title: Chris Pfatenhauer
text: # Chris Pfatenhauer
  
  Christopher Richard Pfatenhauer is an American baseball coach and former catcher. He is the head baseball coach of the Utah Tech Trailblazers formerly called Dixie State. He played college baseball at the College of the Canyons in 1993 and 1994 before transferring and playing for the Wyoming Cowboys in 1995. He graduated from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. He also served as the head coach of the College of the Ozarks Bobcats (2006–2007)
  
  ## Playing career
  
  Pfatenhauer attended Bonanza High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a member of the baseball team, Pfatenhauer was named the Southern Nevada High School Baseball Player of the Year as a senior in 1992. Following high school, Pfatenhauer enrolled at the College of the Canyons. Following his graduation from the College of the Canyons, Pfatenhauer continued his baseball career for the Wyoming.
  
  ## Coaching career
  
  Pfatenhauer was named the head coach of the Faith Lutheran Crusaders in 2000, leading them to a state championship in 2003.
  
  Pfatenhauer was named an assistant coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack in 2009.
  
  On August 18, 2012, Pfatenhauer was named the head baseball coach at Dixie State University, now called Utah Tech University.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  Statistics overview :
  
  | Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | College of the Ozarks Bobcats (Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2006–2007) ||||||
  | 2006 | College of the Ozarks | 26–28 | 13–15 | | |
  | 2007 | College of the Ozarks | 26–31 | 6–12 | | |
  | College of the Ozarks (NCCAA): | College of the Ozarks (NCCAA): | 52–59 | 19–27 | | |
  | Dixie State $Trailblazers^{(RedStorm'13-'16)}$ (Pacific West Conference) (2013–2018) ||||||
  | 2013 | Dixie State | 32–17 | 23–13 | | NCAA Regional |
  | 2014 | Dixie State | 36–17 | 26–6 | 1st | NCAA West Regional |
  | 2015 | Dixie State | 32–19 | 24–8 | 1st | NCAA West Regional |
  | 2016 | Dixie State | 40–14 | 26–10 | 2nd | NCAA West Regional |
  | 2017 | Dixie State | 39–14–1 | 26–9–1 | 2nd | NCAA West Regional |
  | 2018 | Dixie State | 25–25 | 21–19 | T-4th | |
  | Dixie State: | Dixie State: | | 146–65–1 | | |
  | Dixie State Trailblazers (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (2019–2020) ||||||
  | 2019 | Dixie State | 35–19 | 23–13 | 3rd | RMAC Tournament |
  | 2020 | Dixie State | 15–3 | 4–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
  | Dixie State: | Dixie State: | | 27–13 | | |
  | Utah $Tech^{(DixieState)}$ Trailblazers (Western Athletic Conference) (2021–present) ||||||
  | 2021 | Dixie State | 24–32 | 21–15 | 4th | ineligible |
  | 2022 | Dixie State | 22–33 | 14–16 | 4th (West) | |
  | 2023 | Utah Tech | 13–39 | 8–22 | 13th | |
  | Dixie State: | Dixie State: | 313–232–1 | 43–53 | | |
  | Total: | Total: | 313–232–1 | | | |
  | National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
  