Staff Directory

Mariah Lopez

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Assistant Coach
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Mariah Lopez was hired in 2026 to join the Long Beach State Softball coaching staff as an assistant coach, working primarily with the pitching staff. An elite collegiate pitcher herself, Lopez has gone on to a successful career as a pitching coach.

Competing for Oklahoma and Arizona, Lopez posted an overall record of 71-7 in her career with a 1.78 ERA, winning a national championship with the Sooners in 2017, where she was a finalist for NFCA Freshman of the Year, and competed for the USA Junior National Team. She pitched for one more season at Oklahoma before transferring to Arizona, and following the COVID-19 pandemic pitched for Arizona in 2021, leading the Wildcats to the 2021 Women’s College World Series while averaging nearly a strikeout per inning pitched.

Turning to coaching following the end of her playing career, Lopez spend three seasons as a graduate assistant with Minnesota and Oregon before being hired with Big West rival California Baptist as an assistant coach where she called pitches for the Lancers.

Lopez spent last season with Boise State, where she led a staff of six pitchers highlighted by Loula-rae McNamara, who posted an 8-6 record with a 3.65 ERA while again calling pitches for the Broncos. She graduated from Arizona in 2021 and earned a Master’s Degree from Oregon during her time with the Ducks.