David Yamane

Bio

David Yamane joined the Santa Barbara City College staff in February 2025, shortly after the start of the 2024-2025 season. His impact was immediate, helping turn the worst start in a decade for SBCC Baseball into a third straight Western State North Conference Championship. This championship marked the third different conference championship for Coach Yamane (he also led teams to conference titles in the South Coast Conference and Orange Empire Conference).

At SBCC, Coach Yamane’s primary responsibility is the development of the mental performance program. His experience developing the “mental game” includes working with the likes of NCAA Division I baseball programs Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State University, and UCLA. He has also worked with USA National Team members and MLB World Series champions. Outside of baseball, Coach Yamane has worked with male and female athletes in a myriad of sports including softball, football, soccer, tennis, volleyball, and surfing.

Prior to SBCC, Coach Yamane split the past 22 seasons at the NCAA Division I and California Community College levels. Stops included Long Beach State University, Siena College, West LA College, Long Beach City College, LA Harbor College and Santa Ana College.

Coach Yamane had two stints as Associate Head Coach at Los Angeles Harbor College. His first stint at LAHC ended with their best conference finish since 2007. That season, Coach Yamane oversaw an offense that averaged just under six runs a game while also leading the conference in batting average, stolen bases, and fewest strikeouts. Upon his return to LAHC, Coach Yamane shifted his focus to infield and team defense, mental performance, and academic development. In 2023, LAHC received the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award. This national award is given to team with a 3.00+ team GPA. The team received the national award for the first time in school history. This helped with the transfer process as every student-athlete who received their AA degree were given offers to play at 4-year schools. LAHC repeated this academic feat in during 2024 and 2025 seasons, resulting in their receipt of the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award.                                                                                                  

After helping Coach Alvillar return to LAHC, Coach Yamane went to NCAA Division I  program, Siena College. He helped guide the Saints to a pair of 20-win campaigns in his first two seasons with the program. During this time, he developed three All-MAAC hitters including junior shortstop Marcos Campos who was selected in the 29^th Round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the San Francisco Giants. He followed that up the next season with an offense which featured four All-MAAC hitters highlighted by a program record-tying three First Team selections. On defense, Coach Yamane developed a team defense that would finish with the two highest fielding percentages in school history and feature three MLB draft picks during his last two seasons at Siena College, one being called up to the MLB in 2022.

Prior to his initial stint with the Seahawks, Coach Yamane spent five seasons at Long Beach State University as the Director of Baseball Operations. While part of the Dirtbags staff, the team had their first NCAA Regional appearance since 2007. They were runner-up in the Gainesville Regional in 2014. During his five season stint with the Dirtbags, he would watch several players be drafted in the MLB and/or play for team USA including Matt Duffy (2014 MLB World Series Champion), Garrett Hampson (Team USA/Colorado Rockies), and Darren McCaughan (Team USA/Seattle Mariners).

Coach Yamane also coached five seasons at Long Beach City College where he was responsible for recruiting, offensive development, outfielders, and catchers. He assisted in helping the Vikings win the South Coast Conference Championship while also finishing third in the California Community College Super-Regionals in 2009. Two of his hitters would rank #1 and #2 on the LBCC All-Time Homerun list when he departed.

Prior to LBCC, Coach Yamane spent two seasons at Santa Ana College where he assisted with hitters and outfielders. In both seasons, the Dons tallied back-to-back California Super Regional runner-up finishes and won the Orange Empire Conference Championship in 2005. He assisted in coaching players who would play in both the MLB and NCAA Division I World Series, including Kris Medlen who won the MLB World Series with the Kansas City Royals.

Coach Yamane completed his Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication at the University of Washington. He received his Master of Science in Kinesiology with a focus in Sport Psychology from Cal State Fullerton.