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The San Diego State Aztecs baseball team is the college baseball program that represents San Diego State University. The Aztecs compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW). The team plays its home games at Tony Gwynn Stadium . Notable alumni include World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg and Baseball Hall of Fame ...
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 Major League Baseball careers, including Bud Black and Tony Gwynn. He took the position at San Diego State in 1971 a ...
Snapdragon Stadium is an outdoor stadium in San Diego, California, located on the campus of San Diego State University. The stadium is home of the San Diego State Aztecs football team. The Aztecs compete in NCAA Division I ( FBS) as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW). The stadium is also home of San Diego Wave FC of the National ...
Tony Gwynn Stadium. / 32.77437°N 117.07845°W / 32.77437; -117.07845. Tony Gwynn Stadium is a ballpark in San Diego, California, located on the campus of San Diego State University. The stadium is home of the San Diego State Aztecs baseball team. The Aztecs compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW).
San Diego Stadium was the home of San Diego State Aztecs football from 1967 through 2019. An annual college football bowl game, the Holiday Bowl, was held in the stadium every December from 1978 through 2019. The stadium was home to a second college bowl game, the Poinsettia Bowl, from 2005 until its discontinuation following the 2016 edition.
San Diego State has a longtime rivalry with California State University, Fresno, primarily stemming from the American football rivalry dating back to the 1920s. The two schools have competed against each other in over 55 football, 50 men's basketball, and 190 baseball matches.
The first baseball game was played at Petco Park on March 11, 2004. It was part of a four-team NCAA invitational tournament hosted by San Diego State University. The San Diego State Aztecs baseball team, of which retired Padres player Tony Gwynn was the head coach, defeated Houston. It was the largest attended game in college baseball history. [26]
San Diego State leads the all-time series with a record of 27–22–4, including a 14–11–2 mark in San Diego, Fresno State leads the trophy series 3–2. In 2016, the series is tied. Fresno State assumed a 4–2 lead in the trophy series with their 27–3 victory over the Aztecs on October 21, 2017 at SDCCU (formerly Qualcomm) Stadium.