Ben Buechner - Softball Coach - University of Houston Athletics

Ben Buechner

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
bwbuechner@central.uh.edu

Buechner joins the Cougars following three seasons as an assistant coach at Incarnate Word.

During his time with the Cardinals, he helped UIW finish with the 25^th highest batting average in the nation (.312) last season while also developing three-time Southland Conference Player of the Year and two-time Hitter of the Year in Victoria Altamirano, the program's first.

Last season, he helped lead UIW to program records in home runs (59), doubles (88), batting average (.325), slug (.527) and OBP (.417) while tallying a joint-most conference wins in program DI history. In 2025, he also guided catcher Piper Caceres and first baseman Sydney Zenon to earning All-Conference Defense Team honors.

In his first season with UIW, Buechner helped led the program to a record 34 wins before finishing finished second in the Southland Conference Tournament.

Prior to UIW, Buechner spent three seasons as an assistant baseball coach at University of the Pacific. His baseball coaching journey began a decade prior, where he served on staff for 10 seasons at Santa Rosa Junior College. During his time at SRJC, he spent nine as an assistant and one as the interim head coach in 2019.

At Pacific, Buechner helped the team improve at the plate every season with increases in team batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, hits and runs per game. He also mentored West Coast Conference All-Conference INF Tommy Gavello while developing young talents to the pros with three players taken in the MLB draft.

At Santa Rosa, Buechner handled recruiting, player development and third base duties, helping lead SRJC to a playoff appearance in each complete season before finishing #1 in the state during the shortened 2020 season (COVID-19).

His time at SRJC saw the program produce a .707 winning percentage and a .686 winning percentage in BIG 8 Conference play highlighted by a 2016 CCCAA State Championship with both California JC Player and Pitcher of the Year. Buechner has also coached two Big 8 Conference Players of the Year (Ryan Haug – 2015, Jake Scheiner – 2016) as well as nine players to careers in professional baseball with four breaking into the MLB.

Buechner earned his undergrad degree from Sonoma State in Kinesiology before completing his master's degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration at Concordia University Irvine in 2013. He played baseball at Menlo College and Santa Rosa JC.