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Tayler Sheriff just finished his second season with Cincinnati in 2025. He was promoted to serve as the team's pitching coach in August 2024 after spending the previous season as the director of pitching development.
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.
Sheriff mentored 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.
During his first season with the Bearcats in 2024, the team posted a 32-25 overall record and a 17-13 mark in conference play, the program’s first 30-win season since 2019. UC finished the regular season in fifth place in the Big 12 after being picked to finish in last in the preseason coaches poll.
The Bearcats claimed six series wins in conference play including series vs. TCU, West Virginia, and UCF, and also posted an 18-8 record at home.
Working with the pitching staff, Sheriff helped mentor freshman right-hander Nathan Taylor to an All-Big 12 campaign. Taylor was named to the league’s all-freshman team and was an honorable mention all-conference selection.
In addition to Taylor, Sheriff helped two-way player Christian Mitchelle to a Second-Team All-Big 12 accolade. Mitchelle appeared in 22 games on the mound and totaled six saves, while throwing 39.1 innings for the Bearcats.
Cincinnati also saw its team ERA drop by nearly a full run in 2024 from the previous season, and it posted its lowest single-season ERA since 2019.
Sheriff came to UC from Western Illinois where he served as interim head coach of the baseball program for the 2023 season. He was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator during the 2022 season, which was his first with the program.
In his first season, the Leathernecks saw an improvement in overall wins, Summit League victories and conference finish. Western Illinois also had improvements in nearly every major statistical category.
Prior to joining Western Illinois, Sheriff spent three years working for the baseball program at Spalding University as a pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. He oversaw three pitchers who were named All-SLIAC in 2019.
In 2017-18, Sheriff contributed as a volunteer assistant coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Prior to that, he worked nearby at Penn State - New Kensington as an assistant coach.
Since 2014, Sheriff has spent his summer days functioning as a general manager and head coach for Paul Carpenter Capital Advisors AAABA Baseball in his home state of Pennsylvania. He started his coaching career in 2015 with United High School in Armagh, Pa.
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.
Sheriff mentored 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.
During his first season with the Bearcats in 2024, the team posted a 32-25 overall record and a 17-13 mark in conference play, the program’s first 30-win season since 2019. UC finished the regular season in fifth place in the Big 12 after being picked to finish in last in the preseason coaches poll.
The Bearcats claimed six series wins in conference play including series vs. TCU, West Virginia, and UCF, and also posted an 18-8 record at home.
Working with the pitching staff, Sheriff helped mentor freshman right-hander Nathan Taylor to an All-Big 12 campaign. Taylor was named to the league’s all-freshman team and was an honorable mention all-conference selection.
In addition to Taylor, Sheriff helped two-way player Christian Mitchelle to a Second-Team All-Big 12 accolade. Mitchelle appeared in 22 games on the mound and totaled six saves, while throwing 39.1 innings for the Bearcats.
Cincinnati also saw its team ERA drop by nearly a full run in 2024 from the previous season, and it posted its lowest single-season ERA since 2019.
Sheriff came to UC from Western Illinois where he served as interim head coach of the baseball program for the 2023 season. He was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator during the 2022 season, which was his first with the program.
In his first season, the Leathernecks saw an improvement in overall wins, Summit League victories and conference finish. Western Illinois also had improvements in nearly every major statistical category.
Prior to joining Western Illinois, Sheriff spent three years working for the baseball program at Spalding University as a pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. He oversaw three pitchers who were named All-SLIAC in 2019.
In 2017-18, Sheriff contributed as a volunteer assistant coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Prior to that, he worked nearby at Penn State - New Kensington as an assistant coach.
Since 2014, Sheriff has spent his summer days functioning as a general manager and head coach for Paul Carpenter Capital Advisors AAABA Baseball in his home state of Pennsylvania. He started his coaching career in 2015 with United High School in Armagh, Pa.