39  Rich Wallace Position: Volunteer Assistant Coach Experience: Fourth Season at UCF Alma Mater: UCF, 2004

Former UCF standout Rich Wallace will enter his fourth season as UCF's volunteer assistant coach in 2008-09. The Orlando native served as one of the Knights' base coaches last year and he has played a key role in working with the catchers. He also assists in coaching the hitters and has an active role with the UCF Baseball Camps.

Wallace was a four-year letterwinner for the Black and Gold from 2000-03 and was part of three teams that participated in the NCAA Tournament. During Wallace's career, the Knights won three Atlantic Sun regular season championships and a pair of A-Sun tournament titles.

During his career at UCF, Wallace was named a third-team all-Atlantic Sun member during his freshman season after batting .380 with five home runs and 38 RBI. Wallace was also named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball News in 2000. He left UCF as the school's all-time leader in being hit by a pitch, both in career and single-season totals.