Andy Lopez

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• School Los Angeles Harbor Community College, University of California, Los Angeles

• Born November 30, 1953

Andy Lopez is head baseball coach at the University of Arizona and led the team to the 2004 College World Series. Prior to joining Arizona, he was coach at the University of Florida (1995-2001), where his teams reached the College World Series twice. Before that, he coached at Pepperdine University (1989-1994) and led the team to a national championship in 1992. Lopez was also the head coach at California State University, Dominguez Hills (1983-1988).

Lopez began his coaching career with two seasons as an assistant at Los Angeles Harbor, then was head coach at Mira Costa High School (1978-1982)

In college, Lopez played shortstop for UCLA. He was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the ninth round of the 1975 amateur draft but went into coaching rather than play professionally.