David Scott Serrano (born June 28, 1964) is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher.
The Volunteers went 97–36 and made their first trip to Omaha in 44 years in 1995, when they were twice routed by Fullerton's third national championship team.
He left after the Titans' fourth national championship to become head coach at UC Irvine, where he compiled a 114–66–1 (.633) record over three seasons and took the Anteaters to their first College World Series appearance in 2007.
[4] Serrano was announced as the Tennessee Volunteers baseball head coach on June 15, 2011, replacing Todd Raleigh.
[9] On June 24, 2019, Serrano was named the head coach for the Cal State Northridge Matadors.
On July 10, 2023, Serrano came out of retirement and took over the reigns as head coach at Johnson University in Knoxville, Tennessee.
[11] Taking over a program that was 5-44 (4-26 in the AAC Conference) the previous season, Serrano turned things around quickly.
He led the Royals to an impressive 24-21 overall mark which included winning the last 6 consecutive games to earn a post-season bid for the first time in school history.