University of Southern California
From BR Bullpen
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Nickname: Trojans
- Conference: Pacific-10 Conference 1979-present; Pacific-8 Conference 1967-1978; California Intercollegiate Baseball Association 1927-1966; Pacific Coast Conference 1923-1924, 1926
- Ballpark: Dedeaux Field
College World Series Apperances: 21 1948, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001,
College World Series titles in 1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, and 1998
College World Series runner-up in 1960, 1995
Sam Crawford was USC's coach from 1924-29. The head coach from 1929 to 1942 was Sam Barry. From 1946 to 1950, Barry and Rod Dedeaux were co-coaches, and Dedeaux was the coach until 1987.
96 players have come to the major leagues from USC. Of those, 24 are position players who have had more than 1,000 at-bats, and six are pitchers with over 1,000 innings. The most prominent players include Mark McGwire, Ron Fairly, Bret Boone, Aaron Boone, Johnny Berardino (who went on to have an acting career after his major league career), Fred Lynn, Tom Seaver, Don Buford, Jeff Cirillo, Steve Kemp, Dave Kingman, Geoff Jenkins, Jacque Jones, Roy Smalley, Gary Sutherland, Jim Barr, Steve Busby, Randy Johnson, Bill Lee, and Barry Latman.
[edit] Coaches
- Sam Crawford 1924-1929
- Sam Barry 1930-1942, 1946-1950
- Rod Dedeaux 1942-1987
- Mike Gillespie 1988-2006
- Chad Kreuter 2007-present
