John Rittman

John Richard Rittman (born October 5, 1963) is an American college softball coach, serving as the inaugural head coach of the Clemson Tigers softball team. He previously served as head coach at Stanford and an assistant with USA Softball, Kansas, Washington, Minnesota, and Oregon.

Education An outfielder, Rittman played college baseball at Yavapai College before transferring to New Mexico State University and playing three seasons there from 1983 to 1985. As a junior in 1984, Rittman played 51 games and batted .338 with 50 hits, 27 RBI, and one homer. Rittman graduated from New Mexico State in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in journalism. As head coach from 1997 to 2014, Rittman had a cumulative 750–351–3 record and one Pac-10 title in 2005, His resignation was surrounded by controversy and findings of a major NCAA rules violation.

Kansas and USA Softball (2015–2017) He then spent two seasons at Kansas as associate head coach in 2015 and 2017, and also two stints as an assistant with USA Softball.

Clemson (2017–present) On November 3, 2017, Rittman was named the inaugural head coach at Clemson. They played their first season in 2020, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.