San Francisco State University

• Location: San Francisco, CA
• Nickname: Gators
• Conference: California Collegiate Athletic Association 1999-2025; Northern California Athletic Conference 1983-1998; Far Western Conference ?-1982
• Division: Dropped baseball after 2025
• Ballpark: Maloney Field

Players who went here

San Francisco State University was the home of history professor Jules Tygiel, author of Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy and Past Time: Baseball as History, which won SABR's 2001 Seymour Medal for best work of baseball history or biography. The Gators have fielded teams dating back to the 1930s. In March 2025, it was announced San Francisco State would cut baseball along with two other sports following the 2025 season. *

People who went here

• Norm Angelini, pitcher
• Butch Baccala, scout
• Grant Becker, Canadian national team infielder
• Essex Burton, minor league infielder
• Ed Campaniello, minor league outfielder
• Ernie Cecaci, college coach
• Bryce Cherry, Hoofdklasse outfielder
• Terry Christman, minor league infielder/pitcher
• Esteban Contreras, college coach
• Orrin Freeman, college coach
• John Goelz, college coach
• Darrell Handelsman, summer collegiate manager
• Tommy Harper, outfielder
• Bud Harrelson, infielder and manager
• Alex Hoover, college coach
• Matt Kavanaugh, minor league catcher and manager
• Spencer Kreisberg, Eltiserien pitcher
• Glen Kuiper, broadcaster
• Steve McFarland, minor league manager and scout
• Stefan McGovern, college coach
• Paul Moeller, minor league coach
• Bernie Moncallo, minor league manager
• Ernie Munoz, minor league catcher
• Matt Nerland, scout
• Tony Patch, umpire
• Evan Romanchuk, minor league infielder
• Derrick Saito, minor league pitcher
• Luis Salinas, Honduran national team player
• Greg Tagert, minor league manager
• Buck Taylor, college coach
• Matt Wheeler, minor league pitcher
• Larry White, pitcher
• Justin Michael Zialcita, Philippine national team player

Coaches

• Hal Harden, 1933-1942, 1946-1949
• Bob Marcus, 1943
• Dick Boyle, 1950-1958
• Vic Rowen, 1959-1960
• Tom Morgan, 1961-1963
• Bob Rodrigo, 1964-1968
• Augie Garrido, 1969
• Tony Goehring, 1970
• Al Figone, 1971-1974, 1977-1978
• Barry Woodhead, 1975
• Lou Henik, 1976
• Orrin Freeman, 1979-1982
• Greg Warzecka, 1983-1985
• Mike Simpson, 1986-1997
• Steve Franceschi, 1998
• Dave Nakama, 1999-2001
• Matt Markovich, 2002-2006
• Tony Dress, 2007-2009
• Mike Cummins, 2010-2015
• Tony Schifano, 2016-2025

Assistant Coaches

• Ron Calloway, 2011-?
• Esteban Contreras
• Ed McCann, 1987-1991
• Rob Sanchez
• Buck Taylor, 1995-2000

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1961	27-7
1962	23-11
1963	28-10
1964	17-15
1965	16-23
1966	23-19	6-6
1967	19-21-1
1968	17-20
1969	28-14
1970	23-17-1	11-7
1971	23-13	6-12*
1972	16-28
1973	18-27
1974	23-24	7-12
1975	27-26	4-8
1976	15-29	11-7
1977	12-37	5-13
1978	18-28-1	7-11
1979	28-21-1	22-14	Division II Regionals
1980	32-18	23-13
1981	38-14-1	27-8	Division II Regionals
1982	32-15-1	25-8	Division II Regionals
1983	27-17	20-10	Division II Regionals
1984	22-27
1985	22-26
1986	27-15	20-6
1987	28-20
1988	30-21	14-14
1989	33-22	22-8	Division II Regionals
1990	30-21-1	15-12
1991	25-25	13-17
1992	22-29	11-19
1993	23-27	15-20
1994	21-31-1	14-21
1995	36-19-1	25-10	Division II Regionals
1996	25-30	16-19
1997	26-29-1	15-20
1998	21-34-1	14-21
1999	24-31	14-23
2000	15-39	10-28
2001	16-37	11-25
2002	18-38	9-31
2003	27-27-1	21-18
2004	30-25	21-19
2005	19-35	12-25
2006	22-31-2	10-23-1
2007	10-46	7-29
2008	8-46-1	2-34
2009	14-33	7-29
2010	22-32	15-25
2011	16-34	11-29
2012	17-32	14-26
2013	16-32	13-27
2014	22-28	17-23
2015	19-29	17-23
2016	23-25	15-21
2017	18-31	14-24
2018	24-28	23-21	CCAA
2019	25-21-1	21-19	CCAA
2020	14-8	8-8
2021	Season cancelled
2022	18-30	13-27
2023	27-22	20-20	CCAA
2024	34-26	22-18	CCAA / Division II Regionals
2025	32-23	25-15	CCAA / Division II Regionals

* SF State finished 13-5 in 1971, but forfeited wins due to ineligible player.