Head Coach: Dave Rodriguez
(530) 415-4851
Email: drodriguez@yccd.edu
Bio:
Coach Rod is entering his second season as head coach of the 49ers! A 1985 graduate of Yuba City High School, Coach Rod is our “homegrown” baseball coach, who had the luxury to play for and coach with the best coaches in California! Joe Graben, Gary Engelken, Jim Stassi, Rich McKray and Ramiro Carreon. Coach Rod is an “Original 49er” playing shortstop for legendary head coach Gary Engelken.
Coach Rod coached high school baseball at Yuba City HS for 32 years. During his tenure as varsity head coach, Rod won 7 league Championships and 2 Sac-Joaquin Division III Section titles. He was honored three times for league coach of the year. He has complied a total of 237 wins. His play-off record was 12 wins and 5 loses a .705 winning percentage.
2024 he was recognized and Honored for his tenure as assistant and head coach for over 30 years by the California Baseball Coaches Association
2023, Coach Rod’s American Legion Baseball team won the California State Championship and represented California in the American Legion Western Regional Tournament.
2020 he was named the State of California High School Coach of Year.
14 Former players have signed MLB contracts and over 60 have played collegiately.
Coach Rod’s program was honored by the California Legislature Assembly Resolution in 2015, as well, as a Proclamation from the City of Yuba City in the same year.
He has hosted several baseball community events, coaching clinics, parent baseball seminars, umpire clinics and has donated his time and facilities to the community. His teams are actively involved in the community as they received the CIF Community Service Award in 2014. Coach Rod also volunteers his time for Baseball in San Quentin Prison.
Coach Rod was honored in 2023 by Yuba City High School when his number “4” was retired.
His goal is to provide a competitive, safe, environment for our athletes and give them every opportunity to play at the next level.
Coach Rods Favorite Sports Teams are the Boston Red Sox, Seattle Seahawks, Washington Huskies and Canelo Alvarez.
Tyler MacIntyre
Assistant Coach
Bio:
Tyler MacIntyre will be entering his 4th year as an assistant coach on the Yuba 49ers staff. Coach TMac is on the “cutting edge” of all young coaches. He carries a lot of responsibility and does it well. His primary responsibilities for the 49ers will be coaching outfielders and working diligently with the offensive side of the game. He will be in the third base coaches box this spring working close with coach Rod on in-game strategy. He will also assist with in- game scouting of opponents.
Coach MacIntyre is originally from Las Vegas, Nevada where he was a 2 sport athlete at Sierra Vista High School. He played for 2 years at Feather River Community College before transferring to the Yuba College. Coach MacIntyre is currently working towards his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology.
John Balderrama
Pitching Coach
Bio:
Coach Balderrama begins is second tenure and most recently second season as the 49er pitching coach. Coach “Baldo” had the privilege to coach for Gary Engelken. Baldo brings loads of experience as a player and as a coach. In his college days he participated in the college world series as a player for Chico State. Coach Baldo comes from a baseball family. His brother Sal was an All- State Yuba College 49er infielder and signed a professional contract to play for the Kansas City Royals organization. Balderrama’s pitching philosophy is to be in incredible shape. Focus’s on arm care and teaches his pitchers to be “Bulldogs”!
Shea Davis
Assistant Coach
Bio:
Shea Davis begins his second year with the Yuba College baseball program.
Before joining Yuba College, he served as Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach alongside Dave Rodriguez, at Yuba City High School from 2011-2022. During the summer of 2012, Coach Davis was a volunteer coach for the Marysville Gold Sox summer collegiate team. Several infielders continued their playing careers after Coach Davis’s tutelage. Most notably Cameron Eden (Cal Berkeley and Toronto Blue Jays) and Devin Pettengill (UC Irvine).
Coach Davis is an alumni of Yuba City High School. He played college baseball at Butte community college and earned his Associates degree in Social and Behavioral sciences. He continued his baseball career transferring to CSU Monterey Bay.
He graduated from CSU Monterey Bay with a Bachelors degree in Kinesiology and minor in sports management. Shea also has a teaching credential in Physical Education and Master’s degree in teaching.
Shea and his wife Katie have a 3 year old daughter and a dog named Winnie. Their favorite baseball team is the San Diego Padres.
Ryan Larsen
Assistant Coach
Email: rlarsen@yccd.edu
Bio:
Ryan Larsen will be going into his third season coaching for Yuba College. Prior to coaching at Yuba, Ryan coached at Sutter Union High School. In his time at Sutter, he helped head coach the summer teams at Sutter. Ryan also works The Best in The U.S. Baseball Showcase camps during the summertime. During Ryan’s playing days, he is an alumnus of Yuba College where he was a pitcher for the Niners. He got a scholarship to pitch for Iowa Wesleyan University. He now owns the Marysville Giants which is a collegiate team that plays in the prestigious Pacific Empire League. The best colligate league in the state!!
Ryan played for Coach Rodriguez on his American Legion team 2018-2019. Ryan is currently working on a Bachelor of Science in Sports Management at Southern New Hampshire University. Ryan said, “I’m excited to be at Yuba where I’ve had so many memories playing baseball and can’t wait to help lead these young men and get them to where they need to be. GO NINERS!”
Coach Larsen’s favorite sports teams are the San Francisco Giants, and San Francisco 49ers.
Drew Rodriguez
Assistant Coach
Bio:
Coach DRod played at Yuba College for former Head Coach Ryan Evangelho 2017-2019. His Freshman year he was 4th in innings pitched and had a 4.26 ERA out of relief. After his freshman season DRod had surgery and had a medical redshirt in 2018. Coach DRod came back strong his sophomore year pitching 73 innings while leading the team in wins with 6 and posting a 3.53 ERA and leading the team in strikeouts with 61. He earned 2nd team All-Conference in the BVC. Following his sophomore year he pitched for the collegiate summer team Yuba Sutter Gold Sox where he was awarded the 2019 Pitcher of the Year.
DRod played his High School baseball at Yuba City High School where is was named the MVP Pitcher of the year in the Tri-County Conference in 2016 and Won the Sac-Joaquin Section Championship In 2015.
DRod Transferred to UC Davis and earned his Bio-Psychology B.S. degree in 2021 and is Currently in Nursing school at Arizona State University.
His Favorite Baseball team is the San Francisco Giants