THE TULO FILE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Full Name: Troy Trever Tulowitzki
Born: Oct. 10, 1984
Hometown: Santa Clara, Calif.
Education: Long Beach State, 2006 (B.S. Kinesology)
Wife: Danyll
Children: Taz (Son), Taylee (Daughter)

COACHING EXPERIENCE

2020-22: Assistant Coach, Texas
2024: Dir. of Player Development, Texas
2025-Pres.: Assistant Coach, Texas

PLAYING EXPERIENCE

2003-05: Long Beach State
2006-15: Colorado Rockies
2015-17: Toronto Blue Jays
2019: New York Yankees

PLAYING HONORS

2003: All-Big West, Second Team
2003: Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
2004: All-Big West, First Team
2004: CollegeBaseballInsider.com All-American, Honorable Mention
2005: All-Big West, First Team
2005: Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American, Third Team
2006: Rockies MiLB Player of the Year
2010: National League All-Star
2010: Gold Glove Award
2010: Silver Slugger Award
2011: MLB All-Star
2011: Gold Glove Award
2011: Silver Slugger Award
2012: MLB All-Star
2013: MLB All-Star
2013: Long Beach State Hall of Fame
2014: MLB All-Star
2015: MLB All-Star
2025: Colorado Sports Hall of Fame

Thirteen-year MLB veteran Troy Tulowitzki begins his sixth campaign on staff at Texas, including his fifth as an assistant coach. The five-time MLB All-Star is the Longhorns’ hitting and infield coach.

Tulowitzki first joined the Texas staff as an assistant coach from 2020-22 before serving as the director of player development for the 2024 season.

With the two-time Gold Glove Award winner and two-time Silver Slugger Award winner in the dugout, the Longhorns have advanced to the postseason each year and played in the College World Series twice.

Tulowitzki’s dedication to player development has produced 30 conference honorees, 16 MLB Draft selections and six All-Americans, highlighted by Golden Spikes Award winner Ivan Melendez and fellow second-round picks Max Belyeu and Jared Thomas.

Rewriting the Record Books

During Tulowitzki’s four full seasons — excluding the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign — in Austin, Texas has notched the four highest home run totals in school history.

In 2022, the Longhorns smashed the program-record with 128 home runs, surpassing the 2010 squad that hit 81 homers. Texas tallied 112 home runs in 2024, 91 blasts in 2023 and 85 round-trippers in 2025.

Under Tulowitzki’s watch, the 2022 Longhorns also slugged .550 to break the previous school-record of .508 set in 1974. Defensively, Texas posted a .985 fielding percentage for the first-time ever and finished with a program-low 37 errors.

During that historic season, Melendez became the first Longhorn to win the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award and swept the national player of the year accolades.

Melendez hit a program-record 32 home runs, surpassing Kyle Russell’s Texas-record 28 homers in 2007 and Kris Bryant’s BBCOR era mark of 31 blasts in 2013. Tulowitzki’s star pupil batted .387 and led the country with 94 RBI and an .863 slugging percentage.

Behind the most prolific power-hitting team in school history, the Longhorns reached the College World Series for the second consecutive campaign, logging a 47-22 ledger.

In Tulowitzki’s first complete season in 2021, Texas returned to Omaha and came just one game shy of the CWS Finals.

With Tulowitzki’s guidance, the Longhorns put together their best offensive campaign in at least a decade. Texas mounted its highest team batting average (.275) and most home runs (68) since the 2010 season. The 2021 club’s 126 doubles were the school’s highest mark in 13 years, while the 92 stolen bases were the most since 2005.

The Longhorns also boasted one of the best defenses in all of Division I baseball, compiling a .980 fielding percentage to rank 10^th nationally. Tulowitzki’s mentee and shortstop Trey Faltine paced the Big 12 with 203 assists and 40 double plays turned.

After multiple record-setting campaigns with Tulowitzki on The Forty Acres, newly appointed head coach Jim Schlossnagle retained the longtime big leaguer as part of his staff ahead of the 2025 season.

Tulowitzki’s blueprint helped the Longhorns quickly navigate their maiden voyage in the Southeastern Conference, registering their best record in 15 years with a 44-14 mark. Texas became the first team to win the SEC in its inaugural campaign since the league’s first season in 1933.

The Longhorns, who were tabbed eighth in the conference’s preseason poll, won the league by two games. Texas’ 22-8 ledger in SEC action marked its best record in conference play since 2010.

Behind one of the country’s top pitching staff and a potent offense, the Longhorns were named the No. 2 national seed and hosted the NCAA Austion Regional.

At the forefront of its offensive approach, Texas worked lengthy at-bats, leading the country in pitches per plate appearance (4.08).

Tulowitzki tutored Buster Posey Award finalist Rylan Galvan. Galvan smacked the most home runs (15) by a Longhorn catcher since Chris Abbe in 1992. The junior paced the club in runs (54), homers, total bases (114), walks (47), on-base percentage (.452), slugging (.613) and OPS (1.065).

U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!

Tulowitzki has also coached with USA Baseball, working with both the Collegiate National Team and the 13U/14U Athlete Development Program.

As a part of his tenure with USA Baseball, he coached seven major leaguers, headlined by Dylan Crews, Paul Skenes and Kyle Teel

In 2021, Tulowitzki garnered 2021 USA Baseball Volunteer Coach of the Year honors.

One of the All-Time Greats

Across his 13-year MLB career, Tulowitzki earned five All-Star selections and a pair of both Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Awards.

Among shortstops all-time, Tulowitzki ranks second in fielding percentage (.9846), seventh in slugging (.495) and OPS (.856), and eighth in home runs (225) and on-base percentage (.361).

He totaled a .290 average, 1,391 hits, 264 doubles and 780 RBI.

After making his Major League debut and finishing second in the NL Rookie of the Year voting in 2006, Tulowitzki guided the Colorado Rockies to the 2007 National League Championship Series and the franchise’s first World Series appearance. That season, he led all shortstop in fielding percentage (.987), putouts (262), total chances (834),

In 2010, Tulowitzki was named to his first All-Star team, recording the fifth-most votes for National League MVP and collecting both the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Awards. He received all three prestigious honors again in 2011 and landed eighth in MVP voting.

Tulowitzki was chosen as an All-Star for the fifth and final time in 2015, ending the season in Toronto after being traded to the Blue Jays in July. He helped steer Toronto to the American League Championship Series, falling just shy of the World Series.

The Santa Clara, Calif., native spent the next two seasons with the Blue Jays before wrapping up his playing career with the New York Yankees in 2019.

Tulowitzki was on the ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2025. He was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame that same year.

Road to The Show & Background

Tulowitzki was chosen with the seventh overall pick of the 2005 MLB Draft out of Long Beach State.

A two-time All-American and three-time All-Conference player, Tulowitzki batted .310 with 20 homers and 117 RBI over his three-year collegiate career.

Following his sophomore campaign, he played for the USA Collegiate National Team, winning the Gold Medal at the FISU World University Championships.

Tulowitzki is a member of the 2013 Long Beach State Hall of Fame class.

He married his wife, Danyll, in 2009. The couple has a son, Taz, and a daughter, Taylee.