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Eric Newman
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUC San Diego
ConferenceBig West
Record309–162
Biographical details
Born (1972-08-27) August 27, 1972 (age 52)
Lake Forest, Illinois
Playing career
1992–1993Fresno State
1994Texas Tech
1995Idaho Falls Braves
1995–1996Clinton LumberKings
1997Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
1998Mobile BayBears
1999West Tenn Diamond Jaxx
2000Iowa Cubs
2001Acereros de Monclova
2001–2002Sonoma County Crushers
2001El Paso Diablos
2002Vero Beach Dodgers
2002Solano Steelheads
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2004Dallas Baptist (AHC/P)
2005–2007Dallas Baptist
2008–2011Nebraska (P)
2012–presentUC San Diego
Head coaching record
Overall404–234
TournamentsBig West: 0–0
NCAA DI: 0–0
NCAA DII: 18–13
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 3× CCAA (2012, 2018, 2019)
  • 2× CCAA Tournament (2017, 2018)
Awards
  • 2× CCAA Coach of the Year (2012, 2019)

Eric Christian Newman (born August 27, 1972) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher. He is the head baseball coach of the UC San Diego Tritons. Newman played college baseball at Fresno State before transferring to Texas Tech in 1994 and in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) for seven seasons from 1995 to 2002. He then served as the head coach of the Dallas Baptist Patriots (2005–2007)

Coaching career

Newman began to coach following the conclusion of his playing career. He joined the Dallas Baptist Patriots, under head coach Mike Bard as the team's pitching coach. During Newman's second season with the team, the ascended to NCAA Division I. In the fall of 2004, Newman was elevated to head coach of the Patriots. Newman lead the Patriots to a 95–72 record in his three years as head coach.[1] On July 2, 2007, Newman was named the pitching coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.[2] On August 17, 2011, Newman was named the pitching coach at Cal State Northridge.[3] Just 12 days later, Newman was named the head baseball coach of the UC San Diego Tritons.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Dallas Baptist Patriots (Independent) (2005–2007)
2005 Dallas Baptist 32–23
2006 Dallas Baptist 33–23
2007 Dallas Baptist 30–26
Dallas Baptist: 95–72
UC San Diego Tritons (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (2012–2020)
2012 UC San Diego 33–24 26–14 T-1st NCAA West Regional
2013 UC San Diego 26–24 20–20 T-6th
2014 UC San Diego 38–16 26–10 3rd NCAA West Regional
2015 UC San Diego 36–21 27–13 T-2nd NCAA West Regional
2016 UC San Diego 31–21 20–17 2nd (South) CCAA Tournament
2017 UC San Diego 44–19 24–13 2nd (South) College World Series runner-up
2018 UC San Diego 43–17 30–14 T-1st College World Series
2019 UC San Diego 41–16 30–10 1st College World Series
2020 UC San Diego 17–4 12–4 Season canceled due to COVID-19
UC San Diego Tritons (Big West Conference) (2021–present)
2021 UC San Diego 0–0 0–0
UC San Diego: 188–146 104–82
Total: 404–234

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

References

  1. ^ "Heefner Named Head Coach of DBU Patriot Baseball". www.dbupatriots.com. Dallas Baptist University. July 5, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "Newman named Husker pitching coach". www.nebraska.rivals.com. Yahoo!. July 2, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Matadors Hire Eric Newman as Pitching Coach". www.gomatadors.com. CSUN Athletics. August 17, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
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