José Vázquez is an American college baseball coach and former catcher. Vázquez is the head coach of the Alabama State Hornets baseball team.
_(cropped).jpg) Vázquez at Bethune-Cookman in 2007 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Alabama State |
| Conference | SWAC |
| Record | 230–155 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Bayamon, Puerto Rico |
| Playing career | |
| 2001 | Morningside College |
| 2002 | Bethune–Cookman |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003 | Bethune–Cookman (GA) |
| 2004–2010 | Bethune–Cookman (asst) |
| 2011 | Bethune–Cookman (AHC) |
| 2012–2016 | Alabama State (AHC) |
| 2017–present | Alabama State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 230–155 |
| Tournaments | SWAC 10–9 NCAA: 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 4x SWAC East Division (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023) | |
| Awards | |
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Early life
editVázquez played baseball for Morningside College in 2001. Vázquez then transferred to Bethune–Cookman University for his senior season.
Coaching career
editOn September 13, 2010, it was announced that he turned down the head coaching position at Florida A&M University.[1] On July 14, 2016, he was named the head coach of the Alabama State Hornets baseball program.
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama State Hornets (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Alabama State | 31–25 | 18–6 | 2nd (East) | SWAC tournament | ||||
| 2018 | Alabama State | 30–22 | 18–6 | 1st (East) | SWAC tournament | ||||
| 2019 | Alabama State | 28–26 | 18–5 | 1st (East) | SWAC tournament | ||||
| 2020 | Alabama State | 14–4 | 3–0 | (East) | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| 2021 | Alabama State | 23–19 | 14–7 | 2nd (East) | SWAC tournament | ||||
| 2022 | Alabama State | 34–25 | 21–8 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2023 | Alabama State | 41–7 | 26–4 | 1st (East) | SWAC tournament | ||||
| 2024 | Alabama State | 29–27 | 17–12 | 4th (East) | SWAC tournament | ||||
| Alabama State: | 230–155 | 135–48 | |||||||
| Total: | 230–155 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Vázquez Turns Down FAMU Coaching Position". www.bcuathletics.com. Bethune-Cookman University. September 13, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
External links
edit- José Vásquez at The Baseball Cube
- Alabama State Hornets bio