List of UCF Knights baseball seasons
This is a list of UCF Knights baseball seasons. The UCF Knights baseball team competes in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and are a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The Knights play their home games at John Euliano Park, which is located on the main campus of UCF in Orlando, Florida.[1]
From 1963 to 1978, the University of Central Florida (UCF) was known as Florida Technological University (FTU). The University of Central Florida first fielded a varsity baseball team in fall 1970 under Jack Pantelias.[2] Known as the FTU Goldsox, they played in the Amateur Baseball League of Central Florida until the team joined the NCAA for the 1973 season under head coach Doug Holmquist.[3] The Knights ascended to Division I in 1985 under Jay Bergman.[2]
Since its first NCAA season in 1973, the Knights have won seven conference championships and appeared in the NCAA Tournament twelve times.[2]
Season results
| National Champions | College World Series berth | NCAA Tournament berth | Conference Tournament Champions | Conference/Division Regular Season Champions |
| Season | Conference | Head Coach | Season results | Tournament results | Final poll[A 1] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Finish | Conference | Postseason[A 2] | CB | |||||||||
| UCF Knights | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Independent | Doug Holmquist | 16 | 15 | 1 | .516 | — | |||||||||
| 1974 | Independent | 21 | 16 | 0 | .568 | — | ||||||||||
| 1975 | Independent | 29 | 10 | 0 | .744 | — | ||||||||||
| 1976 | Independent | Jack Sexton | 19 | 23 | 0 | .452 | — | |||||||||
| 1977 | Independent | 24 | 18 | 0 | .571 | — | ||||||||||
| 1978 | Sunshine State | Bill Moon | 22 | 24 | 0 | .478 | — | |||||||||
| 1979 | Sunshine State | 27 | 16 | 0 | .628 | — | ||||||||||
| 1980 | Sunshine State | 25 | 23 | 0 | .521 | — | ||||||||||
| 1981 | Sunshine State | 31 | 23 | 3 | .570 | — | ||||||||||
| 1982 | Sunshine State | 19 | 24 | 3 | .446 | — | ||||||||||
| 1983 | Sunshine State | Jay Bergman | 28 | 27 | 1 | .509 | — | |||||||||
| 1984 | Sunshine State | 34 | 29 | 1 | .539 | — | ||||||||||
| 1985 | Independent | 52 | 34 | 1 | .603 | — | ||||||||||
| 1986 | Independent | 46 | 13 | 0 | .780 | — | ||||||||||
| 1987 | Independent | 33 | 27 | 0 | .550 | — | ||||||||||
| 1988 | Independent | 40 | 20 | 0 | .667 | — | ||||||||||
| 1989 | Independent | 42 | 22 | 0 | .656 | East Regional | ||||||||||
| 1990 | Independent | 40 | 20 | 0 | .667 | — | ||||||||||
| 1991 | American South | 41 | 21 | 0 | .661 | — | ||||||||||
| 1992 | Sun Belt | 35 | 23 | 0 | .603 | — | ||||||||||
| 1993 | TransAmerica | 31 | 31 | 0 | .500 | 1st | East Regional | |||||||||
| 1994 | TransAmerica | 29 | 26 | 0 | .527 | — | ||||||||||
| 1995 | TransAmerica | 49 | 13 | 0 | .790 | 1st | Atlantic Regional | |||||||||
| 1996 | TransAmerica | 43 | 22 | 0 | .662 | 1st | East Regional | |||||||||
| 1997 | TransAmerica | 40 | 24 | 0 | .625 | 1st | East Regional | |||||||||
| 1998 | TransAmerica | 41 | 21 | 0 | .661 | — | ||||||||||
| 1999 | TransAmerica | 38 | 21 | 0 | .644 | — | ||||||||||
| 2000 | TransAmerica | 43 | 19 | 0 | .694 | 1st | Tallahassee Regional | |||||||||
| 2001 | TransAmerica | 51 | 14 | 0 | .785 | 1st | 1st | Columbia Regional | ||||||||
| 2002 | Atlantic Sun | 41 | 22 | 0 | .651 | 1st | 1st | Tallahassee Regional | ||||||||
| 2003 | Atlantic Sun | 31 | 25 | 0 | .554 | — | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Atlantic Sun | 47 | 18 | 0 | .723 | 1st | Tallahassee Regional | |||||||||
| 2005 | Atlantic Sun | 42 | 18 | 0 | .700 | — | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Conference USA | 23 | 33 | 0 | .411 | — | ||||||||||
| 2007 | Conference USA | 27 | 32 | 0 | .458 | — | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Conference USA | Bergman / Craig Cozart† | 31 | 27 | 0 | .534 | — | |||||||||
| 2009 | Conference USA | Terry Rooney | 22 | 35 | 0 | .386 | — | |||||||||
| 2010 | Conference USA | 33 | 22 | 0 | .600 | — | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Conference USA | 39 | 23 | 0 | .629 | Tallahassee Regional | ||||||||||
| 2012 | Conference USA | 45 | 17 | 0 | .726 | Coral Gables Regional | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Conference USA | 29 | 30 | 0 | .492 | — | ||||||||||
| 2014 | The American | 36 | 23 | 0 | .610 | — | ||||||||||
| 2015 | The American | 31 | 27 | 0 | .534 | — | ||||||||||
| 2016 | The American | 26 | 33 | 0 | .441 | — | ||||||||||
| 2017 | The American | Greg Lovelady | 40 | 22 | 0 | .645 | 1st | Tallahassee Regional | ||||||||
| 20l8 | The American | 35 | 21 | 0 | .625 | — | ||||||||||
| 20l9 | The American | 36 | 22 | 0 | .621 | — | ||||||||||
| Totals | 1587 | 1045 | 10 | (Regular season games only) | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 24 | 0 | (Tournament games only) | |||||||||||||
| 1603 | 1069 | 10 | (All games) | |||||||||||||
| '† Denotes interim coach. | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ College Baseball began team rankings in 1959.
- ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
References
- ^ UCF Official Athletic Site - Facilities - John Euliano Park
- ^ a b c 2010 UCF Knights Baseball Yearbook
- ^ From 1963 to 1978 the University of Central Florida (UCF) was known as Florida Technological University (FTU).
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