Ryan Wieligman

Clemson Softball Head Coach John Rittman announced the addition of Ryan Wieligman to the 2024-25 staff on July 26, 2024. Wieligman joined the staff as the director of player development before transitioning to an assistant coach. He assists with both offense and defense for the Tigers as well as scouting, technology and analytics with the program.

In his first year with the program, Clemson claimed more ‘firsts’ as the program won its first ACC Tournament Championship and won its first super regional game. Finishing with a 48-14 record, the Tigers reached new heights by surpassing 300 games as a program with a home win against Boston College on April 17, surpassing the 200 win mark with an 11-3 victory against Lafayette and reaching 100 wins in ACC play with an 8-2 win at Georgia Tech to conclude the regular season. The Tigers made program history with three comeback wins during the ACC Tournament, was selected as a national seed for the third time in four years and won the program’s first super regional game with a 7-4 victory at Texas. The Tigers had seven players garner All-ACC honors and a program-record eight be named to an NFCA All-District team. Assisting with Clemson’s hitters, Wieligman helped the Tigers produce program records in 12 offensive categories including: games played (62), batting average (.325), at bats (1688), hits (549), doubles (105), home runs (85), RBIs (404), slugging percentage (.553), on-base percentage (.420), runs scored (439), walks (255) and total bases (933).

Wieligman joined the staff after previously serving as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Creighton. He worked primarily with hitters and on recruiting efforts with additional duties coming from data analysis, film and scouting. He utilized Synergy, Trumedia, 6-4-3 Charts, Valoden Motor Preferences, Rapsodo and Blast to help develop student-athletes. He was a member of the 2024 Big East Coaching Staff of the Year and helped the Bluejays to the third largest RPI increase in the country jumping 133 spots. With his guidance, Creighton had five First Team and two Second Team All-Big East selections with both the conference pitcher and defensive players of the year in 2024. Additional accomplishments came from 20 school records and individual accolades being set for hitters, as well as increases for the program in batting average, doubles, home runs, runs scored and slugging percentage.

Before Creighton, Wieligman held positions at Texas State, University of Texas-Tyler and Henderson State, while also assisting with camps at Ole Miss, Kansas and Arkansas. He spent the 2022 season at Texas State where he worked primarily with the outfielders and included data analysis, film and scouting. He helped develop the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year and four SBC All-Conference honorees. During his time at the University of Texas-Tyler, Wieligman assisted with hitters, infielders and outfielders while also overseeing film. The staff was named the South Central Region Coaching Staff of the Year and LSC Regular Season Conference Champions. With his guidance, the Patriots produced four NFCA All-South Central selections, six LSC All-Conference players, two LSC Gold Glove winners, the 2021 LSC Newcomer of the Year and 2021 LSC Pitcher of the Year. He served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Henderson State, for one year following graduation in 2020.