Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball
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Sacred Heart Pioneers | |
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2023 Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball team | |
Founded | 1966 |
University | Sacred Heart University |
Head coach | Pat Egan (1st season) |
Conference | Northeast Conference |
Location | Fairfield, Connecticut |
Home stadium | Veterans Memorial Park |
Nickname | Pioneers |
Colors |
Red
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white
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College World Series appearances | |
Div. II : 1992 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
Div. I
: 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015
Div. II : 1992 |
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Conference tournament champions | |
NEC : 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015 |
The Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut , United States. The team is a member of the Northeast Conference , which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I . Sacred Heart's first baseball team was fielded in 1966. The Pioneers are coached by Pat Egan , who lead his first season as head coach in 2023.
The program transitioned to NCAA Division I in 2000, and has appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship four times since the transition. While at the NCAA Division II level, the Pioneers reached the 1992 Division II College World Series. [2] The Pioneers have seen fifteen players selected in the Major League Baseball Draft . [3] Former head coach Nick Giaquinto , was the schools all-time winnest coach, having won 631 games in 30 seasons. [4]
Coaching history
Records not available from 1966–74 [3]
Name | Years | Seasons | W | L | T | Pct |
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Pete Di Orio | 2 | 1975–76 | 31 | 24 | 1 | .563 |
Unknown | 2 | 1977–78 | 35 | 16 | 0 | .686 |
Terry Toigo | 1 | 1979 | 17 | 8 | 1 | .673 |
Mark Karagus | 2 | 1980–81 | 35 | 16 | 1 | .683 |
Joe Reitano | 3 | 1982–84 | 51 | 39 | 1 | .566 |
Jeff Bevino | 1 | 1985 | 23 | 12 | 0 | .657 |
Mark Julius | 3 | 1986–88 | 43 | 43 | 0 | .500 |
Nick Giaquinto | 30 | 1989–2017 | 631 | 752 | 3 | .456 |
Nick Restaino | 5 | 2018–2022 | 77 | 142 | 1 | .352 |
Pat Egan | 0 | 2023– | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
See also
References
- ↑ SHU Pioneers Official Logo Art . Retrieved April 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Mike Anthony (May 27, 2015). "Sacred Heart Baseball: From 1–14 to NCAA Tournament" . Hartford Courant . Retrieved August 6, 2017 .
- 1 2 Baseball Record Book (PDF) . Sacred Heart Pioneers . Retrieved August 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Teddy Cahill (November 1, 2016). "Restaino To Succeed Giaquinto As Sacred Heart Coach Following 2017" . Baseball America . Retrieved August 6, 2017 .
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