USC Trojans Baseball History & Archive
Overview
No school in the country can match the long tradition USC has in baseball. With 12 national championships in the sport, Troy is far and away the leader in that category (no other school has more than 8).
Since starting baseball in 1889, the Trojans have a record of 2,831-1,687- 19 (.626) against college opponents, and captured 38 conference titles.
The incomparable Rod Dedeaux coached USC from 1942-86, leading the school to 11 of its NCAA crowns, including 5 straight from 1970-74 (no other school has strung together more than two in a row). Trojans have been named first team All-American 52 times, with Jay Roundy, Pat Harrison, Bill Bordley and Gabe Alvarez being 2-time selections. Mark McGwire (1984), Seth Etherton (1998) and Mark Prior (2001) were National Players of the Year.
USC boasts many successful major leaguers such as Ron Fairly, Don Buford, Tom Seaver, Dave Kingman, Fred Lynn, Roy Smalley, Steve Kemp, Mark McGwire, Randy Johnson, Bret and Aaron Boone, Jeff Cirillo, Barry Zito, Geoff Jenkins and Mark Prior. In all, Trojans have been drafted 352 times, with a national-best 120 Trojans having played in the major leagues (more than any other NCAA program).
Dedeaux compiled a 45-year collegiate record of 1,332-571-11 (.699), making him the then-winningest coach in collegiate baseball history. He resigned after the 1986 season and was replaced by Mike Gillespie, whose 1998 squad won the College World Series while finishing as the CWS runnerup in 1995 and also advancing to Omaha in 2000 and 2001. Gillespie retired after the 2006 season. Former Trojan pitcher Dan Hubbs was the head coach from 2013 (his 2015 team made the NCAA regional) until 2019. Jason Gill was the head coach from 2019-2022.
In July 2022, Andy Stankiewicz took over as the USC head baseball coach, guiding USC to a fourth place finish in the Pac-12 his first season after the Trojans were predicted to finish 10th, reaching the Pac-12 Championship game in 2023 as well. After another Top 4 Pac-12 finish in 2024, USC finished fourth in its first season in the Big Ten in 2025, making the program’s first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2015, reaching the championship game of the Corvallis Regional. In three years under Stankiewicz, USC has recorded back-to-back-to-back 30 win seasons for the first time since 2000- 02.
2025 Season
2024 Season
2023 Season
2022 Season
2021 Season
2020 Season
2019 Season
2018 Season
2017 Season
2016 Season
2015 Season
2014 Season
2013 Season
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2011 Season
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2004 Season
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2002 Season
2001 Season
2000 Season
1999 Season
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Heisman Trophy Winners
Mike Garrett | O.J. Simpson | Charles White | Marcus Allen | Carson Palmer | Matt Leinart
