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Ryan Brittle joined the Ferrum staff as head baseball coach in the summer of 2013. In his first season at the helm of the program, he led the Panthers to the 2014 USA South regular season title and was named Coach of the Year. Brittle then led Ferrum to the USA South regular season title in 2016, and was again named Coach of the Year.

Prior to being named head coach at Ferrum, Brittle served as assistant baseball coach four years at Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma. He was the assistant head coach at Rogers State, lead infield instructor and third base coach for the Hillcat baseball program, which was ranked in the NAIA Top 25 all four years Brittle was with the program.

Prior to Rogers State, Brittle was assistant baseball coach and recruiting coordinator for seven years at Radford University, and assistant baseball coach two years at Virginia Tech.

Brittle attended Ferrum two years before completing his bachelor's degree at Virginia Tech, where he played two seasons for the Hokies. He was a member of the 1997 Virginia Tech team that went to the NCAA Division I Regionals. As a player at Ferrum, he was part of the 1996 Panther baseball team that competed in the NCAA Division III Regionals.

Brittle earned his bachelor's degree in forestry from Virginia Tech in 2000, and his master's degree in education from East Central (Okla.) University in 2011. Brittle is married to Rebecca Lynn Cooper Brittle from Stafford, Virginia. The Brittles have three children; Cooper Analynn, Ryland Coleman and Dylan Leclare.