The Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The team is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Sacred Heart's first baseball team was fielded in 1966. The Pioneers are coached by Pat Egan, who lead his first season as head coach in 2023.
The program transitioned to NCAA Division I in 2000 and has appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship four times since the transition. While at the NCAA Division II level, the Pioneers reached the 1976 and 1992 Division II College World Series. The Pioneers have seen fifteen players selected in the Major League Baseball draft. Former head coach Nick Giaquinto, was the schools all-time winnest coach, having won 631 games in 30 seasons.
NCAA Tournament history Division I Sacred Heart has participated in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament four times. 2006 Athens RegionalFirst RoundLower Round GeorgiaJacksonville L 0–11L 3–4 2011 Clemson RegionalFirst RoundLower RoundClemsonConnecticut L 1–11L 3–13 2012 Raleigh RegionalFirst RoundLower RoundNC StateUNC Wilmington L 5–16L 4–13 2015 Fort Worth RegionalFirst RoundLower RoundTCUStony Brook L 0–10L 6–11
Division II Sacred Heart participated in the NCAA Division II baseball tournament five times. 1976 College World Series First RoundSecond Round Southeast Missouri StateCal Poly Pomona L 3–4 (11)L 1–121976 New England Regional 2–21990 Northeast Regional First RoundSecond Round MerrimackNew HavenNew Haven W 10–6L 0–9W 8–7L 1–31991 Northeast Regional First RoundSecond Round UMass LowellAmerican International L 2–12L 11–121992 Northeast RegionalCollege World Series First RoundSecond RoundThird RoundCWS First RoundCWS Second Round AdelphiSpringfieldSpringfieldCal PolyWest Alabama W 2–0W 5–3W 2–1L 1–10L 6–7
Coaching history Records not available from 1966–74 Pete Di Orio 1975–1976 31–24–1 Unknown 1977–1978 35–16 Terry Toigo 1979 17–8–1 Mark Karagus 1980–1981 35–16–1 Joe Reitano 1982–1984 51–39–1 Jeff Bevino 1985 23–12 Mark Julius 1986–1988 43–43 Nick Giaquinto 1989–2017 631–752–3 Nick Restaino 2018–2022 77–142–1 Pat Egan 2023–present 63–53
See also List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
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External links Official website