Arkansas State baseball head coach Mike Silva announced the addition of veteran coach Cody Livingston to the Red Wolves’ staff on July 3, 2024. Livingston serves as the pitching coach for Arkansas State.
In his second season on Silva's staff, Livingston helped guide Arkansas State to a 29-24 overall record and the program's first winning season since 2017. The Red Wolves earned victories over nationally ranked Arkansas, Coastal Carolina and Southern Miss, including a series win over a top-10 Southern Miss squad to open Sun Belt Conference play. A-State spent part of the season nationally ranked, recorded the most wins over top-10 opponents in a single season in program history and generated record-setting fan support, highlighted by a school-record 4,771 fans attending the Southern Miss series.
Under Livingston's direction, Arkansas State continued to develop into one of the Sun Belt Conference's top pitching staffs in 2026. The Red Wolves ranked second in the league in ERA (4.21) and shutouts (6), while limiting opponents to a .249 batting average and helping power the program to its highest win total since 2019. The season was highlighted by Ckyler Tengler's historic performance against Little Rock on May 5, when he threw a nine-inning complete-game no-hitter to record Arkansas State's seventh no-hitter and first since 2005. Tengler struck out nine batters on just 93 pitches and earned College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Week, Perfect Game Co-Pitcher of the Week and Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week honors following the performance. The Red Wolves' pitching staff also played a pivotal role in A-State recording a program-record three victories over top-10 opponents during the season.
In his first season on Silva's staff in 2025, Livingston helped guide Arkansas State to one of the most improved pitching performances in the Sun Belt Conference. The Red Wolves posted 26 victories, their most since 2019, and returned to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament for the first time since 2021 after being picked last in the league’s preseason poll. A-State finished the regular season with its best Sun Belt winning percentage since 2014, earned the No. 8 seed in the conference tournament and improved its NCAA RPI by 74 spots.
In 2025, Arkansas State ranked among the top three teams in the Sun Belt in several key pitching and defensive categories, including ERA (4.44), shutouts (4), walks allowed per nine innings (3.79), hits allowed per nine innings (8.49), WHIP (1.36) and double plays (44). The Red Wolves also defeated multiple nationally ranked opponents and won their most conference series since 2017.
Livingston came to Arkansas State after spending three seasons working with pitchers at Nicholls, playing a significant role during the Colonels’ conference championship runs in 2023 and 2024. Under his leadership, the Nicholls pitching staff ranked inside the top 100 nationally in most statistical categories during the 2024 season.
The Colonels ranked fifth nationally in shutouts (6), 55th in hits allowed per nine innings (8.99), 70th in WHIP (1.49), 78th in strikeouts per nine innings (9.0) and 74th in earned run average (5.23). Livingston also produced six all-conference selections and one Southland Conference Freshman of the Year during his time in Thibodaux.
“I am extremely honored to be a part of the Arkansas State family. I am grateful to Mike Silva for trusting me with this incredible opportunity,” Livingston said. “I am excited to be back in the state of Arkansas and I look forward to getting started working with our staff and players to help further the success of Arkansas State baseball.”
After four years as a pitcher at Southern Miss, Livingston joined the Little Rock coaching staff as an assistant in 2018. The Trojans earned their first postseason victory in eight years during his first season and won 29 games while finishing second in the Sun Belt one year later.
He became an assistant at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in 2020, coaching five All-MACCC selections and one All-NJCAA selection over two seasons with the program.
“I am excited to welcome Cody and his wife, Kelsea, to our family,” Silva said. “He has been with me from day one at Nicholls, playing an important role in building the program. I know he will do an outstanding job developing our pitchers and I can’t wait to continue coaching with him in the future!”
