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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Record | 11–9 (4–4 Big 12 Conference) |
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Home stadium | Larry H. Miller Field |
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No. 8 Oklahoma † | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | 34 | – | 18 | .654 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Oklahoma State | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | 36 | – | 16 | .692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Texas | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | 35 | – | 20 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | 33 | – | 20 | .623 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | 31 | – | 23 | .574 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 31 | – | 22 | .585 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 29 | – | 21 | .580 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | 33 | – | 18 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | 31 | – | 19 | .620 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | 31 | – | 24 | .564 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | 22 | – | 31 | .415 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | 26 | – | 28 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | 21 | – | 31 | .404 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 18, 2024 [3] Rankings from D1baseball |
The 2024 BYU Cougars baseball team represents Brigham Young University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. Trent Pratt continues as the new head coach of the BYU Cougars baseball team after taking over the interim duties in 2022. [4]
The Cougars are competing as members of the Big 12 Conference for 2024, their first in the conference. [5] The Cougars were picked to finish 12th in 2024.
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Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings. *Big 12 Conference games |
BYU has three main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah, the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley, and for the fourth consecutive season Utah Tech (formerly Dixie State).
BYU Baseball will once again broadcast as part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network. BYU Radio 107.9 KUMT will serve as the flagship station. However, due to basketball and conference conflicts select games (Ohio State- Feb. 17, Cal- Feb. 21, West Virginia Game 2- Mar. 8, Texas Tech- Mar. 21 and Texas- Apr. 6) will only be available at byuradio.org and on the BYU Radio App. Jason Shepherd and Greg Wrubell return for most radio broadcasts. However due to basketball conflicts (Wrubell- men's and Shepherd- women's) Dave McCann joins the team for the first 11 road games. Steve Klauke takes care of the Texas Tech road series.
Gary Sheide is a former American football quarterback for Brigham Young University. He was the first quarterback to come out of LaVell Edwards's BYU "quarterback factory."
Dave McCann is an evening anchor for KSL-TV in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is also the studio host for BYUtv's True Blue, co-host for the Countdown to Kickoff Pregame Show and the Postgame Show, and is the lead play-by-play announcer for BYUtv's college football and men's basketball. McCann occasionally calls women's college basketball with Kristen Kozlowski and college baseball games with Gary Sheide for BYUtv.
The 2013 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood was in his 1st season as head coach of the Cougars. BYU's baseball team came off a 2012 season in which they were 22–27. The Cougars played their home games at Larry H. Miller Field, part of the Miller Park Baseball/ Softball Complex. Picked to finish sixth in the WCC, BYU stunned most people and finished in a 3-way tie for second place. The Cougars won the #3 seed in the WCC Tournament where they knocked out #1-seed Gonzaga. BYU lost twice to eventual tournament champion San Diego to finish the season 32–21.
The 2015 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted in his 3rd season as head coach of the Cougars. For the second consecutive year BYU was picked to finish sixth in the WCC Pre-season rankings. After using three stadiums last season, the Cougars played all of their home games at Larry H. Miller Field. The Cougars surpassed expectations in the 2015 season. BYU won 7 of their 9 conference series, claimed the 3-seed in the WCC Tournament, and lost 0 home series for the season. The Cougars went 0–2 in the WCC Tournament, losing both games in the ninth inning, to finish the season 28–25, 16–11 in conference play.
The 2016 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted in his fourth season as head coach of the Cougars. BYU was picked to finish fifth in the WCC Pre-season rankings. The Cougars would claim a co-regular season title before falling in the WCC Tournament.
The 2016 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represented BYU during the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cougars were coached for a 22nd consecutive season by Jennifer Rockwood, who was co-coach in 1995 and became the solo head coach in 1996. Before 1995 BYU women's soccer competed as a club team and not as a member of the NCAA. The Cougars entered the 2016 season having won four consecutive West Coast Conference championships and having made the NCAA Tournament each of the last four seasons and in 17 of the 21 seasons that Rockwood has been the head coach. The Cougars came off of a season were they advanced to the second round of the College Cup before being defeated by Stanford to finish the season 16–3–2. The Cougars split the WCC regular season title with Pepperdine and advanced to the third round of the NCAA College Cup before falling to South Carolina 1–0.
The 2017 BYU Cougars baseball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acts in his fifth season as head coach of the Cougars. BYU was picked to finish fourth in the WCC Pre-season rankings. The Cougars would overcome all expectations and claim a tri-team championship in the regular season. Afterwards the Cougars would win the West Coast Conference tournament for the first time in their history, claiming the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the Cougars first tournament berth since 2002. The Cougars were placed in the Stanford Regional where they would go 1–2. The Cougars finished the season 38–21.
