Dave Nakama

Dave Nakama
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team San Jose State
Conference Mountain West Conference
Record 36–79
Biographical details
Born August 9, 1962
Honolulu, Hawaii
Playing career
1981–1984 Willamette
Position(s) IF
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1986
1987–1988
1988–1990
1990–1991
1992–1996
1997–1998
1999–2001
2002–2009
2010–2012
2013–Present		 Northern Colorado (asst.)
Iowa (asst.)
Yavapai CC (asst.)
De Anza CC (asst.)
Mission CC
Stanford (asst.)
San Francisco State
Stanford (asst.)
Washington (asst.)
San Jose State
Head coaching record
Overall 91–188
Tournaments MWC: 1-2
WAC: 0-3

David "Dave" Nakama (born August 9, 1962) in an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the San Jose State Spartans baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2013 season.[1][2][3][4][5]

Nakama played as an infielder at Willamette, then made assistant coaching stops at Northern Colorado, Iowa, Yavapai and De Anza. He earned his first head coaching position at Mission College, where he remained for five seasons. After a brief two seasons as an assistant at Stanford, he served as head coach for three seasons at San Francisco State. Nakama returned to the Pac-12 as top assistant at Stanford, before moving to Washington. In September of 2012, Nakama was named head coach at San Jose State, his first Division I head coaching job.[1][2]

Head coaching record

The following lists Nakama's record as an NCAA head baseball coach.

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
San Francisco State (California Collegiate Athletic Association – Division II) (1999–2001)
1999 San Francisco State 24-31 14-23 10th
2000 San Francisco State 15-41 10-29 T-9th
2001 San Francisco State 16-37 11-25 10th
San Francisco State: 55-109 35-75
San Jose State (Western Athletic Conference) (2013–2013)
2013 San Jose State 17–41 11–16 8th WAC Tournament[lower-alpha 1]
San Jose State: 17–41 11–16
San Jose State (Mountain West Conference) (2014–present)
2014 San Jose State 19-38 10-20 T-6th MWC Tournament[lower-alpha 2]
San Jose State: 36-79 21-36
Total: 91–188

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. ↑ 8 of the WAC's 10 teams qualified for the tournament in 2013.
  2. ↑ All of the MWC's 7 teams qualified for the tournament in 2014.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dave Nakama". San Jose State Spartans. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dave Nakama Biography". Washington Huskies. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  3. ↑ "San Jose State hirs Dave Nakama as baseball coach". San Jose Mercury News. September 5, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  4. ↑ John Manuel (September 6, 2012). "San Jose State Hires Dave Nakama". Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hawaii's Dave Nakama named San Jose State baseball coach". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. September 5, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2013.