Ross Trachtenberg joined the West Chester University baseball coaching staff in the 2016 season and will begin his third season. He works primarily with the hitters and catchers and will coach third base during games. Additionally, Trachtenberg assists head coach Jad Prachniak with recruiting and running the West Chester baseball camps.

In his first two seasons, he has helped West Chester win a PSAC Championship, NCAA Atlantic Regional title and a national championship.

Trachtenberg returned to the Philadelphia area, after spending one season with Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Baseball in Claremont, Calif. As the team’s lead assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, Trachtenberg helped guide the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens to a 28-win season and a berth in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Playoffs.

Prior to his season in Southern California, Trachtenberg was on the coaching staff at Neumann University in Aston, Pa., serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator and head junior varsity coach from August 2013 through December 2014. Before coaching collegiately, Trachtenberg was the head varsity coach at Friends' Central School in Wynnewood, Pa., for 10 seasons. His teams captured the league titles in 2011 and 2013. Additionally, from 2009 through 2013, Trachtenberg was on the staff of the Geneva Red Wings, which is a summer collegiate team in the New York Collegiate Baseball League. He served as the head coach for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 seasons. A total of 12 of his former Red Wing players were draft selections or free agent signees by Major League Baseball franchises. Finally, Trachtenberg has been an associate scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates since 2011. He helps to identify and evaluate the top high school and college players in Southeastern Pennsylvania. 

Trachtenberg received his undergraduate degree from Lehigh University in 2002 and his Master of Science in Sport Management degree from Drexel University in 2015.

Trachtenberg lives in King of Prussia, Pa., with his wife, Lori, and their daughter, Claire, and son, Casey.