Former USA Softball and Chicago Bandits assistant Alex Ibarra joined the Texas A&M softball coaching staff in July 2026.
Ibarra, regarded as one of the nation’s top young pitching coaches, has supported USA Softball at national and international events since 2021, including the WBSC Championships, Canada Cup, World Games and Pan American Games. He helped guide Team USA to the gold medal with a 5-0 record at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China.
Additionally, he served as the pitching coach at Appalachian State from 2025-26 where he helped develop five All-Sun Belt honorees, including the program’s first all-conference pitcher in over five years.
He has been involved with Athletes Unlimited’s professional women’s softball league since 2021 and served as an assistant coach for the Chicago Bandits, which faced the Portland Cascade in the AUSL Play-in Game at Texas A&M’s Davis Diamond in 2026. In 2025, he helped lead the Utah Talons to the AUSL Championship in the league’s inaugural season.
A 2024 graduate of LSU, Ibarra served as a student manager for the Tiger softball team from 2020-24, where he assisted with the day-to-day operations of the program. As a member of the Tigers' staff, he was a part of 155 wins, four NCAA Regional appearances and two Super Regional appearances in 2021 and 2024.
Acting as the primary batting practice thrower at LSU, Ibarra was instrumental in preparing the Tiger hitters prior to each game and helped lead them to a .290 team batting average. LSU also swatted 464 hits in 2024, which was the third-highest total in the SEC.
A native of Cedar Hill, Texas, Ibarra started his coaching career at UT Arlington, where he acted as a student manager for the Mavericks in 2019. In his lone season, Ibarra saw UTA win 36 games and take home a National Softball Invitational Championship.
Ibarra is also an accomplished player, having been selected as a pitcher for the Under-23 USA Men's National Team and competing for the 2018 Junior Men's National Team in the WBSC Junior Men's World Championship that was held in Prince Albert, Canada. As part of the United States National Softball team, he won two gold medals, including in 2023 at the Pan-American Games.
Updated: 11/2026