University of West Alabama Athletics

Riesener, a native of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was at the helm of the Tigers baseball program from 1967 to 1971. Under Riesener, Tiger baseball teams compiled a 111-34 record and appeared in post season action all four seasons. Livingston won the Alabama Collegiate Conference Championship in 1968 and won NAIA District 27 Championships in 1970 and 1971. The 1970 team also won the NAIA Region 5 Championship and advanced to the NAIA World Series. In 1974, Riesener was named head baseball coach at the University of Montevallo. During his 30-year tenure with the Falcons, he compiled a 937-671 record and led Montevallo to four NAIA Southern States Conference Championships, four District 27 titles and one NAIA Southeast Independent Sectional title. He served for 10 years as the NAIA District Baseball Chair, six years as NAIA Area Baseball Chair, and six years on the NAIA BCA Executive Committee – one year as president. In 2003, Coach Riesener retired from Montevallo with a career record of 1,045-704 making him the all-time winningest collegiate baseball coach in the state of Alabama. He was a 1990 inductee into the NAIA Baseball Hall of Fame and University of Montevallo Athletic Hall of Fame. He has been nominated to the 2007 Alabama Sports Hall of Fame ballot.