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Chris Krepline joined the Cincinnati Baseball coaching staff as the director of pitching development in September 2024.
UC ended the 2025 season with a 33-26 overall record and earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament, the seventh tournament trip in program history and the first at-large berth since 1974. The Bearcats were the No. 3 seed in the Knoxville Regional and won their opening game against No. 2 seed Wake Forest, 11-6.
Cincinnati reached the 30-win plateau for the second straight season, the first time the program had won at least 30 games in consecutive seasons since doing it three straight years from 1999-2001. UC also captured six ranked wins, the most in a season in school history.
Krepline helped coach a pair of All-Big 12 pitchers in Nathan Taylor and Kellen O’Connor. Taylor, who earned his second straight all-conference nod, was 7-2 with a 3.93 ERA in 87.0 innings pitched. O’Connor, in his first year with the program, totaled 70.2 innings pitched and logged 60 strikeouts.
UC broke the single-season school record for strikeouts in 2025, racking up 496 K’s. Taylor accounted for 91 strikeouts, the first Bearcat pitcher with at least 90 strikeouts in a season since 1999.
Krepline came to Cincinnati following a successful stint as the head coach at Lawrence University. From 2019-24, he earned two Midwest Conference Coach of the Year awards and held Lawrence to two conference titles (2022 and 2024).
In 2024, Krepline's squad posted a 31-11 record, the most wins in a season in school history, and four of his student-athletes earned All-America recognitions. Outfielder Jacob Charon was named the league's player of the year and pitcher Quinn Berglin was named the pitcher of the year.
His 2022 team also won the Midwest Conference and took the conference tournament crown as well, earning the school's first trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament since 1979. He earned D3Basebal and ABCA Region 9 Coach of the Year accolades that season.
Overall, Krepline coached 21 all-conference players and had 12 all-region selections during his time at Lawrence.
Krepline, who also had a stint as an assistant coach at Lawrence in 2013 and 2014, was an assistant coach at St. Norbert college from 2015-18. During that time, he coached six All-Midwest Conference and four All-Central Region pitchers. St. Norbert also won three Midwest Conference North Division titles, a Midwest Conference championship and played in the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament.
His previous experience also includes coaching the Green Bay Rockets of the Northwoods League and a stint at Reedsville High School from 2011-13.
Krepline is a 2009 graduate of Carthage College, where he earned his bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science. He received a master's degree in applied exercise science from Concordia University in 2015.
He was a pitcher at Carthage, helping lead his team to the finals of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship in 2007. A two-sport star, Krepline was also a wide receiver on the football team and won a CCIW Championship in 2004.
Krepline played professional baseball for two years with stints on the Lake County Fielders, Macon Pinetoppers, Saskatchewan Silver Sox and Rockford River Hawks.
Krepline and his wife, Bri, have two sons, Boe and Crewe, and a daughter, Sadie.
UC ended the 2025 season with a 33-26 overall record and earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament, the seventh tournament trip in program history and the first at-large berth since 1974. The Bearcats were the No. 3 seed in the Knoxville Regional and won their opening game against No. 2 seed Wake Forest, 11-6.
Cincinnati reached the 30-win plateau for the second straight season, the first time the program had won at least 30 games in consecutive seasons since doing it three straight years from 1999-2001. UC also captured six ranked wins, the most in a season in school history.
Krepline helped coach a pair of All-Big 12 pitchers in Nathan Taylor and Kellen O’Connor. Taylor, who earned his second straight all-conference nod, was 7-2 with a 3.93 ERA in 87.0 innings pitched. O’Connor, in his first year with the program, totaled 70.2 innings pitched and logged 60 strikeouts.
UC broke the single-season school record for strikeouts in 2025, racking up 496 K’s. Taylor accounted for 91 strikeouts, the first Bearcat pitcher with at least 90 strikeouts in a season since 1999.
Krepline came to Cincinnati following a successful stint as the head coach at Lawrence University. From 2019-24, he earned two Midwest Conference Coach of the Year awards and held Lawrence to two conference titles (2022 and 2024).
In 2024, Krepline's squad posted a 31-11 record, the most wins in a season in school history, and four of his student-athletes earned All-America recognitions. Outfielder Jacob Charon was named the league's player of the year and pitcher Quinn Berglin was named the pitcher of the year.
His 2022 team also won the Midwest Conference and took the conference tournament crown as well, earning the school's first trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament since 1979. He earned D3Basebal and ABCA Region 9 Coach of the Year accolades that season.
Overall, Krepline coached 21 all-conference players and had 12 all-region selections during his time at Lawrence.
Krepline, who also had a stint as an assistant coach at Lawrence in 2013 and 2014, was an assistant coach at St. Norbert college from 2015-18. During that time, he coached six All-Midwest Conference and four All-Central Region pitchers. St. Norbert also won three Midwest Conference North Division titles, a Midwest Conference championship and played in the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament.
His previous experience also includes coaching the Green Bay Rockets of the Northwoods League and a stint at Reedsville High School from 2011-13.
Krepline is a 2009 graduate of Carthage College, where he earned his bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science. He received a master's degree in applied exercise science from Concordia University in 2015.
He was a pitcher at Carthage, helping lead his team to the finals of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship in 2007. A two-sport star, Krepline was also a wide receiver on the football team and won a CCIW Championship in 2004.
Krepline played professional baseball for two years with stints on the Lake County Fielders, Macon Pinetoppers, Saskatchewan Silver Sox and Rockford River Hawks.
Krepline and his wife, Bri, have two sons, Boe and Crewe, and a daughter, Sadie.