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California State University, Fresno has numerous notable alumni, faculty, and presidents.
Notable alumni
Armen A. Alchian – Professor Emeritus, founder of the "UCLA Tradition" in Economics
Marvin Baxter – Justice, California Supreme Court
[1]
Todd Beamer – victim of the
September 11 attacks (passenger aboard
United Airlines Flight 93 )
Robert Beltran – actor, Star Trek
Lee P. Brown – former Mayor of Houston, former New York Police Commissioner
Cruz Bustamante – California Lieutenant Governor
Daniel Chacón – university professor, acclaimed essayist, playwright, and fiction writer
John Christy - director of the Earth System Science Center at the
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Noreen Corcoran –
actress
Jim Costa – U.S. Representative, former California State Assembly Member
[2]
Joseph Crowley – President Emeritus, University of Nevada
Ed Diener – professor and psychologist studying subjective well-being
Janice Emerzian - National ADA Consultant in Higher Education and Persons with Disabilities
William Everson – poet (did not graduate)
Geoffrey Gamble – President,
Montana State University
[3]
Kenny Guinn – Governor of Nevada
John Harlan - Game show announcer
Brandi Hitt -
Los Angeles based news anchor
Rick Husband – mission commander, shuttle Columbia , STS-107, 2003
Raymond Ibrahim –
Coptic-American author and commentator
Robert A. Jensen – an American writer and crisis management expert
Bill Jones – former California Secretary of State
Dot Marie Jones – actress
Emily Kuroda – actress
Brad Lewis – producer of
Ratatouille
Janet Nichols Lynch – author
Mike Martz – former NFL head coach,
St. Louis Rams , current offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears
Ronald Markarian Major General of the United States Air Force and the California State Director of the U.S. Selective Service System
Manny Mashouf – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
bebe stores
Steven Nagel – NASA astronaut
Thomas Nixon – author
Joe Odagiri – Japanese actor
Paul O'Neill – former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, CEO of Alcoa Corporation
Sam Peckinpah – film director
Charles Poochigian – California State Senator
Lyle Setencich – former Boise State Broncos head football coach, former
Texas Tech Red Raiders football defensive coordinator
[4]
Daniel Silva – author
Gary Soto – poet, essayist, and fiction writer
Joyce Sumbi – Librarian in the Los Angeles County Library system
Sherley Anne Williams – author, National Book Award nominee, Emmy Award winner
Brett Young – country music artist
Notable athletes
Stephen Abas – Olympic silver medalist, freestyle wrestling (2004); three-time NCAA champion
Davante Adams – wide receiver for the
Las Vegas Raiders
Courtney Alexander – former NBA player
Rafer Alston – former NBA point guard,
And1 /New York City
streetball legend Skip to my Lou
Jahine Arnold – former NFL wide receiver
Stephen Baker – former NFL wide receiver
Desi Barmore - American-Israeli basketball player
Laura Berg – three-time Olympic gold-medalist,
USA Softball
Bernard Berrian – former NFL wide receiver,
Minnesota Vikings ; played in
Super Bowl XLI with the Chicago Bears
Sonny Bishop – former
AFL offensive lineman
Reggie Brown – former NFL fullback
David Carr – former NFL
quarterback , 1st overall draft pick in the
2002 NFL Draft by the
Houston Texans
Derek Carr – (Class of 2013)
Oakland Raiders quarterback and Currently Quarterback
New Orleans Saints
Duane Carter – former
Indianapolis 500 racer
Haley Cavinder – former Bulldogs women's basketball player; also a notable internet personality. Transferred to the
University of Miami in 2022.
