USD Baseball 1993

Head Coach

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JOHN CUNNINGHAM Head Coach Head Coach John Cunningham begins his 30th season at the helm of the USO baseball program. With 15 winning seasons under hi s belt, includ ing las t season's 28 -24 mark, Cunningham carries a record of 673-687-16 into the 1993 campaign . His team's second place finish last year in the WCC to Pepperdine

is the Toreros highest fini sh since joining in 1985. A native San Diegan, Cunningham attended St. August ine Hi gh School and the Un iversity of San Francisco. A basketball and baseball standout, Cunningham also made the President's Honor Roll six times at USF as we ll as achieving membership in "Alpha Sigma Nu", the National Jesuit Honor Society. In basketball, he was named All-Conference and listed as Honorable Mention on the Catholic All-American li sts and was named USF's "Athlete Of The Year" as a senior. After a tour in the armed forces and a brief stretch in the farm system of the Baltimore O1ioles, Cunningham began his career at USO in I962. He won his 600th game during the 1989 season. Hi s teams have won thirty or more games six times ('71, '78 through '81, and '87) with four of his squads advancing to post-season playoffs. His 1971 squac.l won the regional title, advancing to the College World Series, ancl set a school record with 34 wins. For that performance, Cunningham was named "Coach Of the Year" in District VJII. I979 was Cunningham's first effort at the Division l level. Con- trary to expectat ions, he guided the Toreros to an impressive 32-19-1 record ancl a fourth place fini sh in the Southern Californ ia Baseball Association. The Toreros moved into the West Coast Conference in 1985. Cunningham's fine career has been noticed by his peers. He was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall Of Fame al its annual Hall Of Fame-Coach Of the Year banquet in New Orleans on January 5, 1991. An active member of the ABCA for 29 years. Cunningham joinec.l 142 amateur baseball coaches in this elite group. John and his wife, Nancy, have one son, Geoffrey, age 18. CUNNINGHAM'S COACHING RECORD YEAR WON LOST PCT. 1964 12 19 .387 1965 17 21 .447 1966 20 26 .435 (NCAA Regionals. 0-2) 1967 14 26 .350 1968 13 24 .351 1969 22 17 .564 1970 21 16 .568 1971 34 12 .739 (NCAA Playoffs. 4-2) 1972 20 19 .513 (One Tie) 1973 19 22 .463 1974 23 15 .605 1975 19 20 .487 (One Tie) 1976 26 16 .619 (NCAA Playoffs, 5-3) 1977 24 19 .558 1978 33 22 .600 (NCAA Playoffs, 5-3) 1979 32 19 .615 (One Tie) 1980 30 25 .545 (One Tie) 1981 30 25 .545 (One Tie) 1982 29 24 .547 (One Tie) 1983 17 27 .386 (One Tie) 1984 20 36 .362 (One Tic) 1985 17 39 .310 (One Tie) 1986 26 25 .509 (Two Tics) 1987 31 23 .574 (One Tie) 1988 28 28 .500 1989 22 31 .417 (One Tie) 1990 24 32 .429 1991 21 34 .386 (Two Tics) 1992 28 24 .538 Career 673 687 .495 (16 Ties)