List of UCF Knights baseball seasons

John Euliano Park

This is a list of UCF Knights baseball seasons. The UCF Knights baseball team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Knights play their home games at John Euliano Park, which is located on the main campus of UCF in Orlando, Florida.[1]

From 1963 to 1978, the University of Central Florida (UCF) was known as Florida Technological University (FTU). The University of Central Florida first fielded a varsity baseball team in fall 1970 under Jack Pantelias.[2] Known as the FTU Goldsox, they played in the Amateur Baseball League of Central Florida until the team joined the NCAA for the 1973 season under head coach Doug Holmquist.[3] The Knights ascended to Division I in 1985 under Jay Bergman.[2]

Since its first NCAA season in 1973, the Knights have won seven conference championships and appeared in the NCAA tournament twelve times.[2]

Season results

National Champions College World Series berth NCAA tournament berth Conference Tournament champions Conference/Division Regular season Champions
Season Head Coach Conference Season results Tournament results Final poll[A 1]
Overall Conference Conference Postseason[A 2] CB
Wins Losses Ties % Wins Losses Ties % Finish
UCF Knights
1973 Doug Holmquist Independent 16 15 1 .516 — — — — — — —
1974 21 16 0 .568 — — — — — — —
1975 29 10 0 .744 — — — — — — —
1976 Jack Sexton 19 23 0 .452 — — — — — — —
1977 24 18 0 .571 — — — — — — —
1978 Bill Moon Sunshine State Conference 22 24 0 .478 3 12 0 .200 —
1979 27 16 0 .628 10 5 0 .667 —
1980 25 23 0 .521 6 8 0 .429 —
1981 31 23 3 .570 4 11 0 .267 —
1982 19 24 3 .446 6 15 0 .286 —
1983 Jay Bergman 28 27 1 .509 11 10 0 .524 —
1984 34 29 1 .539 9 19 0 .321 —
1985 Independent 52 34 1 .603 — — — — — — —
1986 46 13 0 .780 — — — — — — —
1987 33 27 0 .550 — — — — — — —
1988 40 20 0 .667 — — — — — — —
1989 42 22 0 .656 — — — — — — East Regional
1990 40 20 0 .667 — — — — — — —
1991 American South Conference 41 21 0 .661 10 8 0 .556 —
1992 Sun Belt Conference 35 23 0 .603 9 11 0 .450 —
1993 TransAmerica Athletic Conference 31 31 0 .500 9 9 0 .500 1st East Regional
1994 29 26 0 .527 8 10 0 .444 —
1995 49 13 0 .790 23 7 0 .767 1st Atlantic Regional
1996 43 22 0 .662 9 9 0 .500 1st East Regional
1997 40 24 0 .625 7 10 0 .412 1st East Regional
1998 41 21 0 .661 12 6 0 .667 —
1999 38 21 0 .644 19 11 0 .633 —
2000 43 19 0 .694 22 5 0 .815 1st Tallahassee Regional
2001 51 14 0 .785 22 5 0 .815 1st 1st Columbia Regional
2002 Atlantic Sun Conference 41 22 0 .651 23 7 0 .767 1st 1st Tallahassee Regional
2003 31 25 0 .554 14 16 0 .467 —
2004 47 18 0 .723 24 6 0 .800 1st Tallahassee Regional
2005 42 18 0 .700 19 11 0 .633 —
2006 Conference USA 23 33 0 .411 5 19 0 .208 —
2007 27 32 0 .458 7 17 0 .292 —
2008 Bergman/Craig Cozart† 31 27 0 .534 8 16 0 .333 —
2009 Terry Rooney 22 35 0 .386 9 15 0 .375 —
2010 33 22 0 .600 10 14 0 .417 —
2011 39 23 0 .629 12 12 0 .500 Tallahassee Regional
2012 45 17 0 .726 16 8 0 .667 Coral Gables Regional
2013 29 30 0 .492 13 11 0 .542 —
2014 American Athletic Conference 36 23 0 .610 17 7 0 .708 —
2015 31 27 0 .534 10 14 0 .417 —
2016 26 33 0 .441 8 16 0 .333 —
2017 Greg Lovelady 40 22 0 .645 15 9 0 .625 1st Tallahassee Regional
2018 35 21 0 .625 13 10 0 .565 —
2019 36 22 0 .621 11 13 0 .458 —
2020 15 3 0 .833 — — — — —
2021 31 30 0 .508 18 14 0 .563 —
2022 35 25 0 .583 14 10 0 .583 —
2023 33 26 0 .559 12 12 0 .500 —
2024 Rich Wallace Big 12 Conference 37 31 0 .508 14 15 0 .563 Tallahassee Regional
2025 29 26 0 .527 9 21 0 .300
Total 1756 1177 10 (Regular season games only)
27 33 0 (Tournament games only)
1783 1210 10 (All games)
† Denotes interim coach

Notes

  1. ^ Collegiate Baseball began team rankings in 1959.
  2. ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship began in 1947.

Sources:[4]

References

  1. ^ "UCF Official Athletic Site - Facilities - John Euliano Park". Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c 2010 UCF Knights Baseball Yearbook
  3. ^ From 1963 to 1978 the University of Central Florida (UCF) was known as Florida Technological University (FTU).
  4. ^ "UCF Knights Media Guide" (PDF). ucfknights.com. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
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