The Central Connecticut Blue Devils baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, United States. The team is a member of the Northeast Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Central Connecticut State's first baseball team was fielded in 1935. During its time in NCAA Division II, the team went to the national baseball tournament twice. The team plays its home games at CCSU Baseball Field in New Britain, which opened in 2010 and seats 1,000. The Blue Devils are coached by Pat Hall.
The Blue Devils have claimed nine Northeast Conference baseball tournament championships and appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship nine times. The 2010 team set several offensive school records en route to a recent Regional appearance in the Norwich Regional. The 2025 team was the most recent to reach the NCAA tournament.
Central Connecticut in the NCAA tournament 2002 0–2 Austin Regional 2003 0–2 Tempe Regional 2004 0–2 Oklahoma City Regional 2010 0–2 Norwich Regional 2017 0–2 Fort Worth Regional 2019 1–2 Fayetteville Regional 2021 0–2 Eugene Regional 2023 0–2 Columbia Regional 2025 0–2 Auburn Regional TOTALS 1-18
Coaching history This table reflects the documented coaching history through the 2026 season. Name Seasons W L T Pct Jim Kaiser 7 36 11 0 Ed Creed 3 24 6 0 Hank Majlinger 30 353 168 0 Julian Wojtusik 7 63 105 1 George Redman 14 258 274 4 Charlie Hickey 27 712 608 5
Retired numbers Central Connecticut has one retired number in baseball, having retired Ricky Bottalico's jersey on January 22, 2000. Ricky Bottalico P 1991 2000
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See also List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
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External links Official website