UMass Minutemen baseball

UMass Minutemen
UMass Minutemen
Founded	1877
University	University of Massachusetts Amherst
Head coach	Matt Reynolds (7th season)
Conference	Atlantic 10
Location	Amherst, Massachusetts
Home stadium	Earl Lorden Field
Nickname	Minutemen
Colors	Maroon and white;
College World Series appearances
	1954, 1969
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1995, 1996
Conference tournament champions
	Yankee: 1952, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980; A-10: 1980, 1994, 1995, 1996

The UMass Minutemen baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.^[2] The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Massachusetts' first baseball team was fielded in 1877. The team plays its home games at Earl Lorden Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Minutemen are coached by Matt Reynolds.

Coaching history

Tenure	Coach	Seasons	Record	Pct.
1877–1903 1905–1907	No Coach	35	89–138–1	.393
1904	Pat Bowler	1	4–10	.286
1908	W. Breckenridge	1	10–6	.625
1911–1916	William Fitzmaurice	6	46–21–2	.681
1920–1922	Harold Gore	3	10–20	.333
1923	Herbert Collins	1	1–11	.083
1924	Emory Grayson	1	5–7	.417
1925–1931	Lorin Ball	7	35–57–2	.383
1932–1935	Melvin Taube	4	31–22	.585
1936–1940	Elbert Caraway	5	40–29–2	.577
1941–1942/1946-1947	Fancis Reid	4	14–36	.380
1945	Thomas Eck	1	1–6–1	.193
1947–1966	Earl Lorden	20	187–146–3	.561
1967–1987	Dick Bergquist	21	392–321–5	.549
1988–2017	Mike Stone	30	697–695–3	.501
2017–present	Matt Reynolds	5	69–120–1	.366
Totals	15 coaches	141 seasons	1,616–1,617–20	.500

Year	Coach	Record	Notes
1954	Earl E. Lorden	3–2	Eliminated by Missouri in the CWS.
1955	Earl E. Lorden	1–1	Eliminated by Springfield College in the District 1 playoffs.
1956	Earl E. Lorden	0–1	Eliminated by Vermont in the District 1 playoffs.
1966	Earl E. Lorden	0–1	Eliminated by Boston College in the District 1 playoffs.
1967	Dick Bergquist	3–2	Eliminated by Boston College in the District 1 playoffs.
1969	Dick Bergquist	4–2	Eliminated by Arizona State in the CWS.
1971	Dick Bergquist	0–2	Eliminated by Harvard in the District 1 playoffs.
1973	Dick Bergquist	0–2	Eliminated by Delaware in the District 1 playoffs.
1978	Dick Bergquist	0–2	Eliminated by Delaware in the Northeast Regional.
1995	Mike Stone	0–2	Eliminated by Texas A&M in the Atlantic II Regional.
1996	Mike Stone	3–2	Eliminated by Florida in the East Regional.
Totals		14–19	11 appearances
The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

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v t e UMass Minutemen baseball
Venues	Alumni Field (1882–1965) Varsity Field (1966–1970) Earl Lorden Field (1971–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

v t e Atlantic 10 Conference baseball
Current teams	Davidson Wildcats Dayton Flyers Fordham Rams George Mason Patriots George Washington Revolutionaries UMass Minutemen (leaving in 2025) Rhode Island Rams Richmond Spiders St. Bonaventure Bonnies Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Louis Billikens VCU Rams
Future teams	La Salle Explorers (returning in 2025–26)
Championships & Awards	Tournament Major awards (Coach of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year)