Ron Cox – former NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears,
Green Bay Packers ), NCAA sacks leader
Aaron Craver – former NFL fullback
Tyrone Culver – former NFL safety, Green Bay Packers
Trent Dilfer – former NFL quarterback and Super Bowl-champion quarterback as member of the
Baltimore Ravens
Pat Doyle – baseball coach
Henry Ellard – former NFL
wide receiver
Melvin Ely – former NBA forward-center, two-time WAC Player of the Year (2001–2002)
John Erickson – Canadian PGA Tour Winner, 1991 Windsor Charity Classic, 1985 PCAA Conference Champion (FSU 1981–1986)
Noel Felix – former NBA player,
NBDL player,
Anaheim Arsenal
Doug Fister – former MLB pitcher
Vernon Fox – former NFL safety,
Denver Broncos
Jethro Franklin – NFL assistant coach, Houston Texans, former NFL player
Hiram Fuller – former NBA player
Mark Gardner – former MLB pitcher, current bullpen coach,
San Francisco Giants
Augie Garrido – University of Texas baseball coach
Matt Garza – former
MLB pitcher
A. J. Gass – former
CFL linebacker
Paul George – NBA player,
Los Angeles Clippers
Dan Gladden – former MLB
outfielder
Tom Goodwin – former MLB outfielder, former NCAA steals leader
Nate Grimes (born 1996) - basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Cory Hall – former NFL safety
Brandon Halsey – wrestler; professional
mixed martial artist
Jamey Harris – 1998 USA track & field national champion in men's 1500 meter and sub-4 minute miler
[5]
[6]
Gary Hayes – former NFL defensive back
Chris Herren – former NBA player
Rod Higgins – General Manager,
Golden State Warriors
Orlando Huff – former NFL linebacker
Ervin Hunt – former NFL defensive back
Chris Jefferies – former NBA player,
Argentine national league player,
Club Sportivo Ben Hur
Adam Jennings – former NFL wide receiver,
Detroit Lions
Tyler Johnson – NBA player,
Miami Heat
Bobby Jones – former MLB pitcher, 1991 NCAA Player of the Year
Charlie Jones – former NFL wide receiver
Tommy Jones – former gridiron football player
Aaron Judge – MLB outfielder,
New York Yankees
Lane Kiffin –current head football coach at
The University of Mississippi , former
Tennessee Volunteers head coach, former Oakland Raiders head coach, former
USC head coach and assistant coach, former
Fresno State quarterback
Herman A. Lawson , highly decorated
U.S. Army Air Force /
U.S. Air Force officer, combat fighter pilot with the
Tuskegee Airmen , and former
Sacramento, California City Councilman. First
African American to play football all four years at Fresno.
[7]
Louis Leonard – former NFL defensive tackle,
Cleveland Browns
Tito Maddox – former NBA player
Logan Mankins – former NFL offensive lineman,
New England Patriots (first-round draft pick 2005)
Dante Marsh – former CFL cornerback,
BC Lions
Richard Marshall – NFL cornerback,
Carolina Panthers
Mike Martz – offensive coordinator of the
Chicago Bears
Ryan Mathews –
2010 NFL Draft , first-round selection, 12th overall pick,
NFL
running back ,
Philadelphia Eagles
Marcus McCauley – former NFL cornerback,
Minnesota Vikings
Casey McGehee – former MLB infielder
Dominic McGuire – NBA player,
Charlotte Bobcats
Garrett McIntyre – former NFL linebacker
Mike Moffitt – former NFL tight end
Lorenzo Neal – former NFL fullback, three-time
Pro Bowler
Tom Neville – former NFL guard
Damacio Page – Bulldog wrestler; professional
mixed martial artist , formerly for the
WEC and the
UFC
[8]
Stephone Paige – former NFL wide receiver
Terry Pendleton – former MLB
third baseman , 1991 National League MVP
Atlanta Braves
Michael Pittman – former NFL running back, currently with
Florida Tuskers of the UFL
Marquez Pope – former NFL defensive back
Ron Rivers – former NFL running back
Terrance Roberson – former
Euroleague basketball player
Bryan Robinson – NFL defensive end,
Cincinnati Bengals
James Sanders – NFL safety, New England Patriots
Shanon Slack – former Bulldog
wrestler , current
mixed martial artist fighting for
Bellator
Stephen Spach – NFL tight end,
Arizona Cardinals
Michael Stewart – former NFL safety
Omar Stoutmire – former NFL safety
Kevin Sutherland –
PGA Tour golfer, won 2002
