Tyler Rice, a native of Mesa, AZ, will join the UT Arlington staff as an assistant coach after spending the previous season as the Director of Player Development during the 2025 season.
Prior to his time as a Director of Player Development, Rice served as a graduate assistant for UTA Baseball for the 2024 season.
"Tyler is a rising star in the coaching profession," head coach
Mike Trapasso says. "He will represent UTA with class and pride as a coach, just as he did as a player."
Rice graduate from UT Arlington in 2023 after spending his four-year collegiate career donning the blue and orange. The Arizona native played in 150 games, making 107 starts, while picking up 90 hits and 39 RBI throughout his playing career.
AS A SENIOR AT UTA (2023) | Game-By-Game Stats
Appeared in 45 games, making 44 starts … Made 25 starts at second base, nine at third base, eight at first base and two at shortstop … Batted .282 across 149 at-bats … Slugged .383 and held an on-base percentage of .400 … Drove in 13 runs and scored another 35 times … Hit first career home run at Tarleton (3/11) … Hit six doubles and three home runs … Stole three bases … Sixth on the team with 12 multi-hit games … 11 two-hit games and one three-hit game … Three multi-RBI games … Two two-RBI games and tied his career high with one three-RBI game … Strung together a five-game hit streak and a 13 game on-base streak.
AS A SENIOR AT UTA (2022) | Game-By-Game Stats
Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
Appeared in 47 games, making 37 starts … Made 29 starts at second base, five at first base and three at third base … Batted .212 across 137 at-bats … Slugged .241 and an held on-base percentage of .319 … Drove in 17 runs and scored another 12 times … Hit four doubles … Stole two bases … Second on the team with five multi-RBI games … Career-high three hits vs Texas State (4/15) … Career-high three RBI in two games … Along with brother, Tanner, became the first siblings to start in the same game (vs Army, 3/9).
AS A JUNIOR AT UTA (2021) | Game-By-Game Stats
Sun Belt Commissioner's List
Appeared in 31 games, making 18 starts … Started seven games at second base and 11 games as DH … Batted .151 across 73 at-bats … Finished with two multi-hit games … Knocked in five runs and scored an additional 11 times … Walked 10 times … On-base percentage of .289 … Went 2-for-2 with three runs scored at Texas State (4/3) … Had a stretch of six consecutive games reaching base safely.
AS A SOPHOMORE AT UTA (2020) | Game-By-Game Stats
Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
Appeared in nine games as a pinch hitter … Hit .143 in seven at-bats … Two runs scored and one RBI off one hit … on-base percentage of .300.
AS A FRESHMAN AT UTA (2019) | Game-By-Game Stats
Appeared in 18 games, including eight starts ... Hit .280 in 25 at-bats ... Finished second on the team in on-base percentage (.455).
HIGH SCHOOL
2018 graduate of Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Ariz. … Second Team All-Arizona … First Team All-Region … Second Team All-City … Hit .432 with 26 RBI in 88 at bats in 2017 … Played club for Wilson Sandlot … National Society of High School Scholars member … Three-time Golden Scholar Athlete … Outstanding Academic Achievement Award.
PERSONAL
Born Sept. 5, 1999 ... Son of Bryan and Sharra Rice … Earned a bachelor of science degree in exercise science from UTA ... Working toward master of science degree in exercise science ... Has one sibling, Tanner, who also played for the Mavericks... Father, Bryan, played baseball at Grand Canyon University and has coached baseball over 25 years.
