Eric Bridgeland is a college basketball coach and the former head coach of the Whitman College Blues. Prior to that he was the interim head coach at Pepperdine University. He became the head coach of the Waves after Vance Walberg resigned due to personal reasons on January 17, 2008. He was previously an assistant coach at the school. On April 15, 2020 he was named the head coach of the University of Redlands Bulldogs.