| Southern Miss Golden Eagles | |
|---|---|
 2025 Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team | |
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| Founded | 1913 |
| University | University of Southern Mississippi |
| Athletic director | Jeremy McClain |
| Head coach | Christian Ostrander (3rd season) |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Location | Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Home stadium | Pete Taylor Park (Capacity: 4,300) |
| Nickname | Golden Eagles |
| Colors | Black and gold[1] |
| College World Series appearances | |
| 2009 | |
| NCAA regional champions | |
| 2009, 2022, 2023 | |
| NCAA tournament appearances | |
| 1990, 1991, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| Conference USA: 2003, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2019 Sun Belt: 2023, 2024 | |
| Conference regular season champions | |
| Conference USA: 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022 | |
TheSouthern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team represents theUniversity of Southern Mississippi inNCAA Division Icollege baseball. They participate as a member of theSun Belt Conference. The team has been to 21 NCAA Tournaments[2] and served as an NCAA Regional host in 2003, 2017, 2022, 2025 and NCAA Super Regional host in 2022,2023. The Southern Miss baseball team has produced 19All-Americans.[2] and currently has 4 players on Major League rosters. Southern Miss has won six Conference USA Regular Season Championships (2003, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022) and seven Tournament Championships (2003, 2010, 2016, 2018,2019, 2023,2024) and was the only team in CUSA to participate in every conference baseball tournament from the conference's inception until their departure following the 2022 season. During their inaugural season in The Sun Belt Conference, the Golden Eagles captured the SBC Tournament Championship. The Golden Eagles' rich history began in 1912 with a game against theDetroit Tigers,[2] a contest which Southern Miss lost by a score of 24–2. The Golden Eagles play at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi and consistently rank in the top 10 nationally in NCAA attendance figures. During the 2023 season, Southern Miss "sold out" every seat for Pete Taylor Park including several hundred "standing room only" seats.
Southern Miss qualified for its firstCollege World Series in2009 after winning the Atlanta Regional and the Gainesville Super Regional.[3] They would post an 0–2 record in Omaha, losing 7–6 against top-seededTexas and 11–4 versus fourth-seededNorth Carolina.[4]
| Coach | Year(s) | Record | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herring | 1913 | 1–3 | .250 |
| Ronald J. Slay | 1914–1916, 1919 | 4–5 | .444 |
| O. V. Austin | 1920–24 | 33–15–3 | .687 |
| William Herschel Bobo | 1925–1928 | 19–10–1 | .655 |
| William B. Saunders | 1929–1930 | 3–20 | .130 |
| Pooley Hubert | 1934–1935 | 3–12 | .200 |
| Reed Green | 1947 | 9–4 | .692 |
| Thad Vann | 1948–1949 | 21–21 | .500 |
| Clyde Stuart | 1950–1958 | 62–47–2 | .567 |
| Pete Taylor | 1959–1983 | 320–349–2 | .478 |
| Hill Denson | 1984–1997 | 468–386–2 | .548 |
| Corky Palmer | 1998–2009 | 458–281 | .619 |
| Scott Berry | 2010–2023 | 528–276–1 | .656 |
| Christian Ostrander | 2024–present | 90–36 | .714 |
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