Meet the Staff Behind Spearfish Sasquatch

Head Coach - Justus Scott

Coach Scott played collegiate baseball at Mississippi Gulf Coast JC and the University of Memphis followed by one year with the Will County Indians of the Heartland League. Before becoming the head coach of Cerro Coso Community College in Southern California, Scott served stints as an assistant coach at the University of Memphis, Middle Tennessee University, Jackson State JC, Lincoln Memorial University, and Murray State University. He also has experience in the summer college circuit, coaching two summers with the Florence RedWolves in the Coastal Plains League and the Champion Hornell Dodgers of the New York Collegiate League. Coach Scott has spent the past nine seasons as the head coach of Cerro Coso CC where the program has seen the 2^nd largest win-loss turnaround in the country, back-to-back playoff berths, numerous All-Conference, All-State and All-American selections, and over seventy four-year college signees.

Assistant Coach - Ryan Bachman

Bachman is from Rapid City, SD, where he attended Rapid City Central High School and played for Post 22 Baseball from 2018-2020, becoming an All-State Selection in 2019 and 2020. Following High School, Ryan played in 50 games and batted .312 from 2021-2023 at Minnesota State University-Mankato before transferring to Mount Marty University in 2024. In 49 Games with the Lancers in 2024, Bachman batted .280 and led the team in base on balls with 30. Ryan is entering his final year of collegiate play this spring and will be graduating in May with a degree in Recreation & Tourism Management.

In addition to his collegiate career, Ryan spent the past 4 summers (2021-2024) as a prolific member of the Spearfish Sasquatch Baseball Club. In that time, Bachman set several Sasquatch career marks including games played, hits, runs scored, doubles, home runs, base on balls, hit by pitch, & runs batted in. He was an All-iLB Team Selection in 2022, 2023 & 2024.