Jim Dietz (baseball)

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Jim Dietz
Biographical details
Born1939 (age 82–83)
Eugene, Oregon
Playing career
Baseball
1961Jamestown Tigers
Position(s)Second baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Baseball
1963–1964Lowell HS (OR)
1965–1968Pleasant Hill HS (OR)
1969–1971Oregon (JV/freshmen)
1972–2002San Diego State
Basketball
1968–1971Oregon (freshmen)
Head coaching record
Overall1230–751–18 (college baseball)

James Clyde Dietz (born 1939) is an American former baseball player and coach. He served as the head baseball coach at San Diego State University from 1972 to 2002, compiling a record of 1230–751–18. After coaching the freshman basketball team and the junior varsity baseball team at the University of Oregon, Dietz was appointed as the head basketball coach at Lewis–Clark Normal School—now Lewis–Clark State College—in May 1971, but turned down that offer a week later to take the head baseball coaching position at San Diego State.[1]

Under Dietz, the Aztecs went to the NCAA Tournament eight times (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991) while winning the Western Athletic Conference five times (three regular season, two tournaments) and the Mountain West twice (one regular season, one conference). In the fall of 2001, Tony Gwynn was hired to replace Dietz at San Diego State following the 2002 season.[2]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Warriors Lose New Hoop Coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. May 11, 1971. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  2. ^ "PLUS: COLLEGE BASEBALL; Gwynn to Coach San Diego State". The New York Times. September 21, 2001. Retrieved July 28, 2011.

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