The Jacksonville Dolphins baseball team represents Jacksonville University, which is located in Jacksonville, Florida. The Dolphins are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. They began competing in Division I in 1969 and joined the Atlantic Sun Conference in 1999 after 20 years in the Sun Belt Conference.
The Jacksonville Dolphins play all home games on-campus at John Sessions Stadium. Since their promotion to Division I in 1969, the Dolphins have played in 14 NCAA tournaments, advancing as far as the regional final in 1976. Over their 20 seasons in the Sun Belt Conference, they won two conference regular season titles and one conference tournament. Over their 21 seasons in the Atlantic Sun Conference (formerly the Trans America Athletic Conference), they have won two conference regular season titles and four conference tournaments.
Since the program's inception in 1957, 12 Dolphins have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, highlighted by three-time All-Star Daniel Murphy.
Jacksonville in the NCAA Tournament 1972 0–2 District 3 1976 2–2 South Regional 1989 1–2 South Regional 1991 0–2 East Regional 1994 2–2 Atlantic II Regional 1995 0–2 East Regional 1999 1–2 Tallahassee Regional 2001 1–2 Tallahassee Regional 2003 0–2 Tallahassee Regional 2006 1–2 Athens Regional 2007 0–2 Chapel Hill Regional 2009 1–2 Gainesville Regional 2011 1–2 Gainesville Regional 2018 1–2 Gainesville Regional 2021 0–2 Columbia Regional 11–30
Head coaches + Name Years Won Lost Tied Pct.Bob Daughton1957–1965611202Charlie Mathews196617120Barry Myers1967–1973189883Jack Lamabe1974–19781571370Tom Bradley1979–19904302921Terry Alexander1991–20137306282Tim Montez2014–201680850Chris Hayes2017–Present2211980
Year-by-year record
Jacksonville Dolphins Hall of Fame Jacksonville has 16 members in their Hall of Fame Gus Bell SS/OF/C 1967–1970 Tom Bradley Coach 1979–1990 Ernie Carr 2B 1985–1988 Guy Ezzell OF/1B/3B/P 1969–1972 Bill Jackson P 1958–1961 Rich Katz 3B 1971–1974 Jack Lamabe Coach 1974–1978 Gene Mendes P 1969–1970 Tom McMillan SS 1970–1973 Daniel Murphy 2B 2004–2006 Chad Oliva OF 1999–2002 Al 'Rocky' Rausch 3B/SS 1974–1977 Paul Runge 3B/2B 1977–1979 Rick Shannon 3B 1970–1973 Roger Strickland P/OF 1961–1963 Terry Alexander Coach 1991–2013
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