Softball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- ryanwieligman@creighton.edu
Ryan Wieligman enters his second year as an assistant coach at Creighton. He works closely with the Bluejay hitters and is the program’s recruiting coordinator. He also assists in scouting and data collecting of future opponents.
During his first season with the Bluejays, Wieligman helped junior outfielder Cayla Nielsen earn Unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST and NFCA All-Great Lakes Region First Team honors. Wieligman played a key role in the offense improvement that saw Nielsen bump her batting average up 99 points (from .296 to .395) from her sophomore to junior season. Overall, Wieligman’s efforts helped the Bluejays offense raise its batting average from .278 to .291, while recording the second most doubles in a single-season in program history with 77.
Wieligman, a native of Stillwater, Oklahoma, joins the Bluejay staff and heads to Omaha after spending the 2022 season as a volunteer assistant coach at Texas State under head coach Ricci Woodard. While with the Bobcats, Wieligman helped garner a 38-19 record that included a 17-game win streak and a runner-up finish at the Sun Belt Conference Championships. His work on the field assisted in the development of four All-Sun Belt Conference selections, including Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year Ciara Trahan.
“Thank you to Coach Wood and Athletic Director Marcus Blossom for the great opportunity to be a part of Creighton Athletics and Bluejay softball,” said Wieligman. “This University holds a strong athletic and academic reputation that I am excited to join and help continue to grow. I am excited and thankful to begin working in the program alongside Coach Wood.”
Wieligman joined the Texas State coaching staff after spending the 2021 year as part of the UT Tyler softball staff that finished the season 33-7, including a 27-3 mark in the Lone Star Conference. Wieligman served as an assistant coach of the Patriots’ staff and was a member of the 2021 Division II South Central Regional Coaching Staff of the Year following UT Tyler’s success. UT Tyler rose to as high as No. 2 in the NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll and has remained in the top-10 in every poll the Patriots have been eligible for at the Division II level since the beginning of the 2020 season.
Prior to his stop at Tyler, Wieligman was a member of the 2019 Henderson State (Ark.) University baseball team. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Sport Management in 2020 after transferring from Cowley County (Kan.) Community College, where he helped the Tigers to a NJCAA College World Series berth.
