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HAWAI'I HILO VULCANS ATHLETICS
Elliott Cribby

Elliott Cribby

Ellliott Cribby entered his first tenure as a collegiate head coach after being named the Vulcans Baseball program's fourth head coach in June 2026.

Cribby brings more than a decade of Division-I coaching experience from associate head coach, pitching and recruiting coordinator roles at Abilene Christian University, Seattle University, Purdue University, University of Washington, University of the Pacific and Central Washington University (D-II). He has helped recruit and develop 58 MLB draft picks including Tarik Skubal (two-time Cy Young Award winner with the Detroit Tigers), Janson Junk (Miami Marlins) and Aiva Arquette (No. 7 overall 2025 MLB Draft selection) to name a few.

As a player, Cribby was an All-PAC-10 pitcher at the University of Washington (2006-2008) and still ranks in the top 10 for career saves and pitching appearances. His 10 saves in 2006 ranks No. 6 in the single-season program record book.

Most recently he coached at Eastlake High School (Washington) and with the DubSea Fish Sticks summer collegiate team.

COACHING CAREER
» Recruited and developed 58 MLB Draft selections
» 2020 Surefire Baseball Forum Selection
» 2016 D1Baseball Top 30 Recruiting Coordinator
» (2x) USA Baseball 18U Gold Medalist (2015, 2016)

PLAYING CAREER
» Three seasons on the University of Washington Baseball team (2006-2008)
» Huskies Baseball All-Time Career Rank No. 7 Saves (13), No. 10 Pitching Appearances (70)
» 2006 All-PAC-10 Honorable Mention
» Two seasons on the Columbia Basin College Baseball team (2004-2005)

ALMA MATER
» Lake Washington High School (Washington)
» Columbia Basin College (Washington)
» University of Washington - B.A. Sociology
» University of Washington - M.Ed Athletic Leadership

PERSONAL
» Hometown: Redmond, Washington
» Hobbies: Fishing
» Married his wife Cassie in 2025 and has a daughter named Poppy

CAREER
2026-Present: University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
2023-Present: DubSea Fish Sticks (HC)
2024-2026: Eastlake High School (HC)
2023-2024: Central Washington University (Associate HC + Recruiting)
2022-2023: University of the Pacific (Pitching + Recruiting)
2019-2022: University of Washington (Associate HC + Pitching + Recruiting)
2018-2019: Purdue University (Pitching)
2014-2016: USA Baseball 18U (Pitching)
2013-2018: Seattle University (Associate HC + Pitching + Recruiting)
2012-2013: Abilene Christian University (Pitching + Recruiting)
2011-2012: Mount Si High School (HC)

MEDIA
» The extraordinary mystery of the Tigers' Tarik Skubal (July 9, 2025) - ESPN
» The rise of Tarik Skubal (Feb. 20, 2020) - The Athletics

Elliott Cribby

Elliott Cribby

Elliott Cribby