David Steele joined the Yellow Jacket baseball staff as the pitching coach beginning with the 2024 campaign.
The Dayton, Ohio native was on staff at NCAA Division III Wilmington College where he served as the pitching coach and strength & conditioning coach for the 2021 through 2023 seasons.
Steele’s pitching staff set a single season school record for strikeouts which included individual season and career records for K’s. Two pitchers earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors.
On the offensive side the Quakers set season team records for hits, RBI, and batting average.
Steele played baseball at the University of Rio Grande from 2011-15 where he was a pitcher / infielder for the RedStorm. He was named to the All-Mid-South Conference Team and was a Gold Glove winner.
Steele went on to play professionally for the White Sands Pupfish, an independent league team in New Mexico, where he was an All-Star participant.
Steele is a 2015 graduate of Rio Grande with a degree in exercise science and kinesiology. David and his wife, Logan, reside in Dayton.
