Northern Colorado Bears baseball is the varsity intercollegiate team representing University of Northern Colorado in the sport of

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. The team is led by Mike Anderson, and plays its home games at Jackson Field on campus in

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. The Bears are baseball members of the

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, having joined in July 2021 after spending the previous eight years as baseball members of the

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. Prior to the 1968 establishment of what is now the

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, the Bears reached the

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nine times, and reached the CWS again in 1974 at the Division I level for a total of ten appearances, compiling a record of 3–20. The school was known as Colorado State College until 1970, when the school changed to its present name. This is not to be confused with the current

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, which was known as Colorado A&M until 1957.

Venue

The Bears play baseball home games at Jackson Field, which holds 1,500. Jackson Field has hosted NCAA regionals in 1952, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1962 and 1974. Northern Colorado Bears - Baseball team fieldhouse

Northern Colorado Bears - Baseball team fieldhouse

History

Northern Colorado first fielded a baseball team from 1924 to 1942, taking a break during

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and returned to play in 1945, under Pete Butler, who returned to his post as head coach after serving in the

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. After playing as a Division I Independent following their return to Division I play in 2004, the Bears joined the Great West Conference for the 2010 season. The Bears captured the 2013 regular season Great West Conference championship, their first conference championship since 1998. When the Great West League became defunct, the Bears joined the

(WAC). Following the 2021 season, the Bears announced they would join the

to help control costs.

Head coaches

*''Records are through June 28, 2024''

Postseason appearances

NCAA tournament

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Conference affiliations

* Rocky Mountain Conference: 1924–1972 * Great Plains Athletic Conference: 1973–1976 *Division I Independent: 1977–1990 * North Central Conference 1991–2003 *Division I Independent: 2004–2009 * Great West Conference: 2010–2013 *

Venue

History

Head coaches

Postseason appearances

NCAA tournament

Conference affiliations

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Freshman All-Americans

Conference player of the year

Conference coach of the year

References