Larry Baldridge is in his 16th season on the Tiger coaching staff and will be coaching the running backs for his third year after guiding two of the best rushers in school history, Casey Donaldson and Daniel Grove, in his first two years. He brought 16 years of coaching experience with him to Wittenberg.

The Shelby, Ohio native was a head coach on the high school level for eight years at Mansfield Malabar, Ashland, Cambridge Meadowbrook and New Carlisle Tecumseh high schools. He was also an assistant coach at Shelby High School for seven years. He is a 1970 graduate of Morehead State University, where he was a Little All-America and Academic All-America defensive back. Baldridge, who is retired from teaching and now doubles as Wittenberg's equipment room manager, resides in Springfield with his wife, Pam. They have two children, Stephanie, 31, and Larry II, 20.