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Ethan Landon
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- Pitching Coach
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Ethan Landon joined Billy O'Conner'sย staff as pitching coach in July 2025. Landon came to Xavier after spending the 2025 season at Toledo.
In Landon's first season at Xavier in 2026, the Musketeers finished with an overall record of 28-30 with aย 15-6 record in BIG EAST play, earning share of the 2026 BIG EAST Regular Season Championship. ย Among Xavier's wins was a 8-4 win at No. 3 Georgia Tech, Xavier's highest ranked win since topping No. 2 Vanderbilt in Nashville in 2024.
Xavier earned the No. 3 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament and five Musketeers earned All-BIG EAST honors, including First Team selections LHP Garrett Helsel and RHP Ryan Piech, and Second Team honoree LHP Ashton Chronister.
Following the season, Piech and outfielder Clay Burdette were both selected in the seventh round of the 2026 MLB Draft.
At Toledo, Landon coachedย a pitching staff of 22 student-athletes and served as recruiting coordinator for pitchers. In 2025,ย Landon helped lead the Rockets to a 32-29 record, with Toledo's pitching posting a MAC-best 5.26 ERA. The Rockets finished the season with 428 strikeouts, a top-five mark in program history.
Following the 2025 season, two members of the Rockets' pitching staff earned All-MAC honors, with lefty Jacob Tabor earning a spot on the MAC First Team, and right-hander Brady Sasse earning MAC Freshman Pitcher of the Year as well as Second Team honors.Prior to his time at Toledo, Landon spent two seasons at Troy University as the Trojans' pitching coach. He helped Troy to an NCAA regional appearance and 40-win season in 2023, followed by a 37-22 record in 2024. Troy set program records with 636 strikeouts and 21 saves in 2023.
Troy's pitching staff earned a pair of 2023 All-Sun Belt selections in first-team pick Grayson Stewart and second-team pick Noah Manning. In 2023, Landon also coached right-handed pitcher Zach Fruit, who was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles, and righty Ben Thompson, who signed with the Los Angeles Angels.
Prior to Troy, Landon was part of travel baseball organizations Motor City Hit Dogs in Michigan and GRB Rays in Wisconsin. He also volunteered with the Miracle League of Mid-Michigan.
Landon played collegiately for Michigan State from 2015-18, posting a career ERA of 3.98 with 14 wins in 72 appearances, including 39 starts. In 2016, he led Michigan State's pitching staff with eight wins, including a school-record six victories in Big Ten play. Landon logged a 2.75 ERA in 85.0 innings pitched and 15 starts that season. Landon also spent a season at Kansas State in 2014, posting a 3.26 ERA in 30.1 innings pitched as a freshman. He lead all Big 12 freshmen with 24 appearances that season.
Landon, originally fromย Sioux Falls, S.D., earned a degree in Communication Arts & Sciences from Michigan State in 2018.
In Landon's first season at Xavier in 2026, the Musketeers finished with an overall record of 28-30 with aย 15-6 record in BIG EAST play, earning share of the 2026 BIG EAST Regular Season Championship. ย Among Xavier's wins was a 8-4 win at No. 3 Georgia Tech, Xavier's highest ranked win since topping No. 2 Vanderbilt in Nashville in 2024.
Xavier earned the No. 3 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament and five Musketeers earned All-BIG EAST honors, including First Team selections LHP Garrett Helsel and RHP Ryan Piech, and Second Team honoree LHP Ashton Chronister.
Following the season, Piech and outfielder Clay Burdette were both selected in the seventh round of the 2026 MLB Draft.
At Toledo, Landon coachedย a pitching staff of 22 student-athletes and served as recruiting coordinator for pitchers. In 2025,ย Landon helped lead the Rockets to a 32-29 record, with Toledo's pitching posting a MAC-best 5.26 ERA. The Rockets finished the season with 428 strikeouts, a top-five mark in program history.
Following the 2025 season, two members of the Rockets' pitching staff earned All-MAC honors, with lefty Jacob Tabor earning a spot on the MAC First Team, and right-hander Brady Sasse earning MAC Freshman Pitcher of the Year as well as Second Team honors.Prior to his time at Toledo, Landon spent two seasons at Troy University as the Trojans' pitching coach. He helped Troy to an NCAA regional appearance and 40-win season in 2023, followed by a 37-22 record in 2024. Troy set program records with 636 strikeouts and 21 saves in 2023.
Troy's pitching staff earned a pair of 2023 All-Sun Belt selections in first-team pick Grayson Stewart and second-team pick Noah Manning. In 2023, Landon also coached right-handed pitcher Zach Fruit, who was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles, and righty Ben Thompson, who signed with the Los Angeles Angels.
Prior to Troy, Landon was part of travel baseball organizations Motor City Hit Dogs in Michigan and GRB Rays in Wisconsin. He also volunteered with the Miracle League of Mid-Michigan.
Landon played collegiately for Michigan State from 2015-18, posting a career ERA of 3.98 with 14 wins in 72 appearances, including 39 starts. In 2016, he led Michigan State's pitching staff with eight wins, including a school-record six victories in Big Ten play. Landon logged a 2.75 ERA in 85.0 innings pitched and 15 starts that season. Landon also spent a season at Kansas State in 2014, posting a 3.26 ERA in 30.1 innings pitched as a freshman. He lead all Big 12 freshmen with 24 appearances that season.
Landon, originally fromย Sioux Falls, S.D., earned a degree in Communication Arts & Sciences from Michigan State in 2018.
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