San Diego Toreros baseball
| San Diego Toreros | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 1958 |
| University | University of San Diego |
| Conference | WCC |
| Location | San Diego, CA |
| Head coach | Rich Hill (baseball coach Rich Hill - AKA Bucky Big Teeth) (16th year) |
| Home stadium |
Fowler Park (Capacity: 1,700) |
| Nickname | Toreros |
| Colors | Navy, White, and Toreros Blue |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2013 | |
| Conference champions | |
| 2007, 2008, 2010 WCC West Division: 2002, 2003 |
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The San Diego Toreros baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of the University of San Diego, located in San Diego, California, United States. The program has been a member of the NCAA Division I West Coast Conference since prior to the 1985 season. Beginning in 2013, its home venue will be Fowler Park, located on the University of San Diego campus. Rich Hill has been the program's head coach since prior to the 1999 season. As of the end of the 2012 season, the team has appeared in seven NCAA Tournaments, all since 2002. It has won four conference championship series, three regular season conference championships, and two regular season division championships. As of the start of the 2014 Major League Baseball season, 15 former Toreros have appeared in Major League Baseball.
The team began play in the 1958 season as an independent school in the NCAA College Division, made up of the athletic programs of small universities and colleges. The school, founded in the early 1950s, was then known as the San Diego College for Men, and its athletic programs were known as the Pioneers. Mike Morrow was the program's head coach for its first six seasons (1958–1963), and the team had an 82–64 record during his tenure. In 1961, the school's athletic programs were renamed the Toreros, for the Roman Catholic school's connections to Spain.
In 1964, John Cunningham became the program's second head coach. In 1966, the team joined its first conference, the College Division's Southern California Athletic Conference (SCAC). In four seasons in the conference (1966–1969), the team had a conference record of 25–26–1. Prior to the 1970 season, the Toreros left the SCAC to become a College Division Independent again. Also in 1970, the team began playing in a new venue, which would eventually be dedicated to John Cunningham.
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