Chris Pine joined the Bruin baseball staff as an assistant coach in 2024. A Freshman All-American in 1996 for Oregon State, Pine was a 5th round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in 1998 and played several years of minor league baseball between the Brewers and Angels organizations, making it to AAA. Pine moved back to the Portland area, owning and operating The Yard training academy from 2008 to 2021.