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2017 NCAA Division I baseball season


2017 NCAA Division I baseball season
February 13, 2017 – June 27, 2017
301
TCU (Unanimous)
Coastal Carolina
June 2–27, 2017
SEC (8)
Florida (1st title)
LSU (18th CWS Appearance)
Kevin O'Sullivan (1st title)
Alex Faedo (Florida)

The 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2017. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2017 College World Series. The College World Series, consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, ended June 27, 2017.

  • Coastal Carolina left the Big South Conference for the Sun Belt Conference. The move officially took effect hours after Coastal won the College World Series. In doing so, the Sun Belt Conference split into East and West divisions for this season.
  • North Dakota, a member of the Western Athletic Conference in baseball (as well as swimming and diving for both sexes), dropped baseball.

The 2017 season was also the last for one school's baseball program, and the last for two other programs in their then-current conferences. In addition, the last remaining Division I independent left for its full-time home of Division II.

  • Buffalo dropped baseball at the end of the season.
  • NYIT, which had been left independent after the 2013 collapse of the Great West Conference, dropped its baseball program to Division II, joining the school's full-time home of the East Coast Conference.
  • Valparaiso left its home of the previous 10 seasons, the Horizon League, for the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).
  • Wichita State left the MVC, its conference home since 1945, to become a full but non-football member of the American Athletic Conference.

Of the 31 Division I athletic conferences that sponsor baseball, 29 end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. Two conferences, the Big West and Pac-12, do not hold a conference tournament. The winners of these tournaments, plus the Big West and Pac-12 regular-season champions, receive automatic invitations to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

ConferenceRegular season winnerConference Player of the YearConference Coach of the YearConference tournamentTournament venue (city)Tournament winner
America East ConferenceBinghamtonToby Handley(Stony Brook)Tim Sinicki(Binghamton)2017 America East Conference baseball tournamentEdward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MAUMBC
American Athletic ConferenceUCFHoustonJake Scheiner(Houston) &Hunter Williams(Tulane)Greg Lovelady(UCF)2017 American Athletic Conference baseball tournamentSpectrum Field • Clearwater, FLHouston
Atlantic 10 ConferenceVCULogan Farrar(VCU)Larry Sudbrook(St. Bonaventure)2017 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournamentBilliken Sports Center • St. Louis, MODavidson
Atlantic Coast ConferenceAtlantic – Louisville Coastal – North CarolinaBrendan McKay(Louisville)Dan McDonnell(Louisville)2017 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournamentLouisville Slugger Field • Louisville, KYFlorida State
Atlantic Sun ConferenceJacksonvilleNick Rivera(Florida Gulf Coast)Chris Hayes(Jacksonville)2017 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournamentMelching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, FLFlorida Gulf Coast
Big 12 ConferenceTCUTexas TechHunter Hargrove(Texas Tech) &Evan Skoug(TCU)Steve Rodriguez(Baylor)2017 Big 12 Conference baseball tournamentChickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OKOklahoma State
Big East ConferenceCreightonRylan Bannon(Xavier)Ed Blankmeyer(St. John's)2017 Big East Conference baseball tournamentTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEXavier
Big South ConferenceWinthropD. J. Artis(Liberty)Tom Riginos(Winthrop)2017 Big South Conference baseball tournamentLexington County Baseball Stadium • Lexington, SCRadford
Big Ten ConferenceNebraskaJake Adams(Iowa)Darin Erstad(Nebraska)2017 Big Ten Conference baseball tournamentBart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, IndianaIowa
Big West ConferenceLong Beach StateKeston Hiura(UC Irvine)Troy Buckley(Long Beach State)No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Colonial Athletic AssociationNortheasternCasey Golden(UNCW)Mike Glavine(Northeastern)2017 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournamentBrooks Field • Wilmington, NCDelaware
Conference USASouthern MissDylan Burdeaux(Southern Miss)Scott Berry(Southern Miss)2017 Conference USA baseball tournamentMGM Park • Biloxi, MSRice
Horizon LeagueUICRob Calabrese(UIC)Mike Dee(UIC)2017 Horizon League baseball tournamentLes Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium • Chicago, ILUIC
Ivy LeagueGehrig - Columbia &PennRolfe - YaleRandell Kanamaru(Columbia)John Stuper(Yale)2017 Ivy League Baseball Championship SeriesCampus SitesYale
Metro Atlantic Athletic ConferenceFairfieldJake Lumley(Canisius)Pat Carey(Iona)2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournamentSal Maglie Stadium • Niagara Falls, NYMarist
Mid-American ConferenceEast – Kent StateWest – Central MichiganTanner Allison(Western Michigan)Jeff Duncan(Kent State)2017 Mid-American Conference baseball tournamentSprenger Stadium • Avon, OHOhio
Mid-Eastern Athletic ConferenceNorthern - Norfolk StateSouthern - Bethune–CookmanAlex Mauricio(Norfolk State)Ben Hall(North Carolina A&T)2017 Mid–Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournamentPerdue Stadium • Salisbury, MDBethune–Cookman
Missouri Valley ConferenceMissouri StateJake Burger(Missouri State)Keith Guttin(Missouri State)2017 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournamentHammons Field • Springfield, MODallas Baptist
Mountain West ConferenceNew MexicoDanny Sheehan(San Diego State) &Jack Zoellner(New Mexico)Ray Birmingham(New Mexico)2017 Mountain West Conference baseball tournamentSanta Ana Star Field • Albuquerque, NMSan Diego State
Northeast ConferenceBryantMickey Gasper(Bryant)Charlie Hickey(Central Connecticut)2017 Northeast Conference baseball tournamentDodd Stadium • Norwich, CTCentral Connecticut
Ohio Valley ConferenceTennessee TechBen Fisher(Eastern Kentucky) &Niko Hulsizer(Morehead State)Matt Bragga(Tennessee Tech)2017 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournamentChoccolocco Park • Oxford, ALTennessee Tech
Pac-12 ConferenceOregon StateNick Madrigal(Oregon State)Pat Casey(Oregon State)No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Patriot LeagueNavyTravis Blue(Navy)Jim Foster(Army)2017 Patriot League baseball tournamentCampus SitesHoly Cross
Southeastern ConferenceEast – FloridaWest – LSUBrent Rooker(Mississippi State)Nick Mingione(Kentucky)2017 Southeastern Conference baseball tournamentHoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, ALLSU
Southern ConferenceMercerBryson Bowman(Western Carolina)Craig Gibson(Mercer)2017 Southern Conference baseball tournamentFluor Field at the West End • Greenville, SCUNC Greensboro
Southland ConferenceMcNeese StateTaylor Schwaner(Southeastern Louisiana)Justin Hill(McNeese State)2017 Southland Conference baseball tournamentConstellation Field • Sugar Land, TXSam Houston State
Southwestern Athletic ConferenceEast – Jackson StateWest – Grambling StateMarshawn Taylor(Grambling State)James Cooper(Grambling State)2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournamentWesley Barrow Stadium • New Orleans, LATexas Southern
The Summit LeagueOral RobertsNoah Cummings(Oral Roberts)Ryan Folmar(Oral Roberts)2017 Summit League baseball tournamentJ. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OKOral Roberts
Sun Belt ConferenceEast – Coastal CarolinaWest – UT ArlingtonBilly Cooke(Coastal Carolina)Darin Thomas(UT Arlington)2017 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournamentJ. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GASouth Alabama
West Coast ConferenceGonzagaBYULoyola MarymountRiley Adams(San Diego)Mark Machtolf(Gonzaga)2017 West Coast Conference baseball tournamentBanner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CABYU
Western Athletic ConferenceGrand CanyonGarrison Schwartz(Grand Canyon)Andy Stankiewicz (Grand Canyon)2017 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournamentHohokam Stadium • Mesa, AZSacramento State

