Bellarmine Knights baseball

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Bellarmine Knights
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Founded1952 (1952)
Conference history Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1952–1964)
Great Lakes Valley Conference (1980–2020)
Overall record1,444–1,418–10
University Bellarmine University
Head coach Ben Reel (1st season)
Conference ASUN
Location Louisville, Kentucky
Home stadium Knights Field
Nickname Knights
ColorsScarlet 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.

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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]

Stadiums

Knights Field

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]

Head coaches

Year(s)CoachSeasonsW–L–TPct
1952Luke Foppiano10–6.000
1953–1954Ed Weber215–7.682
1955–1957Paulie Miller324–14–1.628
1958–1959Gene Kenny218–12–1.597
1960–1965 Alex Groza 633–59.359
1966Pat Holland16–5.375
1967–1970Jim Connor470–64.522
1971–1974John Deatrick4106–57.650
1975–1976Lou Snipp252–56.481
1977–1981Al Burke5151–106–3.587
1982–1985Jack Rose493–79–1.540
1986–1991Kevin Kocks6135–151–3.472
1992–1997Steve Kaufman6130–130.500
1998–2000Tom Malone363–96–1.397
2001–2004Scott Wiegandt465–121.349
2005–2011Deron Spink7211–184.534
2012–2013 Matt Tyner 260–46.566
2014–2022 Larry Owens 9212–225.485
2023–2024 Chris Dominguez 223–87.209
2025–presentBen Reel10–0
Totals19731,467–1,505–10.494

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Player awards

Great Lakes Valley Conference award winners

ASUN Conference award winners

Matt Higgins (2022)

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References

  1. Bellarmine Athletic Branding Draft (PDF). August 12, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  2. "CRAWFORD | Bellarmine set to announce move to NCAA Division I in athletics". 17 June 2019.
  3. "Knights Field (Baseball)". www.athletics.bellarmine.edu. Bellarmine University Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  4. "2020 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.athletics.bellarmine.edu. Bellarmine University Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2020.