The 2017 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represented BYU during the 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cougars were coached for a 23rd consecutive season by Jennifer Rockwood, who was co-coach in 1995 and became the solo head coach in 1996. Before 1995 BYU women's soccer competed as a club team and not as a member of the NCAA. The Cougars entered the 2017 season having won five consecutive West Coast Conference championships and having made the NCAA Tournament each of the last five seasons and in 18 of the 22 seasons that Rockwood has been the head coach. Joining Rockwood as assistant coaches are Brent Anderson and Aleisha Rose with volunteer assistants Rachel Jorgensen and McKinzie Young. The Cougars came off of a season were they advanced to the third round of the College Cup before being defeated by South Carolina to finish the season 18–3–1. The Cougars were picked to finish second by the WCC media. After a slow start the Cougars finished the season with their first losing record since 2004 at 7–8–4 and failed to make the NCAA Playoffs for the first time since 2011. They finished the conference tied for fourth at 4–4–1.
The 2018 BYU Cougars baseball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acts in his sixth season as head coach of the Cougars. The Cougars overcame all expectations in 2017 and claimed a tri-team championship in the regular season. Afterwards the Cougars won the West Coast Conference tournament for the first time in their history, claiming the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the Cougars first tournament berth since 2002. The Cougars were placed in the Stanford Regional where they would go 1–2. The Cougars finished the season 38–21. For 2018 BYU was picked to finish first in the WCC Pre-season rankings.
Greg Wrubell is a sports broadcaster based out of Cedar Hills, Utah. He is a commentator for college sports, including football, men's basketball, baseball, and women's soccer for Brigham Young University's (BYU) Sports Network and was the television voice for Utah Royals FC matches on KMYU their first season. He is also the Director of Broadcast Media at BYU.
The 2019 BYU Cougars baseball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acts in his seventh season as head coach of the Cougars. After being picked to finish first in the conference in 2018, BYU suffered through a season with many injuries on both sides of play. The end result was a 22–28 season with BYU finishing tied with Pacific at 11–17 for ninth place in conference play. The result led Littlewood to clean house in the off-season, and BYU enters 2019 with 20 new players on the roster: 17 newcomers and 3 returning missionaries. The Cougars were picked to finish sixth in the WCC Pre-season poll.
The 2019 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represents BYU during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cougars are coached for a 25th consecutive season by Jennifer Rockwood, who was co-coach in 1995 and became the solo head coach in 1996. Before 1995 BYU women's soccer competed as a club team and not as a member of the NCAA. Overall the Cougars have made the NCAA tournament in 19 of the 24 seasons that Rockwood has been the head coach. Joining Rockwood as assistant coaches are Brent Anderson and Steve Magleby with volunteer assistants Rachel Jorgensen and McKinzie Young. The Cougars came off of a season where they were first in the WCC and went 13–5–1, 8–1–0 in the WCC. The Cougars were picked to finish as co-champs by the WCC media.
The 2021 BYU Cougars softball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2021 NCAA Division I softball season. Gordon Eakin enters the year as head coach of the Cougars for a 19th consecutive season. 2021 is the eighth season for the Cougars as members of the WCC in softball. The Cougars entered 2021 having won their last 11 conference championships, though they never made it to conference play in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2021 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted as head coach of the Cougars for a ninth consecutive season. The Cougars were picked to finish fourth in the WCC Pre-season poll. The Cougars entered the season after having watched the WCC cancel the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a cost containment measure, the WCC cut the 2021 baseball tournament, so the regular season champion will got the conferences auto-bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Cougars went 23–27 overall, 15–12 in conference, and finished fourth in the standings.
The 2021–22 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Mark Pope's third season as BYU's head coach and the Cougars eleventh season as members of the West Coast Conference (WCC). The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24-11, 9-6 in WCC Play to finish in 5th place. They defeated Loyola Marymount in the Second Round of the WCC tournament before losing in the Third Round to San Francisco. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Long Beach State and Northern Iowa to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Washington State.
The 2022 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood began the season as acting head coach of the Cougars for a tenth consecutive season. However, on April 11 Littlewood announced he was stepping away from BYU Baseball due to personal reasons that were undisclosed. Assistant coach Trent Pratt was named acting head coaching for the remainder of the season.
The 2023 BYU Cougars baseball team represents Brigham Young University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. Trent Pratt acts as the new head coach of the BYU Cougars baseball team after taking over the interim duties last season.
The 2023 BYU Cougars softball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. Gordon Eakin enters the year as head coach of the Cougars for a 21st consecutive season. 2023 is the tenth and final season for the Cougars as members of the WCC in softball as they'll join the Big 12 Conference for the 2024 season. The Cougars enter 2023 having won their last 13 conference championships and having been picked as the favorites to win the 2023 WCC title.
The 2023 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represents Brigham Young University during the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cougars are coached for a 29th consecutive season by Jennifer Rockwood, who was co-coach in 1995 and became the solo head coach in 1996. Before 1995 BYU women's soccer competed as a club team and not as a member of the NCAA. Overall the Cougars have made the NCAA tournament in 23 of the 28 seasons that Rockwood has been the head coach. Joining Rockwood are newly promoted Associate Head Coach Brent Anderson and as assistant coaches Steve Magleby and Tasha Bell. Volunteer assistants Rachel Jorgensen and Madie Gates also return.
The 2024 BYU Cougars softball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. Gordon Eakin enters the year as head coach of the Cougars for the 22nd consecutive season. 2024 is the first season that sees the Cougars as members of the Big 12 Conference. BYU enter 2024 having won 13 of the last 14 conference championships but being picked to finish 7th in their new conference.