Kean University

• Location: Union, NJ
• Nickname: Cougars
• Conference: New Jersey Athletic Conference 1985-present; New Jersey State Athletic Conference ?-1984
• Division: III

Division III College World Series title in 2007

Kean University was previously known as Newark State Teachers College (1935-1958), Newark State College (1958-1973), and Kean College of New Jersey (1973-1997).

People who went here

• John Alusik, minor league infielder
• Kevin Herget, pitcher
• Neil Ioviero, college coach
• Chris Langan, college coach
• Grant Neary, college coach
• James Pugliese, minor league pitcher
• Tyler Smarslok, coach
• Chuck Thielmann, college coach

Coaches

• August Jannarone, 1950
• Joe Errington
• Rich Bakker, 1970-1972, 1976-1983
• Ron San Filipo, 1973-1975
• Jim Hazlet, 1984-1987
• Paul Schwendel, 1988-1990
• Joe Lynch, 1991-1992
• Jim Casalino, 1993-1997
• Neil Ioviero, 1998-present

Assistant Coaches

• Fred Hill, 2017
• Tyler Smarslok, 2016

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1970	7-9
1971	10-9
1972	11-7	5-5
1973	8-11
1974	10-8	4-6
1975	11-10	4-6
1976	14-8	6-6
1977	10-12	2-10
1978	13-10	4-6
1979	10-8-1	5-5
1980	11-9	3-7
1981	16-10	4-6
1982	9-17-1	4-8
1983	20-10	5-7
1984	14-19-1	5-11
1985	29-13-2	8-8
1986	29-12	9-7
1987	14-23	5-12
1988	26-18		Division III Regionals
1989	23-15-1	10-6
1990	18-20-1
1991	25-15	6-10
1992	21-19	7-9
1993	15-15-1	7-9
1994	19-15	7-9
1995	13-23	6-12
1996	24-13	12-6
1997	21-18	11-7
1998	25-9	13-5	Division III Regionals
1999	19-17	10-8
2000	22-15	16-8
2001	21-13-1	10-7-1
2002	33-12	13-5	Division III Regionals
2003	29-12	13-5
2004	24-13-1	11-7
2005	34-9	12-4
2006	31-17	11-7	Division III Regionals
2007	43-8	15-3	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
2008	39-11	14-4	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
2009	39-11	15-3	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
2010	39-12	13-5	Division III Regionals
2011	42-11	14-4	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
2012	37-12	13-5	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
2013	39-13	14-4	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
2014	35-14	12-6	Division III Regionals
2015	35-12	12-6	Division III Regionals
2016	30-18	13-5	Division III Regionals
2017	23-19	8-10
2018	21-23	9-9
2019	31-16	14-4	Division III Regionals
2020	8-2	0-0
2021	17-15	10-8
2022	31-13	12-6
2023	27-17-1	12-5-1
2024	27-15	12-6
2025	41-11	17-1	Division III Regionals / Division III Super Regionals / Division III CWS
2026	31-13-1	12-6	Division III Regionals