The 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2016. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2016 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, ended on June 30, 2016, with Coastal Carolina claiming its first NCAA title in a team sport.
Realignment Northern Kentucky left the Atlantic Sun Conference for the Horizon League. NJIT joined the Atlantic Sun, leaving the ranks of Independents. The merger of the University of Texas–Pan American and the University of Texas at Brownsville, formally announced in 2013, took full effect with the 2015–16 school year, creating the new Texas–Rio Grande Valley. The new institution retained Texas–Pan American's membership in the Western Athletic Conference. Akron, of the Mid-American Conference, discontinued its program.
Season outlook
Collegiate Baseball News RankingTeam1Florida2Louisville3Vanderbilt4Miami (FL)5Texas A&M6Louisiana–Lafayette78Oregon State9Virginia10UCLA11Mississippi State12131415TCU16Florida State1718192021222324Arkansas25Oklahoma State Baseball AmericaRankingTeam1Florida2Louisville3Texas A&M4Virginia5Oregon State6Miami (FL)7Vanderbilt89Oklahoma State10UCLA111213Louisiana–Lafayette14151617Florida State18TCU1920Mississippi State21Oklahoma2223Coastal Carolina24Ole Miss25 CoachesRankingTeam1Florida 212Louisville 23Vanderbilt 34Texas A&M 15 16Miami (FL)7Virginia 38Oregon State9UCLA10Oklahoma State11TCU1213Louisiana–Lafayette14Florida State151617Mississippi State1819202122Arkansas23South Carolina2425 NCBWARankingTeam1Florida2Louisville3Vanderbilt4Texas A&M5Oregon State6Miami (FL)78Virginia9UCLA1011Oklahoma State12TCU13Louisiana–Lafayette14Florida State1516171819Mississippi State202122Arkansas23Coastal Carolina24South Carolina25
Conference standings
Conference winners and tournaments Twenty-nine athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. ConferenceRegular season winnerConference Player of the YearConference Pitcher of the YearConference Coach of the YearConference tournamentTournament venue (city)Tournament winnerAmerica East Conference David MacKinnon, Mike Bunal, Binghamton Tim Sinicki, Binghamton 2016 America East Conference baseball tournament Edward A. LeLacheur ParkLowell, MA BinghamtonAmerican Athletic Conference Joe DeRoche-Duffin, Connecticut Anthony Kay, UConn Jim Penders, UConn 2016 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament Bright House FieldClearwater, FL ConnecticutAtlantic 10 Conference Deon Stafford, Tyler Wilson, Rhode Island Raphael Cerrato, Rhode Island 2016 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament Houlihan ParkBronx, NY Rhode IslandAtlantic Coast Conference Atlantic - LouisvilleCoastal - Miami (FL) Seth Beer, Clemson Drew Harrington, Louisville Dan McDonnell, Louisville 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Durham Bulls Athletic ParkDurham, NC ClemsonAtlantic Sun Conference Jake Noll, Brady Puckett, Mike Sansing, Kennesaw State 2016 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournament Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh StadiumNashville, TN Big 12 Conference Texas Tech Eric Gutierrez, Texas Tech Thomas Hatch, Oklahoma State Tim Tadlock, Texas Tech 2016 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament Chickasaw Bricktown BallparkOklahoma City, OK TCUBig East Conference Andre Jernigan, Xavier Thomas Hackimer, Scott Googins, Xavier 2016 Big East Conference baseball tournament Leidos Field at Ripken StadiumAberdeen, MD XavierBig South Conference Coastal Carolina Connor Owings, Coastal Carolina Andrew Beckwith, Coastal Carolina Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina 2016 Big South Conference baseball tournament Lexington County Baseball StadiumLexington, SC Coastal Carolina Big Ten Conference Matt Fiedler, Minnesota Cody Sedlock, John Anderson, Minnesota 2016 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament TD Ameritrade ParkOmaha, NE Big West Conference Dalton Blaser, Cal State Fullerton Darren McCaughan, Rick Vanderhook, Cal State Fullerton No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bidColonial Athletic Association Nick Feight, UNC Wilmington Aaron Civale, &Ryan Foster, UNC Wilmington Mark Scalf, UNC Wilmington 2016 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's PointMount Pleasant, SC Conference USA C. J. Chatham, Florida Atlantic Jon Duplantier, Jeff Waggoner, 2016 Conference USA baseball tournament Pete Taylor ParkHattiesburg, MS Horizon League Daulton Varsho, Brian Keller, Milwaukee Greg Lovelady, Wright State 2016 Horizon League baseball tournament Campus Sites Wright StateIvy League Gehrig - Rolfe - / Tim Graul, Chad Powers, Princeton Scott Bradley, Princeton 2016 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series Campus Sites PrincetonMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference