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Tyler Russell enters his fourth season as an assistant coach with UPIKE Baseball in 2025.

Prior to UPIKE, Russell spent a season at MSC counterpart Lindsey Wilson College where he served as assistant coach under Andreychuk in 2020.

Russell was a pitcher for the Blue Raiders during the 2016 and 2018 baseball seasons. In 2016, he helped lead Lindsey Wilson to the NAIA World Series while accumulating a 7-3 overall pitching record. His 16 starts during that year is currently second all-time on the LWC baseball single season starts list, while his 91.1 innings pitched during the season currently ranks tied for ninth all-time on the LWC baseball single season innings pitched list. Russell managed a 7-4 overall record in 2018 through 81 innings pitched.

Along with his career at Lindsey Wilson, Russell also served as a pitcher for NCAA DI member Eastern Michigan University in 2014. He was also a member of the Palomar College baseball team in 2015.

Russell’s experience also includes a stint as the pitching coach for the Palm Springs Snowbirds in the Palm Springs Collegiate Summer League in 2019. He was also the Vista Murrieta High School varsity pitching coach in 2019-20.

A native of Murrieta, California, Russell earned his bachelor's degree in Communication from Lindsey Wilson in 2019.