American college baseball team
Central Connecticut Blue Devils Founded 1935 University Central Connecticut State University Head coach Charlie Hickey (25th season)Conference Northeast Location New Britain, Connecticut Home stadium CCSU Baseball Field (Capacity: 1,000)Nickname Devils Colors Blue and white[ 1] 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 2003, 2004, 2006, 2023
The Central Connecticut Blue Devils baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut , United States. The team is a member of the Northeast Conference , which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I . Central Connecticut State's first baseball team was fielded in 1935. The team plays its home games at CCSU Baseball Field in New Britain, which opened in 2010 and seats 1,000. The Blue Devils are coached by Charlie Hickey .
The Blue Devils have claimed five Northeast Conference baseball tournament championships and appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship five times. The 2010 team set several offensive school records en route to a recent Regional appearance in the Norwich Regional . The 2017 team was the most recent to reach the NCAA tournament.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Central Connecticut in the NCAA tournament
Coaching history
This table reflects the documented coaching history through the 2016 season.[ 2]
Name
Seasons
W
L
T
Pct
Jim Kaiser
7
36
11
0
.766
Ed Creed
3
24
6
0
.800
Hank Majlinger
30
353
168
0
.678
Julian Wojtusik
7
63
105
1
.376
George Redman
14
258
274
4
.485
Charlie Hickey
22
581
508
5
.533
Season-by-season record
Season
Coach
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason
Charlie Hickey (Northeast Conference) (2000–present)
2000
Charlie Hickey
17–31–1
9–11
3rd (North)
2001
Charlie Hickey
30–22
14–8
T-1st (North)
NEC Tournament
2002
Charlie Hickey
34–23
18–9
3rd
NCAA Regional
2003
Charlie Hickey
31–17–2
19–6
1st
NCAA Regional
2004
Charlie Hickey
41–17–1
20–4
1st
NCAA Regional
2005
Charlie Hickey
19–28
10–14
7th
2006
Charlie Hickey
33–18
16–7
1st
NEC Tournament
2007
Charlie Hickey
26–26
14–14
4th
NEC Tournament
2008
Charlie Hickey
25–24
18–9
2nd
NEC Tournament
2009
Charlie Hickey
26–22
16–11
3rd
NEC Tournament
2010
Charlie Hickey
33–23
18–14
3rd
NCAA Regional
2011
Charlie Hickey
26–25–1
17–14
5th
NEC Tournament
2012
Charlie Hickey
28–24
19–13
T-3rd
NEC Tournament
2013
Charlie Hickey
28–25
16–16
T-5th
2014
Charlie Hickey
27–22
14–10
2nd
NEC tournament
2015
Charlie Hickey
17–31
9–15
6th
2016
Charlie Hickey
23–34
15–17
4th
NEC tournament
2017
Charlie Hickey
36–22
21–7
2nd
NCAA Regional
2018
Charlie Hickey
18–28
12–16
6th
2019
Charlie Hickey
31-23
16-8
2nd
NCAA Regional
2020
Charlie Hickey
4-8
0-0
T-1st
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
Charlie Hickey
28-15
21-9
2nd
NCAA Regional
2022
Charlie Hickey
29-18
17-10
3rd
NEC tournament
2023
Charlie Hickey
36-14
25-5
1st
NCAA Regional
Charlie Hickey:
646-540-5
374-247
Total:
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
See also
References
External links
Academics
Carol A. Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
School of Business
School of Education & Professional Studies
School of Engineering, Science & Technology
Athletics
Founded : 1849
Students : 9,653
Endowment : uS$80.0 million
Teams Championships & awards