HEAD COACH

A former West Coast League player and coach before joining the Pippins, Kyle Krustangel was tapped as the second head coach of the Pippins on Oct. 2, 2019 and after stepping aside for 2025, Kyle returned in 2026.

Krustangel coached the WCL’s Wenatchee AppleSox from 2017-2019. He was head coach at Yakima Valley College for seven years. In his first season in 2016, the Yaks won the college’s 21st NWAC baseball championship. He also was named NWAC East coach of the year, NWAC coach of the year and ABCA Regional coach of the year. Krustangel played in the WCL in 2007 for the Spokane RiverHawks, played and was an assistant coach at Whitworth University, from which he graduated. He also was head varsity baseball coach at Bridgeport High School from 2011-2014, was head coach of the Spokane Bandits AAA American Legion team from 2012-2015, and was head coach of the Yakima Pepsi Beetles in 2016.

PITCHING COACH

Ethan returns to the Pippins in his second year as a coach after four seasons as a left-handed starting pitcher. Hailing from Tacoma, WA, “Salsa” played two years at Pierce College before transferring and finishing his degree at the University of Hawaii-Hilo.

With the Pippins, Salscheider threw 125 innings with 86 Ks in 26 appearances from 2022-2025