The Utah Utes baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The program's first season was in 1892, and it was a member of the NCAA Division I Pac-12 Conference from the start of the 2012 season until the conference's collapse after the 2024 season. The Utes joined the Big 12 Conference in 2025.
Through the 2025 season, the Utes' home venue was Smith's Ballpark, located in downtown Salt Lake City. With the ballpark's main tenant, the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees, opening the new Daybreak Field in nearby South Jordan in 2025, combined with the planned redevelopment of the Smith's Ballpark site, the university constructed the new on-campus America First Ballpark, which now hosts the Utes as of 2026.
Gary Henderson is the team's head coach, beginning with the 2022 season. The program has appeared in 5 NCAA tournaments. It has won 1 conference tournament championship and 4 regular season conference titles. As of the start of the 2021 Major League Baseball season, 17 former Utes have appeared in Major League Baseball.
Year by year record Season Coach Record Notes Overall Conference Western Athletic Conference 1963 Pres Summerhayes 15–14 4–4 1964 14–16 6–4WAC Northern Division Champions 1965 21–16 7–5WAC Northern Division Champions 1966 19–20 5–7 1967 19–14 3–7 1968 19–13 4–5 1969 20–22 7–11 1970 20–18 3–10 1971 17–24 7–11 1972 21–28 4–14 1973 11–20 7–11 1974 Tom Kilgore 18–25 11–7 1975 17–28 6–12 1976 15–26 8–9 1977 17–28 6–12 1978 8–27 6–12 1979 7–36 2–15 1980 Mike Weathers 17–19 5–12 1981 23–20 15–9 1982 Lonnie Keeter 17–31 12–12 1983 15–18 7–15 1984 23–25 13–11 1985 29–21 12–11 1986 9–32 3–21 1987 16–34 8–16 1988 Rick Sofield 10–32 8–17 1989 17–32 10–18 1990 19–33 10–16 1991 23–30 11–12 1992 20–34 11–15 1993 31–19 14–9 1994 22–32 9–15 1995 Steve Gillespie 15–39 7–21 1996 Bill Kinneberg 30–22 15–15 1997 Tim Esmay 36–21–1 22–8 WAC Northern Division Champions 1998 23–31 12–18673-900-1 Mountain West Conference 1999 Tim Esmay 22–30 8–20 2000 26–30 15–15 2001 27–29 14–16 2002 33–26 16–14 2003 24–32 10–20 2004 22–36 11–19 2005 Bill Kinneberg 19–36 10–20 2006 28–28 9–13 2007 24–31 12–12 2008 26–31 10–14 2009 28–31 8–16NCAA Regional 2010 23–28 10–13 2011 29–21 16–7331-389 Pac-12 Conference 2012 Bill Kinneberg 14–42 7–23 2013 21–31 7–23 2014 16–36 4–26 2015 16–36–1 7–22–1 2016 25–27 19–11 Pac-12 ChampionsNCAA Regional2017 27–24 15–152018 16–39 8–222019 16–33 6–242020 6–7 0–0 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.2021 17–33 7–23 2022 Gary Henderson 26-27-1 10-20 2023 1-4 201-335-1Total1205-1628-2
Conference membership 1939–1962: Mountain States Conference 1963–1999: Western Athletic Conference 2000–2011: Mountain West Conference 2012–2024: Pac-12 Conference 2025-present: Big 12 Conference
Utah in the NCAA tournament 1951College World Series Defeated Tennessee, 7–1Lost to Southern California 2–8Defeated Texas A&M15–8Lost to Tennessee 4–5Third Place
1959District 7 playoffs Lost to Colorado State College 8–17Defeated Colorado State College 13–8Lost to Colorado State College 8–12
1960District 7 playoffs Defeated Colorado State College 24–3Lost to Colorado State College 2–3Lost to Colorado State College 2–6
2009Fullerton, CA Regional Lost to Cal State Fullerton 2–18Defeated Georgia Southern 11–10 Defeated Gonzaga 9–7Lost to Cal State Fullerton 3–16
2016Oxford, MS Regional Defeated Ole Miss 6–510Lost to Boston College 3–4 Lost to Tulane 1–4
Individual awards
All Americans
1951 James Cleverly, 2B
1959 Archie Skeen, C
1981 Phil Strom, DH
1997 Casey Child, OF
2001 Chris Shelton, SS
2006 Ryan Khoury, SS
2010 C. J. Cron, DH
2011 C. J. Cron, 1B
Conference awards
Mountain West Player of the Year Chris Shelton – 2001 Mitch Maio – 2002 Ryan Khoury – 2006 C. J. Cron – 2010, 2011
Mountain West Freshman of the Year Mike Westfall, 2001 C. J. Cron, 2009
Current and former major league players
Billy Cowan Stephen Fife Randy Gomez John Noriega Bill Parsons Chris Shelton Steve Springer George Theodore C. J. Cron Oliver Dunn Source: Baseball Reference
See also List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
References
External links Official website