Brad Sanfilippo

Brad Sanfilippo
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team San Jose State
Conference Mountain West
Record 27–30 (.474)
Biographical details
Born (1975-01-03) January 3, 1975
Los Gatos, California
Playing career
1995 De Anza
1996–1998 UC Davis
Position(s) Outfielder, designated hitter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001 Los Gatos HS (asst.)
2003 Willow Glen HS
2004–2009 Los Gatos HS
2010–2012 California (volunteer asst.)
2013–2014 San Jose State (asst.)
2015–2017 California (asst.)
2018–present San Jose State
Head coaching record
Overall 27–30 (.474)

Bradley A. Sanfilippo (born January 3, 1975) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach at San Jose State. Sanfilippo played college baseball at De Anza and UC Davis.

Sanfilippo was a high school baseball coach in Los Gatos and San Jose, California before moving up to the college level as a volunteer assistant at California in 2010. From 2013 to 2014, he was an assistant coach at San Jose State, before coming back to California as assistant from 2015 to 2017. After spending the 2018 season as interim head coach at San Jose State, Sanfilippo was promoted to the job long term.

Playing career

A native of Los Gatos, California, Sanfilippo graduated from Los Gatos High School in 1993.[1] An outfielder and designated hitter,[1][2] Sanfilippo began his college baseball career at De Anza College before transferring to UC Davis before his sophomore year.[3] As a senior at UC Davis in 1998, Sanfilippo was a team captain and batted .308 with 37 hits and 19 RBI.[3][4]

Coaching career

Sanfilippo returned to Los Gatos High School as an assistant coach in 1999. In 2002, Sanfilippo was director of baseball operations at Santa Clara. In 2003, he was named the head coach at Willow Glen High School. From 2004 to 2009, Sanfilippo served as the head coach of Los Gatos.[5] Sanfilippo also taught eighth grade English at Willow Glen Middle School in San Jose for seven years.[6]

In September 2009, Sanfilippo became a volunteer assistant coach at California.[3][5] The recruiting coordinator and third base coach under David Esquer, Sanfilippo would remain at California for three seasons, including California's run to the 2011 College World Series.[5]

Under Dave Nakama, Sanfilippo was an assistant coach at San Jose State from 2013 to 2014. He spent a second stint at California as assistant coach from 2015 to 2017.[5]

In January 2018, Sanfilippo returned to San Jose State as interim head coach, after regular head coach Jason Hawkins was placed on leave before eventually resigning.[7] After posting a 27–30 record and finishing third in the Mountain West Conference, San Jose State signed Sanfilippo to a five-year contract in June 2018.[8]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
San Jose State Spartans (Mountain West Conference) (2018–present)
2018 San Jose State 27–3016–143rd
San Jose State: 27–30 (.474)16–14 (.533)
Total:27–30 (.474)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "1998 UC Davis Baseball Roster". University of California, Davis. Archived from the original on December 7, 1998. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  2. Box scores as linked in the official 1998 UC Davis Baseball Game Results show that Sanfilippo played left field and designated hitter in the 1998 season.
  3. 1 2 3 Dick Sparrer (September 25, 2009). "Brad Sanfilippo leaving Los Gatos to coach baseball at UC-Berkeley". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  4. "UC DAVIS Season Statistics". University of California, Davis. May 10, 1998. Archived from the original on February 10, 1999. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Brad Sanfilippo". CalBears.com. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  6. "Brad Sanfilippo", SJSUSpartans.com, San Jose State University, archived from the original on September 29, 2014, retrieved July 22, 2018
  7. Ben Stein (January 31, 2018). "Sanfilippo named interim head coach". The Spartan Daily. San Jose State University. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  8. Gabriel Mungaray (June 12, 2018). "Sanfilippo named new head baseball coach of Spartans". The Spartan Daily. San Jose State University. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
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