Bellarmine Knights | |
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2024 Bellarmine Knights baseball team | |
Founded | 1952 |
Conference history | Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1952–1964) Great Lakes Valley Conference (1980–2020) |
Overall record | 1,444–1,418–10 |
University | Bellarmine University |
Head coach | Chris Dominguez (2nd season) |
Conference | ASUN West Division |
Location | Louisville, Kentucky |
Home stadium | Knights Field |
Nickname | Knights |
Colors | Scarlet and silver [1] |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
DII: 1973, 1979, 1980, 1989, 2008, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
DII: 1980, 1989, 2013, 2019 |
The Bellarmine Knights baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the ASUN Conference.
The Knights began their transition to Division I status after many years in NCAA Division II, announcing a deal to join Division I in 2019. [2]
Knights Field is a baseball stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the home stadium of the Bellarmine University Knights college baseball team since 1954. [3]
Year(s) | Coach | Seasons | W–L–T | Pct |
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1952 | Luke Foppiano | 1 | 0–6 | .000 |
1953–1954 | Ed Weber | 2 | 15–7 | .682 |
1955–1957 | Paulie Miller | 3 | 24–14–1 | .628 |
1958–1959 | Gene Kenny | 2 | 18–12–1 | .597 |
1960–1965 | Alex Groza | 6 | 33–59 | .359 |
1966 | Pat Holland | 1 | 6–5 | .375 |
1967–1970 | Jim Connor | 4 | 70–64 | .522 |
1971–1974 | John Deatrick | 4 | 106–57 | .650 |
1975–1976 | Lou Snipp | 2 | 52–56 | .481 |
1977–1981 | Al Burke | 5 | 151–106–3 | .587 |
1982–1985 | Jack Rose | 4 | 93–79–1 | .540 |
1986–1991 | Kevin Kocks | 6 | 135–151–3 | .472 |
1992–1997 | Steve Kaufman | 6 | 130–130 | .500 |
1998–2000 | Tom Malone | 3 | 63–96–1 | .397 |
2001–2004 | Scott Wiegandt | 4 | 65–121 | .349 |
2005–2011 | Deron Spink | 7 | 211–184 | .534 |
2012–2013 | Matt Tyner | 2 | 60–46 | .566 |
2014–2022 | Larry Owens | 9 | 212–225 | .485 |
2023–present | Chris Dominguez | 1 | 13–42 | .236 |
Totals | 19 | 72 | 1,457–1,460–10 | .499 |
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