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
Kevin Sweeney – former NCAA record-setter in career passing yards and former NFL quarterback
Jerry Tarkanian – legendary, controversial basketball coach (Fresno State,
UNLV ,
San Antonio Spurs ), won NCAA basketball title as head coach at UNLV
Jeff Tedford – offensive coordinator,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Lavale Thomas – former NFL running back
Billy Volek – former NFL quarterback,
San Diego Chargers
Steve Wapnick - former Major League Baseball pitcher
Derrick Ward – former NFL running back,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Taylor Ward - MLB outfielder,
Los Angeles Angels
Cornelius Warmerdam – former
pole vault world record holder
Anthony Washington – former NFL cornerback
Charles Washington – NFL safety
Tim Washington – former NFL defensive back
Nick Watney – PGA Tour golfer, NCAA All-American, and 2007 Zurich New Orleans champion
Jeff Weaver – former MLB
pitcher
[9]
Chastin West – former NFL wide receiver, Green Bay Packers
James Williams – former NFL defensive back
Jimy Williams – former manager of three Major League Baseball teams
[10]
Paul Williams – former NFL wide receiver,
Tennessee Titans
Sam Williams – former NFL linebacker, Oakland Raiders
Justin Wilson - MLB pitcher
Tydus Winans – former NFL wide receiver
Cameron Worrell – former NFL safety
Dwayne Wright – former NFL running back
Rodney Bernard Wright, Jr. – former Arena Football League wide receiver, currently on
San Francisco 49ers practice squad
Austin Wynns - baseball catcher for the
San Francisco Giants
Notable faculty and staff
Lillian Faderman , MFA — English professor emeritus, acclaimed author
Victor Davis Hanson – founder of Classics Department; historian, essayist, columnist and television personality; author of
Mexifornia and
Carnage and Culture
Juan Felipe Herrera , Chicano and Latin American Studies — current creative writing professor at University of California, Riverside; Poet Laureate of the United States
W. Hudson Kensel – historian of the
American West
Philip Levine , English — widely known poet and
Pulitzer Prize winner, former Poet Laureate of the United States(deceased)
Roger Mahony , social work — Roman Catholic
Cardinal and
Archbishop of Los Angeles
Francine Oputa , Cross-Cultural and Gender Center — leading expert in diversity and inclusion in education.
Roger Tatarian , journalism — Editor-in-Chief,
United Press International (deceased)
Juan Serrano , head of guitar department —
flamenco guitarist, helped to form guitar program
References
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"Associate Justice Marvin R. Baxter" . California Courts. Retrieved January 1, 2013 .
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"COSTA, Jim, (1952 – )" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013 .
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"Fresno State Gets $1 Million Bequest." Central Valley Business Times. October 16, 2010.
Archived July 14, 2015, at the
Wayback Machine Accessed 2013-08-10.
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Player Bio: Lyle Setencich :: Football
Archived 2016-01-17 at the
Wayback Machine
^ Harris, Jamey.
"1999 USATF Bio: Jamey Harris" . USA Track & Field official website . USA Track & Field. Retrieved 2 June 2017 .
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"First American to Run a Sub-4 Minute Mile ...and the Most Recent" (PDF) . Lynbrook Sports:, CT&RN of Pacific Association of the USATF. Retrieved 2 June 2017 .
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"Tuskegee Airmen Pilot Roster" . CAF Rise Above . CAF Rise Above. Retrieved 11 August 2020 .
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"Damacio Page MMA Bio" . Retrieved 2014-01-01 .
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"Jeff Weaver Stats" . Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 3, 2012 .
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"Jimy Williams Stats" . Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 27, 2012 .
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