Eric Newman (baseball)

Eric Newman

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	UC San Diego
Conference	Big West
Record	421–263
Biographical details
Born	(1972-08-27) August 27, 1972 Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
1992–1993	Fresno State
1994	Texas Tech
1995	Idaho Falls Braves
1995–1996	Clinton LumberKings
1997	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
1998	Mobile BayBears
1999	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx
2000	Iowa Cubs
2001	Acereros de Monclova
2001–2002	Sonoma County Crushers
2001	El Paso Diablos
2002	Vero Beach Dodgers
2002	Solano Steelheads
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2004	Dallas Baptist (AHC/P)
2005–2007	Dallas Baptist
2008–2011	Nebraska (P)
2012–present	UC San Diego
Head coaching record
Overall	516–335
Tournaments	NCAA DI: 0–0 NCAA DII: 18–13
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3× CCAA (2012, 2018, 2019) 2× CCAA Tournament (2017, 2018) Big West (2023)
Awards
2× CCAA Coach of the Year (2012, 2019) Big West Coach of the Year (2023)

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). He is the older brother of Andy Newman.

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. On July 2, 2007, Newman was named the pitching coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. On August 17, 2011, Newman was named the pitching coach at Cal State Northridge. 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:			215–115
UC San Diego Tritons (Big West Conference) (2021–present)
2021	UC San Diego	24–28	21–19	T-4th
2022	UC San Diego	24–32	13–17	8th
2023	UC San Diego	34-18	21-9	1st
2024	UC San Diego	30-23	17-13	5th
UC San Diego:		421–263	72–58
Total:		516–335
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

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• UC San Diego Tritons profile