The Bethune–Cookman Wildcats baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Bethune–Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida. Jonathan Hernandez is the team's head coach starting in the 2019 season.
History Mervyl Melendez was named the head coach at Bethune-Cookman, leading his alma mater to eleven Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championships in his twelve seasons. As coach at Bethune-Cookman, Melendez led the team two back-to-back undefeated conference seasons in 2010 and 2011. His teams also won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament every year from 2000 through 2011, with the exception of 2005. He won 379 games as coach of the Wildcats, and in 2009 became the second-youngest coach in NCAA history to win 300 games. Prior to the start of the 2012 season, Jason Beverlin was named the head coach at Bethune-Cookman. On August 14, 2018, Jonathan Hernandez was named the head coach of the Bethune–Cookman Wildcats baseball program. Following a 17–38 season in 2019, Hernandez was able to land the 59th ranked recruiting class.
Bethune-Cookman in the NCAA Tournament 1999 0–2 Coral Gables Regional 2000 0–2 Tallahassee Regional 2001 0–2 Tallahassee Regional 2002 1–2 Gainesville Regional 2003 0–2 Coral Gables Regional 2004 0–2 Tallahassee Regional 2006 0–2 Oxford Regional 2007 0–2 Tallahassee Regional 2008 0–2 Coral Gables Regional 2009 0–2 Gainesville Regional 2010 0–2 Gainesville Regional 2011 0–2 Tallahassee Regional 2017 0–2 Gainesville Regional 2025 0–2 Tallahassee Regional 1–28
Head coaches 1969–1979 John Knight 11 126–119–3 1980–1984 Don Dungee 5 102–128–1 1985, 1987, 1989–1990 Johnny Randolph 4 31–93 1986 Joe Golinski 1 8–31 1988 Don Williams 1 7–24 1991–1992 Gary France 2 14–73–1 1993–1996 Brian Rhees 4 89–96–1 1997–1999 Richard Skeel 3 75–93 2000–2012 Mervyl Melendez 13 379–320 2013–2017 Jason Beverlin 6 179–177 2018 Barrett Shaft 1 24–34 2019–present Jonathan Hernandez 6 115–136 Totals 12 coaches 57 seasons 1,149–1,324–6
See also List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
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