Pat Shine is in his eighth year at UC Irvine and his seventh season with the UCI Baseball coaching staff. The program's associate head coach and recruiting coordinator, Shine and the staff have brought in ranked recruiting classes two consecutive years. In 2009 Collegiate Baseball ranked the incoming class 31^st in the country while the '08 crop was tabbed 22^nd in the nation.

Shine has helped the Anteaters to two post school records in doubles in 2008 and again breaking that record with 122 in 2009. In addition, the team's .317 batting average that same year, tied the highest mark posted by a team in the new era of Anteater Baseball.

Prior to joining the Anteater staff, Shine served as the head coach at Cal State L.A. in 2007, where he led the Golden Eagles to the NCAA Division II College World Series in Montgomery, Ala. The team finished third and Cal State L.A. was also the West Region champion and Shine was named American Baseball Coaches Association West Region Coach of the Year. Cal State L.A. posted a record 45 victories (45-17-1).

During his first stint at UC Irvine (2002-04), Shine was an assistant for former head coach John Savage. In 2004, the Anteaters made their first NCAA post-season appearance, traveling to the Notre Dame Regional and concluding the season with a 34-23-1 record.

In 2005 he joined Savage at UCLA, where he was the top assistant and recruiting coordinator for the Bruins. Shine's first incoming class was tabbed No. 5 by Baseball America and he helped the Bruins to an NCAA regional berth in 2006.

In 2000, he served as assistant coach at New Mexico, helping the Lobos claim the Mountain West Conference title. Prior to his year in Albuquerque, Shine spent two seasons (1998-99) as a volunteer coach at University of California, Berkeley, where he was mentored by ABCA Hall of Fame Coach, Bob Milano. Shine worked with the Bears' outfielders and serving as a hitting/baserunning coach.

Shine has spent several summers coaching in summer collegiate leagues. In 2011 he will again take over as manager of the MLB Barons of the California Collegiate Baseball League in Compton, Calif. Also in 2000, Shine served as the pitching coach/interim manager of the Brewster Whitecaps and led the club to the Cape Cod League title. From 1998-99, he was manager and pitching coach of the St. Cloud Riverbats in the Northwoods League, leading that squad to the 1998 league title and was named the league's 1999 Manager of the Year.

Shine has now worked under two ABCA Hall of Fame Coaches: Bob Milano, Cal Berkeley (1998-1999) and current head coach Mike Gillespie, UC Irvine (2008-Present).

Shine played collegiately at Whitworth College in Spokane, Wash., before transferring to Gonzaga, where he was named a team captain and led the Bulldogs to a third-place conference finish. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in speech communication with a minor in business management from Gonzaga in 1995.

Shine resides in Costa Mesa with his wife, Nicole, and daughter, Devin.