This is a list of UCF Knights baseball seasons. The UCF Knights baseball team competes in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and are a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). 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. 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.[2] The Knights ascended to Division I in 1985 under Jay Bergman.
Since its first NCAA season in 1973, the Knights have won seven conference championships and appeared in the NCAA tournament twelve times.[3]
| 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | CB | ||||||||||
| Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Finish | ||||||
| UCF Knights | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Doug Holmquist | Independent | 16 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974 | 21 | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | 29 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1976 | Jack Sexton | 19 | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1977 | 24 | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | Bill Moon | Sunshine State Conference | 22 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | — | |||||
| 1979 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1980 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1981 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1982 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1983 | Jay Bergman | 28 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | — | ||||||
| 1984 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1985 | Independent | 52 | 34 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1986 | 46 | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 33 | 27 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 40 | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1989 | 42 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | East Regional | ||||
| 1990 | 40 | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | American South Conference | 41 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | — | ||||||
| 1992 | Sun Belt Conference | 35 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | — | ||||||
| 1993 | TransAmerica Athletic Conference | 31 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1st | East Regional | |||||
| 1994 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1995 | 49 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1st | Atlantic Regional | ||||||
| 1996 | 43 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1st | East Regional | ||||||
| 1997 | 40 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1st | East Regional | ||||||
| 1998 | 41 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1999 | 38 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 2000 | 43 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1st | Tallahassee Regional | ||||||
| 2001 | 51 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1st | 1st | Columbia Regional | |||||
| 2002 | Atlantic Sun Conference | 41 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1st | 1st | Tallahassee Regional | ||||
| 2003 | 31 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 2004 | 47 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1st | Tallahassee Regional | ||||||
| 2005 | 42 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 2006 | Conference USA | 23 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | — | ||||||
| 2007 | 27 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 2008 | Bergman/Craig Cozart† | 31 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | — | ||||||
| 2009 | Terry Rooney | 22 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | — | ||||||
| 2010 | 33 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 2011 | 39 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | Tallahassee Regional | |||||||
| 2012 | 45 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | Coral Gables Regional | |||||||
| 2013 | 29 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 2014 | American Athletic Conference | 36 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | — | ||||||
| 2015 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 2016 | 26 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 2017 | Greg Lovelady | 40 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1st | Tallahassee Regional | |||||
| 2018 | 35 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 2019 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 1587 | 1045 | 10 | (Regular season games only) | ||||||||||
| 16 | 24 | 0 | (Tournament games only) | |||||||||||
| 1603 | 1069 | 10 | (All games) | |||||||||||
| † Denotes interim coach | ||||||||||||||
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