Mike Batesole | |
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Sport(s) | College baseball |
Current position | |
Title | Head Coach |
Team | Fresno State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1996-2002 2003-Present |
Cal State Northridge Fresno State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 428-292-1 (through 2007) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1996 WAC Championship 2002 Big West Championship 2006 WAC Championship 2007 WAC Championship 2008 WAC Championship 2008 College World Series 2009 WAC Tournament Championship |
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Awards | |
1998 Collegiate Baseball National Coach of the Year 2002 Big West Coach of the Year 2008 Collegiate Baseball National Coach of the Year |
Mike Batesole is the head baseball coach at Fresno State. In 5 seasons as head coach, he has compiled a 172-134 record. He previously coached for 7 seasons at Cal State Northridge. His overall record stands at 428-292-1. In 2006 and 2007, his teams won back-to-back WAC championships in baseball. He led Fresno State to tournament appearances in 2006 and 2007, due to winning the conference tournament.
He also went to the NCAA tournament in 1996 and 2002 with Cal State Northridge. He has coached 55 professional baseball players. He went 256-158-1 at CS Northridge and has posted the second most wins in school history. In 2008, he coached Fresno State to their first College World Series appearance in seventeen years by defeating #3 Arizona State, and then defeating #6 Rice University, #2 University of North Carolina to advance to the championship, and then defeating #8 University of Georgia in the final two games in a best two-out-of-three championship series winning 19-10 in the second game, and 6-1 in the third game to win Fresno State their first NCAA Men's Championship.
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