Russell Dean Filter Sr. (born November 30, 1968) is an American college baseball coach and former catcher and pitcher. Filter is the head coach of the Santa Clara Broncos baseball team.
 Filter in 2019. | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Santa Clara |
| Conference | WCC |
| Record | 152–179 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 30, 1968 Alameda County, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1987–1990 | San Diego State |
| Position(s) | Catcher / Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991 | San Diego State (asst.) |
| 1992–1993 | Mission Bay HS (asst.) |
| 1994–2009 | San Diego State (asst.) |
| 2010–2017 | Stanford (asst.) |
| 2018–present | Santa Clara |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 152–179 |
| Tournaments | WCC: 4–1 NCAA: 1–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| WCC Tournament (2023) | |
Playing career
editFilter attended Mission Bay Senior High School in San Diego, California. Upon graduation from high school, Filter enrolled at San Diego State University. Filter began his college career as a catcher, but found his calling as a pitcher for the Aztecs as a sophomore. Filter made 80 appearances and recorded 10 saves in his career.[1] Filter was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1990 Major League Baseball draft. Filter played the 1990 season with the St. Catharines Blue Jays, where he appeared in 19 games recording a 4.50 ERA and 2 saves.
Coaching career
editFilter left the professional ranks following his stint in rookie ball, and became an assistant coach at San Diego State. He left the Aztecs after one season to become an assistant at Mission Bay High School. After two seasons at Mission Bay, Filter returned to San Diego State. Filter spend 16 seasons at SDSU and helped produce Stephen Strasburg as the first overall pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball draft.[2]
Filter moved on to be the pitching coach for the Stanford Cardinal in 2010. Filter stayed with the Cardinal for the duration of Mark Marquess tenure with the Cardinal, and interviewed to be his replacement,[3] but when Stanford chose David Esquer, Filter pursued other options.
On June 23, 2017, Filter was named the new head coach of the Santa Clara Broncos baseball program.
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara Broncos (West Coast Conference) (2018–present) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Santa Clara | 26–26 | 12–15 | T-6th | |||||
| 2019 | Santa Clara | 12–40 | 5–22 | 10th | |||||
| 2020 | Santa Clara | 12–5 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Santa Clara | 18–33 | 8–19 | 9th | |||||
| 2022 | Santa Clara | 24–29 | 11–16 | 8th | |||||
| 2023 | Santa Clara | 36–20 | 17–10 | T–2nd | NCAA regional | ||||
| 2024 | Santa Clara | 26–26 | 12–12 | 5th | WCC tournament | ||||
| Santa Clara: | 152–179 | 65–94 | |||||||
| Total: | 152–179 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2017 Aztec Baseball" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. San Diego State University. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ Kirk Kenney (August 12, 2009). "State's Filter says farewell". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ Kendall Rogers (June 16, 2017). "Coaching Buzz: Stanford Hires Esquer". www.d1baseball.com. D1Baseball.com. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- San Diego State Aztecs bio
- Stanford Cardinal bio
- Santa Clara Broncos bio