As coach Robert John Apodaca (/ˌɑːpoʊˈdɑːkə/; born January 31, 1950) is a former American Major League Baseball pitcher, and an assistant to Colorado Rockies General manager Jeff Bridich.

After transferring to California State University, Los Angeles (where he was the Golden Eagles' MVP as a senior), he signed with the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1971.

He spent three seasons in their farm system, going 24–11 with a 2.73 earned run average before making his major league debut as a September call-up in 1973.

Immediately after stepping off the mound for good, he was hired as a coach with the Short-Season A ball Little Falls Mets of the New York–Penn League.

Coupled with an offense that produced the league's best batting average and the second most runs scored, the Rockies reached the post season for the first time since 1995.

Rockies pitching allowed just eight runs and held the Philadelphia Phillies to a .172 batting average to sweep the 2007 National League Division Series in three games.

[10] Apodaca remained the Rockies' pitching coach until June 26, 2012, when he asked to be reassigned, and was named Special Assistant to GM Dan O'Dowd.