Andy Lopez

Andy Lopez
Sport(s)	Baseball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	University of Arizona
Conference	Pacific-12 Conference
Record	355–229–1 (.608)
Biographical details
Born	November 30, 1953 (1953-11-30) Los Angeles, California
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1988 1989–1994 1995–2001 2002–present	Cal State Dominguez Hills Pepperdine University University of Florida University of Arizona
Head coaching record
Overall	1,042–647–7 (.616)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships West Coast Conference (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993) NCAA National Championship (1992) Southeastern Conference (1996, 1998)
Awards CCAA Coach of the Year (1985, 1986, 1987) WCC Coach of the Year (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993) National Coach of the Year (1992, 1996) SEC Coach of the Year (1996)

Andy Lopez (born November 30, 1953) is an American college baseball coach. He is currently the head baseball coach at the University of Arizona, and he has previously served as the head baseball coach at California State University Dominguez Hills, Pepperdine University and the University of Florida. Lopez has compiled an overal win-loss record of 1,042–647–7 record in twenty-eight seasons as a head coach.

He is one of only ten active coaches to have won a national championship, as well as one of only three coaches to lead three different programs to the College World Series. His teams have appeared in the postseason sixteen out of twenty-eight seasons. He has earned National Coach of the Year honors two times, and Conference Coach of the Year honors eight times.

He began his coaching career at Cal State Dominguez Hills in 1983. The team won CCAA championships, and became a Division II national championship contender. From 1986 to 1987, his teams won back to back CCAA championships, and later won the D-II College World Series. In six seasons as the head coach, he compiled a 168-152-2(.525) record.

In 1989, he was hired as the head baseball coach at Pepperdine. In six seasons, he compiled a 241-107-3(.691) record. In only his first season, he went 41-19-1, and ultimately won four consecutive post-season tournaments. In 1992, his team won the only National Championship in school history. The 3-2 victory over Cal-State Fullerton earned him consensus National Coach of the Year honors.

During his seven seasons at the University of Florida, he compiled a 278-159-1(.636) record. He won two Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships, five NCAA Tournament appearances, and two College World series appearances. While at UF, he coached major leaguers David Eckstein, Mark Ellis, Brad Wilkerson, David Ross, Ryan Shealy and Josh Fogg. He also averaged an impressive 40 wins per season, including a school record 50 games in 1996. Lopez, however, was controversial with some University of Florida faithful for not recruiting local players and for not extending scholarships to players that he did not recruit to the program. Eventually, Lopez suffered declining success as evidenced by the 35-27 record in 2001, his last year at the University of Florida, and was let go by University of Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley.

In ten seasons as the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats baseball team at the University of Arizona, he has returned the Wildcats to national prominence. Lopez has had four top-10 recruiting classes, the Wildcats have qualified for the NCAA tournament seven times, and he has compiled a win-loss record of 355–229–1 (.608), including 130–119 in Pac-10 conference play.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Pepperdine Waves (West Coast Conference) (1989–1994)
1989	Pepperdine	41–19–1	20–4	1st	NCAA Regional
1990	Pepperdine	37–23	24–12	2nd
1991	Pepperdine	41–17–1	25–10	1st	NCAA Regional
1992	Pepperdine	48–11–1	23–4	1st	College World Series Champions
1993	Pepperdine	41–17	24–6	1st	NCAA Regional
1994	Pepperdine	33–20	20–10	2nd
Pepperdine:		241–107–3	136–46
Florida Gators (Southeastern Conference) (1995–2001)
1995	Florida	32–24	12–14	T–2nd (East)
1996	Florida	50–18	20–10	1st (East)	College World Series
1997	Florida	40–24	17–13	T–1st (East)	NCAA Regional
1998	Florida	46–18	21–8	1st (East)	College World Series
1999	Florida	31–25	13–17	T–2nd (East)
2000	Florida	44–23–1	18–11–1	2nd (East)	NCAA Regional
2001	Florida	35–27	16–14	4th (East)	NCAA Regional
Florida:		278–159–1	117–87–1
Arizona Wildcats (Pac-10 Conference) (2002–present)
2002	Arizona	31–24	9–15	T–7th
2003	Arizona	35–23	13–11	4th	NCAA Regional
2004	Arizona	36–27–1	12–12	5th	College World Series
2005	Arizona	39–21	17–7	2nd	NCAA Regional
2006	Arizona	27–28	12–12	4th
2007	Arizona	42–17	15–9	2nd	NCAA Regional
2008	Arizona	42–19	12–12	T–4th	NCAA Super Regional
2009	Arizona	30–25	13–14	T–5th
2010	Arizona	34–24	12–15	T–7th	NCAA Regional
2011	Arizona	39–21	15–12	4th	NCAA Regional
Arizona:		355–229–1	130–119
Total:		874–495–5
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

See also

• Arizona Wildcats
• Florida Gators
• History of the University of Florida
• Pepperdine Waves
• UCLA Bruins

External links

• Arizona profile
• Andy Lopez Brighter Day Foundation