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Oakland Golden Grizzlies
2024 Oakland Golden Grizzlies baseball team
Founded1970
University Oakland University
Head coach Jordon Banfield (4th season)
Conference Horizon League
Location Rochester, Michigan
Home stadium Oakland University Baseball Field
(Capacity: 500)
Nickname Golden Grizzlies
ColorsBlack and gold [1]
   
Regular season conference champions
GLIAC: 1978

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, United States. [2] The team is a member of the Horizon League, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Oakland University Baseball Field in Rochester, Michigan.

Oakland won the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) league championship in 1978. [3]

Head coaches

Year(s) Coach Seasons W–L–T Pct
1970–1971 Gene Bolden 2 22–34 .393
1972 John Scovill 1 14–18 .438
1973–1974 Bill Pfaff 2 38–28 .576
1975 Dick Robinson 1 27–15 .643
1976–1980 Dirk Dieters 5 126–102–2 .552
1987 Rob Righter 1 4–28 .125
1988–1993 Paul Chapoton 6 135–123 .523
1994–1998 Steve Lyon 5 113–101–1 .528
1999–2005 Mark Avery 7 129–241–1 .349
2006–2007 Dylan Putnam 2 40–72 .357
2008–2016 John Musachio 9 169–294 .365
2017–2019 Colin Kaline / Jacke Healey 3 43–109 .283
2020 Colin Kaline 1 2–10 .167
2021–present Jordon Banfield 2 49–56 .467
Totals 13 47 911–1,231–3 .425

Jacke Healey and Colin Kaline were named co-head coaches of the Oakland program on July 12, 2016. [4] Healey was relieved of his duties as co-head coach in June, 2019. Kaline continued as the team's head coach. [5] The team was coached solely be Kaline until his resignation in March 2020 due to health reasons. [6] On May 29, 2020, Jordon Banfield was named the programs new head coach. [7]

Major League Baseball

Oakland has had 18 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965. [8] Don Kirkwood one of the only 2 OU players to have played in Major League Baseball. He played for the California Angels, Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays from 1974 to 1978. The other is Mike Brosseau of the Tampa Bay Rays although he went undrafted he made his way to the pros in though the Rays farm system.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Oakland University Athletics Branding Guidelines". March 14, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "Oakland Grizzlies". d1baseball.com. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  3. ^ "Oakland Baseball" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  4. ^ "Colin Kaline and Jacke Healey named Oakland Baseball Co-Head Coaches". www.goldengrizzlies.com. CBS Interactive. July 12, 2016. Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  5. ^ Tony Paul (June 19, 2019). "Oakland baseball ditches co-head coach setup; Colin Kaline gets full-time gig". www.detroitnews.com. The Detroit News. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  6. ^ Tony Paul (March 10, 2020). "Colin Kaline, Al's grandson, steps down as Oakland baseball coach for 'health reasons'". www.detroitnews.com. The Detroit News. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  7. ^ Tony Paul (May 29, 2020). "Ann Arbor native Jordon Banfield succeeds Colin Kaline as Oakland baseball coach". www.detroitnews.com. The Detroit News. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  8. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Oakland University (Rochester, MI)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 4, 2014.

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