Ryan Savage will begin his third season at Nevada, and first as the Director of Player Development, ahead of the 2023 season. From 2020-21, Savage served as a data analyst for the Wolf Pack, as the team captured the Mountain West title and appeared at the Stanford Regional in 2020, and finished 29-26 and took second in the Mountain West regular-season standings last year.
Savage's connections to the college baseball and to the Reno baseball communities run throughout his family. His dad, John, will enter his 20th season as UCLA Baseball's head coach in 2023, and his uncle, Pete, has been Reno High School's varsity head coach since 1995. Savage is also the grandson of Chris Ault, who served three stints as Nevada Football’s head coach 1976-92, 1994-95, 2004-12) as well as the department’s Director of Athletics from 1986-2004.