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
edit| National Champions | College World Series berth | NCAA tournament berth | Conference Tournament champions | Conference/Division Regular season Champions |
| Season | Head Coach | Conference | Season results | Tournament results | Final poll[A 1] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason[A 2] | CB | ||||||||||||
| Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Finish | ||||||||
| UCF Knights | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Doug Holmquist | Independent | 16 | 15 | 1 | .516 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1974 | 21 | 16 | 0 | .568 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1975 | 29 | 10 | 0 | .744 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1976 | Jack Sexton | 19 | 23 | 0 | .452 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1977 | 24 | 18 | 0 | .571 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1978 | Bill Moon | Sunshine State Conference | 22 | 24 | 0 | .478 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .200 | — | |||||
| 1979 | 27 | 16 | 0 | .628 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .667 | — | |||||||
| 1980 | 25 | 23 | 0 | .521 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | — | |||||||
| 1981 | 31 | 23 | 3 | .570 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .267 | — | |||||||
| 1982 | 19 | 24 | 3 | .446 | 6 | 15 | 0 | .286 | — | |||||||
| 1983 | Jay Bergman | 28 | 27 | 1 | .509 | 11 | 10 | 0 | .524 | — | ||||||
| 1984 | 34 | 29 | 1 | .539 | 9 | 19 | 0 | .321 | — | |||||||
| 1985 | Independent | 52 | 34 | 1 | .603 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | 46 | 13 | 0 | .780 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1987 | 33 | 27 | 0 | .550 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1988 | 40 | 20 | 0 | .667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1989 | 42 | 22 | 0 | .656 | — | — | — | — | — | — | East Regional | |||||
| 1990 | 40 | 20 | 0 | .667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1991 | American South Conference | 41 | 21 | 0 | .661 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | — | ||||||
| 1992 | Sun Belt Conference | 35 | 23 | 0 | .603 | 9 | 11 | 0 | .450 | — | ||||||
| 1993 | TransAmerica Athletic Conference | 31 | 31 | 0 | .500 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 1st | East Regional | |||||
| 1994 | 29 | 26 | 0 | .527 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | — | |||||||
| 1995 | 49 | 13 | 0 | .790 | 23 | 7 | 0 | .767 | 1st | Atlantic Regional | ||||||
| 1996 | 43 | 22 | 0 | .662 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 1st | East Regional | ||||||
| 1997 | 40 | 24 | 0 | .625 | 7 | 10 | 0 | .412 | 1st | East Regional | ||||||
| 1998 | 41 | 21 | 0 | .661 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | — | |||||||
| 1999 | 38 | 21 | 0 | .644 | 19 | 11 | 0 | .633 | — | |||||||
| 2000 | 43 | 19 | 0 | .694 | 22 | 5 | 0 | .815 | 1st | Tallahassee Regional | ||||||
| 2001 | 51 | 14 | 0 | .785 | 22 | 5 | 0 | .815 | 1st | 1st | Columbia Regional | |||||
| 2002 | Atlantic Sun Conference | 41 | 22 | 0 | .651 | 23 | 7 | 0 | .767 | 1st | 1st | Tallahassee Regional | ||||
| 2003 | 31 | 25 | 0 | .554 | 14 | 16 | 0 | .467 | — | |||||||
| 2004 | 47 | 18 | 0 | .723 | 24 | 6 | 0 | .800 | 1st | Tallahassee Regional | ||||||
| 2005 | 42 | 18 | 0 | .700 | 19 | 11 | 0 | .633 | — | |||||||
| 2006 | Conference USA | 23 | 33 | 0 | .411 | 5 | 19 | 0 | .208 | — | ||||||
| 2007 | 27 | 32 | 0 | .458 | 7 | 17 | 0 | .292 | — | |||||||
| 2008 | Bergman/Craig Cozart† | 31 | 27 | 0 | .534 | 8 | 16 | 0 | .333 | — | ||||||
| 2009 | Terry Rooney | 22 | 35 | 0 | .386 | 9 | 15 | 0 | .375 | — | ||||||
| 2010 | 33 | 22 | 0 | .600 | 10 | 14 | 0 | .417 | — | |||||||
| 2011 | 39 | 23 | 0 | .629 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .500 | Tallahassee Regional | |||||||
| 2012 | 45 | 17 | 0 | .726 | 16 | 8 | 0 | .667 | Coral Gables Regional | |||||||
| 2013 | 29 | 30 | 0 | .492 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .542 | — | |||||||
| 2014 | American Athletic Conference | 36 | 23 | 0 | .610 | 17 | 7 | 0 | .708 | — | ||||||
| 2015 | 31 | 27 | 0 | .534 | 10 | 14 | 0 | .417 | — | |||||||
| 2016 | 26 | 33 | 0 | .441 | 8 | 16 | 0 | .333 | — | |||||||
| 2017 | Greg Lovelady | 40 | 22 | 0 | .645 | 15 | 9 | 0 | .625 | 1st | Tallahassee Regional | |||||
| 2018 | 35 | 21 | 0 | .625 | 13 | 10 | 0 | .565 | — | |||||||
| 2019 | 36 | 22 | 0 | .621 | 11 | 13 | 0 | .458 | — | |||||||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||||||
| Total | 1587 | 1045 | 10 | (Regular season games only) | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 24 | 0 | (Tournament games only) | |||||||||||||
| 1603 | 1069 | 10 | (All games) | |||||||||||||
| † Denotes interim coach | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ Collegiate Baseball began team rankings in 1959.
- ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship began in 1947.
Sources:[4]
References
edit- ^ "UCF Official Athletic Site - Facilities - John Euliano Park". Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "UCF Knights Media Guide" (PDF). ucfknights.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
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