Eric Christian Newman (born August 27, 1972) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher. He is the head baseball coach of the UC San Diego Tritons. Newman played college baseball at Fresno State before transferring to Texas Tech in 1994 and in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) for seven seasons from 1995 to 2002. He then served as the head coach of the Dallas Baptist Patriots (2005–2007). He is the older brother of Andy Newman.

Coaching career

Newman began to coach following the conclusion of his playing career. He joined the Dallas Baptist Patriots, under head coach Mike Bard as the team's pitching coach. During Newman's second season with the team, the ascended to NCAA Division I. In the fall of 2004, Newman was elevated to head coach of the Patriots. Newman lead the Patriots to a 95–72 record in his three years as head coach.[1] On July 2, 2007, Newman was named the pitching coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.[2] On August 17, 2011, Newman was named the pitching coach at Cal State Northridge.[3] Just 12 days later, Newman was named the head baseball coach of the UC San Diego Tritons.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Dallas Baptist Patriots (Independent) (2005–2007)
2005 Dallas Baptist 32–23
2006 Dallas Baptist 33–23
2007 Dallas Baptist 30–26
Dallas Baptist: 95–72
UC San Diego Tritons (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (2012–2020)
2012 UC San Diego 33–24 26–14 T-1st NCAA West Regional
2013 UC San Diego 26–24 20–20 T-6th
2014 UC San Diego 38–16 26–10 3rd NCAA West Regional
2015 UC San Diego 36–21 27–13 T-2nd NCAA West Regional
2016 UC San Diego 31–21 20–17 2nd (South) CCAA Tournament
2017 UC San Diego 44–19 24–13 2nd (South) College World Series runner-up
2018 UC San Diego 43–17 30–14 T-1st College World Series
2019 UC San Diego 41–16 30–10 1st College World Series
2020 UC San Diego 17–4 12–4 Season canceled due to COVID-19
UC San Diego: 215–115
UC San Diego Tritons (Big West Conference) (2021–present)
2021 UC San Diego 24–28 21–19 T-4th
2022 UC San Diego 24–32 13–17 8th
2023 UC San Diego 34-18 21-9 1st
2024 UC San Diego 30-23 17-13 5th
UC San Diego: 421–263 72–58
Total: 516–335

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

References

  1. ^ "Heefner Named Head Coach of DBU Patriot Baseball". www.dbupatriots.com. Dallas Baptist University. July 5, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "Newman named Husker pitching coach". www.nebraska.rivals.com. Yahoo!. July 2, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Matadors Hire Eric Newman as Pitching Coach". www.gomatadors.com. CSUN Athletics. August 17, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
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