Justin Pettigrew is in his third year as an assistant baseball coach at Southern Arkansas University, where he serves as pitching coach. Pettigrew came to the Muleriders from Arkansas Tech University where he was the pitching coach for five years (2001-2005).

A graduate of Lake Hamilton High School, Pettigrew played junior college baseball at Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City, La., and Connors State College in Warner, Okla., before transferring to ATU, where he finished his playing career in 2000.

Pettigrew received his B.S.E. in health and physical education, and his M.Ed. in physical education in 2003, both from Arkansas Tech.