The

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program is a

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team that represents

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in the

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. San Diego State has had eight head coaches since the program began competing in 1926.

Profiles

John Hancock

John Hancock, who led the team for the 1926 season, is the first recorded coach of San Diego State.

Lee Waymire

Lee Waymire was San Diego State's second coach, serving for the 1927 season.

Harold G. Brucker

Harold was the first coach to remain more than one year, coaching the Aztecs in 1928 and 1929.

Morris Gross

After failing to field a team in 1930,

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coached the Aztecs in 1931 and 1932.

Charles R. Smith

After again failing to field a team in 1933, 1934, and 1935, Charles R. Smith took the program over, becoming the first San Diego State coach with an extended tenure. Smith coached the Aztecs from 1936 through 1964, with a three-year interruption from 1943 to 1945 during which time no team was fielded.

Lyle Olsen

Lyle Olsen succeeded Smith, coaching the Aztecs from 1965 through 1971.

Jim Dietz

Jim Dietz coached the Aztecs for 31 years, from 1972 through 2002. His record of 1230–751–18 makes him one of the winningest college baseball coaches of all time. Dietz coached a number of players who went on to successful

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careers, including

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and

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. He took the position at San Diego State in 1971 a week after accepting and then turning down an offer to coach basketball at Lewis–Clark Normal School—now

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Tony Gwynn

A native of

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, and an alumnus of San Diego State,

returned to coach his alma mater after the end of his 20-year

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career. Gwynn was hired in the fall of 2001 to replace Dietz following the 2002 season. The Aztecs' home field was renamed

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in his honor in 1997.

Mark Martinez

Mark Martinez took over as head coach after Tony Gwynn died from cancer in 2014.

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