Scott Zine enters his third season with the Mounties Baseball Program as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator.

 

Prior to arriving at Mt. SAC, Zine served one season (2016) as an assistant coach at Pomona-Pitzer College, where he worked with the infielders and also served as the teams hitting coach and recruiting coordinator.  He has also served as assistant varsity coach at Corona High School (2014-15) and as a head varsity coach at Villa Park High School (2010-13) and at Sunny Hills High School (2009-10).

 

Zine has also spent his summers coaching in collegiate development leagues with the Cowlitz Blackbears (Longview, WA) of the West Coast League (2013-15) and with the Urban Youth Academy Barons (Compton, CA) of the California Collegiate League (2010-12).

 

He is a graduate of Villa Park High School where he was an All-CIF Outfielder and a member of the schools’ first CIF Championship team in 2000.  Zine first attended Irvine Valley College earning All-Orange Empire Conference Honors and then transferred to Mt. SAC, where he earned All-South Coast Conference Honors.  He continued his education at Chapman University where he helped lead his team to the 2005 West Region Championship (NCAA D3) and a fifth place finish at the 2005 NCAA Division III College World Series.  In 2005, Zine batted .304 and earned All-West Region and All-American Honors for the Panthers.

 

Zine earned his Bachelor’s Degree in English from Chapman University and his Master’s Degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University.  He is currently an adjunt professor at Mt. SAC where he teaches in the Kinesiology Department.

 

Zine grew up In Orange (CA) and currently resides in Chino Hills.