The 2017 College World Series began on June 17 in Omaha, Nebraska.

This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2017 season until the day before the first day of the 2018 season.

TeamFormercoachInterimcoachNewcoachReason
AlabamaGreg GoffNoneBrad BohannonFired
Bethune-CookmanJason BeverlinBarrett ShaftJonathan HernandezResigned
CaliforniaDavid EsquerNoneMike NeuDeparted for Stanford
CincinnatiTy NealNoneScott GooginsResigned
The CitadelFred JordanNoneTony SkoleRetired
DaytonTony VittorioNoneJayson KingResigned
East Tennessee StateTony SkoleNoneJoe PennucciDeparted for The Citadel
Louisiana-MonroeBruce PeddieNoneMike FedericoFired
MarylandJohn SzefcNoneRob VaughnDeparted for Virginia Tech
North FloridaSmoke LavalNoneTim ParentonFired
OklahomaPete HughesNoneSkip JohnsonFired
PacificMike NeuNoneRyan GarkoDeparted for California
San Jose StateJason HawkinsBrad SanfilippoResigned
South CarolinaChad HolbrookNoneMark KingstonResigned
South FloridaMark KingstonNoneBilly MohlDeparted for South Carolina
StanfordMark MarquessNoneDavid EsquerRetired
TennesseeDave SerranoNoneTony VitelloResigned
Texas-Rio Grande ValleyManny MantranaNoneDerek MatlockResigned
TowsonMike GottliebNoneMatt TynerFired
UMassMike StoneNoneMatt ReynoldsRetired
Virginia TechPat MasonNoneJohn SzefcFired
XavierScott GooginsNoneBilly O'ConnerDeparted for Cincinnati

2016 teams with an average home attendance of at least 10,000:

TeamTotal attendanceHome average
LSU Tigers418,29110,725
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