Duke Blue Devils | |
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2015 Duke Blue Devils baseball team | |
Founded | 1903 |
University | Duke University |
Conference |
ACC Coastal Division |
Location | Durham, NC |
Head coach | Chris Pollard (3rd year) |
Home stadium |
Jack Coombs Field (Capacity: 2,000) |
Nickname | Blue Devils |
Colors | Duke blue and White |
College World Series appearances | |
1952, 1953, 1961 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1961, 2016 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
Southern Conference: 1951 | |
Conference champions | |
Southern Conference: 1937, 1938, 1939, 1951, 1952, 1953 Atlantic Coast Conference: 1956, 1957, 1961 |
The Duke Blue Devils Baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of Duke University, based in Durham, North Carolina, United States. The team has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference since the conference's founding in the 1954 season. The program's home venue is Jack Coombs Field, which opened in 1931. Chris Pollard has been the head coach of the team since the 2013 season. As of the end of the 2013 season, the Blue Devils have appeared in three College World Series in three NCAA Tournaments. They have won three ACC Championships. As of the start of the 2013 Major League Baseball season, 34 former Blue Devils players have played in Major League Baseball.
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The baseball program began varsity play in 1889. The vast majority of the program's successes came under head coaches Jack Coombs and Ace Parker from 1929–1966. Coombs led the Blue Devils to five Southern Conference championships and to a fifth-place finish in the 1952 College World Series. Taking over upon Coombs' retirement after the 1952 season, Parker led Duke to the 1953 and 1961 College World Series, one Southern Conference championship, and three Atlantic Coast Conference championships. In 2016, Duke earned their first bid to the NCAA Tournament since their 1961 College World Series run ending a 55-year drought.