USD Baseball 1991

The Assistants

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(L-R) Ray Butler, Jake Molina, Glenn Godwin Assistant Coach JAKE MOLINA

Coach Molina is beginning his sixth season as assistant to John Cunningham. Jake's background prior to USO includes seven years of junior college coaching. He was head coach at Santa Monica College from 1974-77, before taking over the San Diego City College position from 1978 thru 1984. At San Diego City College, Jake led the '60 and '81 teams to the conference championship. The past two summers Jake managed the Spanish National Team. He is scheduled to be the Spanish Olympic Team Manager for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. A native of San Diego, Jake graduated from UCL.A in '71 with a degree in Physical Education and received his master's degree in Physical Education in 1972 from San Diego State. Jake and his wife Sherri have one son, Nathan, age 17. Assistant Coach GLENN GODWIN Coach Godwin also begins his sixth year as pitching coach for the USO Toreros. A 1982 graduate of USO with a degree in Business Administration, Glenn played for Coach Cunningham's '81 and '82 teams. In 1982, Glenn had a 14-4 record in 21 appearances. Along with his 2.92 ERA, Glenn fanned 142 batters in 148 innings and is one of just nine Toreros to be named All-American. Godwin was drafted by the Oakland A's organization in 1982 and played A ball for 2 1/2 years between '82-84. Glenn completed his MBA at USO in May of 1987. The past four summers he has managed a baseball team in Sweden, with his squad being crowned the Swedish National Champions two times. This past summer he was appointed Head Coach of the Swedish National Team. Volunteer Coach RAY BUTLER Ray Butler begins his fourth season with the Toreros as a volunteerassistantcoach to John Cunningham. Priortoassisting the 1988 men's team, Ray was an assistant coach to USD's women's softball team in 1987.An c:vid softball player, Ray has managed and played in adult softball leagues the past 11 years. Ray has held a part-time position in the USO Business School as an economics instructor since 1978, as well as a teaching position in SDSU's Dept of Economics since 1976. A 1968 graduate from Cal State Fullerton with a B.A. degree in Economics, Ray also has an M.S. degree in International Economics from UCL.A(1969)andanA.B.D. in Economics from UC Riverside (1976). Ray and his wife Renate reside in the Clairemont area.