Dick Howser Stadium
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| Former names | Seminole Stadium (1983–1988) Dick Howser Stadium (1988–2005) |
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| Location | Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, Florida, United States |
| Coordinates | 30°26′26″N 84°18′15″W / 30.440589°N 84.304064°WCoordinates: 30°26′26″N 84°18′15″W / 30.440589°N 84.304064°W |
| Owner | Florida State University |
| Operator | Florida State Athletics |
| Capacity | 6,700 |
| Field size | Left Field - 340 ft Center Field - 400 ft Right Field - 320 ft Right Field Fence - 315 ft |
| Surface | Natural grass |
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| Opened | March 28, 1983 |
| Construction cost | $14 million (including renovation) |
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| Florida State Seminoles baseball (NCAA) | |
Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium is a baseball venue located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, located adjacent to Doak Campbell Stadium on the campus of Florida State University. It is the home field of the Florida State Seminoles baseball team of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference. It opened in 1983 and was renovated in 2004. The two-year, $12 million renovation project expanded the seating capacity to 6,700.
In 1988, the stadium portion of the venue was named after Florida State's first baseball All-American, Dick Howser, also a former head baseball coach of the program. The stadium was originally called Seminole Stadium. In 2005, the field itself was dedicated to current Florida State head coach Mike Martin.
The stadium has played host to 33 NCAA Regional Tournaments since opening in 1983. In 2014, Dick Howser Stadium was rated as one of the top 100 best stadium experiences across all sports in the United States and Canada.
Mike Martin has been the head baseball coach for Florida State University for 37 years. Martin was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2007. Also in 2005 Mike Martin was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame. He has a record of 1898-671 he is second all time in wins and first in NCAA Division I baseball. Martin has taken FSU to 37 consecutive NCAA Regional appearances and has made 15 College World Series Appearances. Mike Martin has never had less than a 40 win season as the head coach of Florida State. Also having 24 seasons with 50 wins or more. Mike Martin has been a part of 2,187 games at Florida State including playing and coaching out of the 3,850 total baseball games played in Florida State University baseball history. Mike Martin did not start out his coaching career at Florida State or was it even baseball. He started his coaching career at a junior high school as a basketball coach, then getting the job at Tallahassee Community College as the head basketball coach. A few years later Mike Martin was reunited with his alma mater Florida State as an assistant coach under Woody Woodward in 1975. In 1979 then head coach Dick Howser took the head coaching job with the New York Yankees leaving the Florida State Baseball job vacant. In 1980 Martin would be appointed the Head coaching job for Florida State University and has not looked back since.
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