby Morales (18th Round, New York Yankees), Blake Wilson (20th Round, Kansas City Royals).
In 2022 the Huskies finished fourth in the Pac-12 in pitching ERA. With a 12-game win streak to finish the regular season for the Huskies, Cribby coached the pitching staff to a 2.00 ERA during the streak. Highlights from the season included a sweep of UCLA (who made the NCAA Tournament) and USC. Cribby was instrumental in bringing four top 25 recruiting classes to Washington. Coach Cribby has recruited and coached 55 MLB Draft Picks over the last 12 years and three freshman All-Americans. In his first season with Washington, Cribby coached Stevie Emanuels (Interlake HS, Bellevue), who was drafted in the fifth round of the MLB draft the same year the Huskies finished third in the Pac-12 in pitching as well.
In his lone season with the Boilermakers, Cribby helped Purdue reach some historic standards. The pitching staff set strikeouts records for most in a season (477), most in a game (18 vs. Indiana) and strikeouts per nine innings (9.10).
Several individuals had standout seasons under Cribby's tutelage. Bo Hofstra become one of the more dominant relievers in the Big 10. The All-Big 10 third team member was 2-2 with a 1.62 ERA and recorded seven saves. Trent Johnson set a school record for strikeouts per nine innings with 10.89.
Cribby has a long history of success in recruiting and developing young pitchers headlined by Tarik Skubal being selected in the 9th round of the 2018 MLB Draft, and now with the Detroit Tigers. Cribby also mentored left-hander Nick Meservey to WAC Pitcher of the Year honors in 2016 whom was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 21st Round in 2018 along with LHP Jake Prizina in 2021 with Baltimore as well. Teammate Zach Wolf was also drafted in 2018 in the 18th round to the Tampa Bay Rays.
Cribby also developed Janson Junk at Seattle U who was selected in the 22nd round by the New York Yankees and had his Major League debut with the Anaheim Angels in 2021 and now the Milwaukee Brewers.
While with the Redhawks, Cribby was voted best recruiter in the WAC by fellow coaches in a D1Baseball.com poll.
Cribby had an outstanding career for the Huskies and still has his name in the UW record books. He ranks seventh with 13 career saves, including 10 in 2006, which is tied for sixth all-time in Husky single-season history. In all, Cribby made 70 appearances on the mound for the Huskies and had at least 20 appearances in each of his three seasons.
He was honorable mention All-Pac-10 in 2006 when he ranked among the Conference leaders in several categories: second in saves (10), sixth in wins (7), 10th in earned run average (3.76) and 10th in opponent batting average (.255). Cribby was the UW's Sociology Student of the Year as a senior in 2008 and earned Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention recognition. He earned his master's in intercollegiate athletic leadership in 2009.
Prior to attending Washington, Cribby spent two years at Columbia Basin Community College, playing one season in 2004 and sitting out 2005 with an injury. He is a graduate of Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, Wash.
Cribby's father, Ed, also played baseball at UW, earning four letters between 1974 and 1977.
