University of California, Santa Barbara

• Location: Santa Barbara, CA
• Nickname: Gauchos
• Conference: West Coast Conference 2028- ; Big West Conference 1989-2027; Pacific Coast Athletic Association 1970-1974, 1985-1988; Southern California Baseball Association 1977-1984; Pacific-8 Conference 1976; West Coast Athletic Conference 1968-1969; California Intercollegiate Baseball Association 1959-1966; California Collegiate Athletic Association 1947-58; Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1931-38
• Ballpark: Caesar Uyeska Stadium

College World Series Appearances: 1: 2016

The University of California, Santa Barbara was previously known as Santa Barbara State College.

Famous Alumni

• Charlie Adamson, New Zealand national team pitcher
• Gary Adcock, college coach
• Matt Arnold, General Manager
• Jeff Bannon, minor league infielder
• Shane Bieber, pitcher
• Gianni Bloom, minor league coach
• Rodney Boone, minor league pitcher
• Brian Bowles, pitcher
• Tyler Bremner, drafted pitcher
• Bob Brontsema, college coach
• Dan Camou, French national team pitcher
• Lee Carballo, minor league pitcher
• Alden Carrithers, minor league infielder
• Noah Davis, pitcher
• Bill Duplissea, minor league catcher
• Bruce Egloff, pitcher
• Joe Ferrone, scout
• James Garcia, minor league pitcher
• Joe Gardner, minor league pitcher
• Jim Gattis, minor league infielder
• Justin Gemoll, minor league infielder
• George Gmelch, minor league infielder
• Dave Gorrie, minor league outfielder and college coach
• John Gunther, college coach
• Mario Hollands, pitcher
• Erik Johnson, infielder
• Justin Kelly, minor league pitcher
• Frosty Kennedy, minor league outfielder
• Brian Kingman, pitcher
• Joe Kmak, catcher
• Mark Leonard, outfielder
• Quinn Mack, outfielder
• Rick Magnante, minor league infielder and manager
• Greg Mahle, pitcher
• Peter Maris, minor league infielder
• Joe Martin, infielder
• Michael McGreevy, pitcher
• Tim McKercher, minor league catcher
• Lynn McKinney, minor league pitcher
• Kyle Nelson, pitcher
• Maury Ornest, minor league infielder
• Nick Parent, minor league infielder
• Ed Pierce, pitcher
• Ivan Ramirez, minor league pitcher
• Joe Redfield, infielder
• Jerry Reuss, pitcher
• Jason Roenicke, minor league pitcher
• Lance Roenicke, minor league outfielder
• Zach Samuels, minor league pitcher
• Skip Schumaker, outfielder; manager
• Greg Shanahan, pitcher
• Evan Short, minor league coach
• Mike Simpson, college coach
• Marty Slimak, college coach
• Chris Speier, infielder
• Ryan Spilborghs, outfielder
• Dillon Tate, pitcher
• Sean Thompson, minor league pitcher
• Brian Tracy, minor league pitcher
• Willie Traynor, umpire
• Taira Uematsu, coach
• Chris Valaika, infielder
• Andrew Vasquez, pitcher
• Virgil Vasquez, pitcher
• Greg Vella, minor league infielder
• Dave Walsh, pitcher
• Stefan Wever, pitcher
• Beck Wheeler, minor league pitcher
• Eric Yang, pinch-hitter
• Michael Young, infielder
• Barry Zito, pitcher

Coaches

• Kenneth Bolton, 1922
• Otho J. Gilliland, 1923-1926
• Dudley DeGroot, 1928-1929
• Seldon Spalding, 1929-1930
• Harold Davis, 1930-1936
• Spud Harder, 1936-1947, 1949-1951
• Joe Lantange, 1948
• Roy Engle, 1952-1953
• Rene Rochelle, 1954-1959
• Dave Gorrie, 1960-1977
• Mike Simpson, 1978-1980
• Al Ferrer, 1981-1993
• Bob Brontsema, 1994-2011
• Andrew Checketts, 2012-Present

Assistant Coaches

• Bob Brontsema, 1984-1993
• Eddie Cornejo
• Donegal Fergus, 2019, 2022-2023
• John Gunther, 1968-?
• Casey Harms, 2018
• Jason Hawkins, 2012-2014
• Dan Ricabal, 2002-2004 (possibly 2005)

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1947	12-16	8-8
1948	15-17	6-9
1949	10-16	6-9
1950	16-13-1	6-2
1951	6-24	3-12
1952	17-8	8-4
1953	13-17	6-9
1954	17-8	8-4
1955	17-8	8-4
1956	8-14	6-9
1957	12-11	10-5
1958	10-12	7-8
1959	5-19	2-13
1960	7-22	2-13
1961	16-17	5-13
1962	12-24	5-13
1963	11-18	4-14
1964	12-26	5-15
1965	15-21	6-14
1966	15-27	5-13
1967	20-13
1968	30-12	14-6
1969	28-13	15-5
1970	15-24-1	4-7-1
1971	25-22	7-14
1972	31-16	14-4	CWS District Tournaments
1973	23-19	7-11
1974	17-23	9-15
1975	21-19-1
1976	17-29	5-18
1977	28-25	7-17
1978	22-27	10-18
1979	17-31	7-20
1980	26-22-2	13-15
1981	27-32-1	6-21-1
1982	37-24-2	16-12
1983	44-22	22-6	CWS Regionals
1984	46-21	15-11
1985	38-21-1	17-13
1986	45-19	18-3	CWS Regionals
1987	30-25-2	12-9	CWS Regionals
1988	23-39	6-15
1989	28-27-1	8-13
1990	40-22	13-8	CWS Regionals
1991	33-25-1	8-13
1992	30-23-1	8-13
1993	24-30-1	8-13
1994	21-33	7-14
1995	24-26	8-13
1996	32-20	14-7	Big West / CWS Regionals
1997	26-30	15-15	Big West
1998	18-31-2	11-18	Big West
1999	27-26	14-16
2000	28-25	18-12
2001	40-17	12-6	CWS Regionals
2002	22-33	8-16
2003	25-28	8-13
2004	33-21	10-11
2005	26-30	8-13
2006	26-28	9-12
2007	23-31	9-12
2008	35-21	14-10
2009	29-23	11-13
2010	24-30	10-14
2011	26-26	10-14
2012	28-28	10-14
2013	35-25	17-10	CWS Regionals
2014	34-17-1	12-12
2015	40-17-1	16-8	CWS Regionals
2016	43-20-1	13-11	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2017	24-32	8-16
2018	27-28-1	10-14
2019	45-11	19-5	CWS Regionals
2020	13-2	0-0
2021	41-20	29-11	CWS Regionals
2022	44-14	27-3	CWS Regionals
2023	35-20	18-12
2024	44-14	26-4	CWS Regionals
2025	36-18	16-14	Big West
2026		22-8	Big West / CWS Regionals