The 2025 season will be Ruppenthal's third as the Tigers' pitching coach and his first as associate head coach.
In 2024, Towson pitchers tied for the seventh-most strikeouts in program history with 369. The Tiger pitching staff also recorded 11 saves from six combined pitchers, which is tied for the fifth-best mark in program history.
In Ruppenthal's first season as the Towson pitching coach, The Tiger pitching staff set a program-record 433 strikeouts.
Ruppenthal joins Towson after serving as the pitching coach at Oakland University since July 2022. Prior to Oakland, he was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Tyler Junior College. In 2021, Tyler won the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Championship. In addition, Ruppenthal was named the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) DIII National Assistant Coach of the Year. He concurrently served as the head coach of the Battle Creek Bombers, a collegiate summer baseball team, of the Northwoods League from Oct. 2018 to Aug. 2021.
Before Tyler, Ruppenthal held the pitching coach role with Bethany College from Sept. 2017 to Aug. 2018. From 2017 to 2018, the staff ERA improved by 1.3 runs under Ruppenthal's leadership.
Ruppenthal's playing career includes two Sun Conference championships with Southeastern University in 2014 and 2017. The team received a bid to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Championship game in 2014, 2015 and 2017. Ruppenthal finished top five all-time in pitching appearances in Southeastern University's history.
Ruppenthal graduated from Southeastern with a bachelor of science in finance with a minor in sport management in 2016. He subsequently obtained his Master of Business Administration from Southeastern in 2018.
