ST. LOUIS – University of Missouri-St. Louis head baseball coach
Zach Ullrich has announced the hiring of
Cody Walter as an assistant coach.
"We are really excited to have Cody join our staff here at UMSL," Ullrich said. "He brings a tremendous amount of knowledge, energy, and experience to our staff, but more importantly, he is someone who cares deeply about developing young men both on and off the field.
"His approach to hitting, his ability to build relationships, and his commitment to player development will be a tremendous asset to our program. I have no doubt that he will make an immediate impact on our hitters and help us continue to build the culture and standard of excellence we are establishing here," he said.
Walter comes to UMSL after spending last season as a volunteer assistant coach with Bloomsburg University. Under his guidance the Huskies improved their offensive metrics in almost category from the 2025. His team hit .316 which was 31 points higher than the year before, they scored 323 runs, had an on-base percentage of .429, stole 97 bases and recorded 438 hits.
He helped guide Bloomsburg to its most wins since 2019 and its first NCAA Regional appearance since 2021.
Prior to his stint at Bloomsburg, Walter spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Longwood University, leading the offense and outfielders. Before that he was in Pasadena, Calif., and did a six-year stint of coaching for his alma mater, Providence Christian College.
In his first season on staff, Walter helped Longwood to 23 wins, the most since the 2016 season for the program.
The Lancers also had a trio of Big South All-Conference selections and one player named to the All-Freshman Team. Third baseman Eliot Dix (Big South First Team) and shortstop Gregory Ryan, Jr. (Big South Second Team) along with pitcher Ryan Miller (Big South Honorable Mention) earned all-conference nods. Ethan Walker earned the All-Freshman Team selection.
Ryan had one of the best run-producing seasons in team history. The redshirt senior posted 63 RBI in 2023, the fourth-most in a single season in program history. He led the team in doubles, triples, and homers and was among the top 10 in the Big South in all three categories, as well as in slugging percentage and OPS.
Offensive production at Longwood in the 2024 season saw continued growth. The Lancer offense overall in the Big South ranked 4th in batting average, 3rd in doubles, 2nd in walks, 1st in hit by pitches, 3rd in on-base percentage, and 1st in stolen bases.
Longwood baseball graduate student shortstop Noah Campanelli earned a spot on the 2024 All-Big South Second Team, freshman outfielder Blagen Pado saw his name called for the all-freshman team and senior Hayden Harris received a nod as an honorable mention.
From 2019-2022, Walter was the head baseball coach for the Providence Sea Beggars. Prior, the previous skipper was the assistant baseball coach of the Sea Beggars.
The 2020 season saw the best start in program history for the Sea Beggars, 4-3 before heading into conference play and COVID-19 shutdown. Overall team academics made tremendous improvements. The program GPA went from a 2.45 in the 2018-19 academic year to a 2.98 in the 2019-20 academic year. Fall 2021 saw the best academic performance with a team GPA of 3.1 and finished the year with a 3.0. Providence Baseball produced two Academic All-Americans and 15 All-Academic All-Conference players in the 2020-21 season. The success continued into the 2021 season as Providence made its first California Pacific Conference Tournament appearance. The 2021 season produced: three Academic All-Americans, two Cal Pac All-Academic Team selections, three Cal Pac Scholar-Athletes, one First Team All-Conference selection, one All-Conference Honorable Mention selection, and one All-Defense award winner.
Walter got his Associate of Arts degree in social science from Barstow Community College in 2014 before getting his Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies in 2016 from Providence. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Longwood University.
