The Oakland Golden Grizzlies baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Oakland University. The team is a member of the Horizon League, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Oakland University Baseball Field in Rochester Hills, Michigan.
Oakland won the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) league championship in 1978.
Head coaches 1970–1971 Gene Bolden 2 22–34 1972 John Scovill 1 14–18 1973–1974 Bill Pfaff 2 38–28 1975 Dick Robinson 1 27–15 1976–1980 Dirk Dieters 5 126–102–2 1987 Rob Righter 1 4–28 1988–1993 Paul Chapoton 6 135–123 1994–1998 Steve Lyon 5 113–101–1 1999–2005 Mark Avery 7 129–241–1 2006–2007 Dylan Putnam 2 40–72 2008–2016 John Musachio 9 169–294 2017–2019 Colin Kaline / Jacke Healey 3 43–109 2020 Colin Kaline 1 2–10 2021–2024 Jordon Banfield 4 109–114 2025-PresentBrian Nelson10-0 ---
Jacke Healey and Colin Kaline were named co-head coaches of the Oakland program on July 12, 2016. Healey was relieved of his duties as co-head coach in June, 2019. Kaline continued as the team's head coach. The team was coached solely be Kaline until his resignation in March 2020 for health reasons. On May 29, 2020, Jordon Banfield was named the programs new head coach. On July 12, 2024, Banfield resigned from Oakland to accept the Head Coach position at Cal-State Bakersfield. Brian Nelson was promoted and named the Interim Head Baseball Coach on July 17, 2024 for the 2025 Season.
Major League Baseball Oakland has had 19 Major League Baseball draft selections since the draft began in 1965. Don Kirkwood one of the only 2 OU players to have played in Major League Baseball. He played for the California Angels, Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays from 1974 to 1978. The other is Mike Brosseau of the Tampa Bay Rays although he went undrafted he made his way to the pros in though the Rays farm system. Golden Grizzlies in the Major League Baseball Draft Year Player Round Team 1977 7 Baltimore Orioles 1978 32 St. Louis Cardinals 1987 31 Kansas City Royals 1997 7 Toronto Blue Jays 2000 12 Seattle Mariners 2001 21 Atlanta Braves 2002 20 Seattle Mariners 2002 11 Seattle Mariners 2003 22 Anaheim Angels 2004 40 Cincinnati Reds 2004 27 Detroit Tigers 2004 17 Baltimore Orioles 2005 9 Toronto Blue Jays 2007 25 Houston Astros 2009 34 Washington Nationals 2012 21 Miami Marlins 2014 39 Cleveland Indians 2014 27 Cincinnati Reds 2024 19 New York Yankees
See also List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
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