Christian Santisteban, Ricky Dennis, Bill Currier, Fairfield 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament Dutchess StadiumWappingers Falls, NY FairfieldMid-American Conference East - West - Alex Call, Ball State Eric Lauer, Kent State Jeff Duncan, Kent State 2016 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament All Pro Freight StadiumAvon, OH Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Northern - Southern - Dylan Dillard, Florida A&M Matt Outman, Norfolk State Jamey Shouppe, Florida A&M 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament Arthur W. Perdue StadiumSalisbury, MD Missouri Valley Conference Darick Hall, Dallas Baptist Colin Poche, Dallas Baptist Dan Heefner, Dallas Baptist 2016 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament Bob Warn Field at Sycamore StadiumTerre Haute, IN Dallas BaptistMountain West Conference Carl Stajduhar, Griffin Jax, &Jimmy Lambert, Fresno State Mike Batesole, Fresno State 2016 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Santa Ana Star FieldAlbuquerque, NM New MexicoNortheast Conference Robby Rinn, Bryant James Karinchak, Bryant Steve Owens, Bryant 2016 Northeast Conference baseball tournament Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial StadiumNorwich, CT BryantOhio Valley Conference Armando Alvarez, &Kevin Strohschein, Joey Lucchesi, Southeast Missouri State Steve Bieser, Southeast Missouri State 2016 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament The Ballpark at JacksonJackson, TN Southeast Missouri StatePac-12 Conference Brett Cumberland, UCLA Troy Rallings, Bill Kinneberg, Utah No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bidPatriot League Mike Garzillo, Luke Gillingham, Navy Paul Kostacopoulos, Navy 2016 Patriot League baseball tournament Campus Sites NavySoutheastern Conference East – South Carolina West – Mississippi State Boomer White, Texas A&M Logan Shore, Florida John Cohen, Mississippi State 2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Hoover Metropolitan StadiumHoover, AL Texas A&M Southern Conference Kyle Lewis, Mercer Will Gaddis, Link Jarrett, 2016 Southern Conference baseball tournament Fluor Field at the West EndGreenville, SC Southland Conference Jameson Fisher, Adam Oller, Matt Deggs, Sam Houston State 2016 Southland Conference baseball tournament Constellation FieldSugar Land, TX Sam Houston StateSouthwestern Athletic Conference East - West - Carlos Ocasio, Alabama State Joseph Camacho, Alabama State Mervyl Melendez, Alabama State 2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament Wesley Barrow StadiumNew Orleans, LA Alabama StateSummit League Clayton Taylor, Tyler Fox, Omaha Ryan Folmar, Oral Roberts 2016 Summit League baseball tournament J. L. Johnson StadiumTulsa, OK Oral RobertsSun Belt Conference Louisiana-Lafayette Ryan Scott, Kevin Hill, Chris Curry, Arkansas–Little Rock 2016 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament Bobcat BallparkSan Marcos, TX Louisiana-LafayetteWest Coast Conference Jeff Bohling, A.J. Puckett, Eric Valenzuela, Saint Mary's 2016 West Coast Conference baseball tournament Banner Island BallparkStockton, CA Saint Mary'sWestern Athletic Conference Daniel Johnson, Nick Meservey, Seattle Donny Harrel, Seattle 2016 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament Hohokam StadiumMesa, AZ
College World Series
The 2016 College World Series began on June 18 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Coaching changes This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2016 season until the day before the first day of the 2017 season. TeamFormercoachInterimcoachNewcoachReason Alabama Mitch Gaspard Greg Goff Resigned Alabama State Mervyl Melendez José Vázquez Left for FIU Appalachian State Billy Jones Kermit Smith Fired Army Matt Reid Jim Foster Fired Butler Steve Farley Dave Schrage Fired FIU Turtle Thomas Mervyl Melendez Fired Furman Ron Smith Brett Harker Fired Jacksonville Tim Montez Chris Hayes Fired Kentucky Gary Henderson Nick Mingione Fired Lamar Jim Gilligan Will Davis Retired Liberty Jim Toman Scott Jackson Fired Louisiana Tech Greg Goff Lane Burroughs Left for Alabama Missouri Tim Jamieson Steve Bieser Fired Northwestern State Lane Burroughs Bobby Barbier Leave for Louisiana Tech Oakland John Musachio Jacke Healey / Colin Kaline Fired Omaha Bob Herold Jack Sweeney Fired Purdue Doug Schreiber Mark Wasikowski Resigned San Jose State Dave Nakama Jason Hawkins Fired South Dakota State Dave Schrage Rob Bishop Leave for Butler SIU Edwardsville Tony Stoecklin Sean Lyons Fired Southeast Missouri State Steve Bieser Andy Sawyers Leave for Missouri Texas Augie Garrido David Pierce Resigned Tulane David Pierce Travis Jewett Left for Texas UCF Terry Rooney Greg Lovelady Fired Wright State Greg Lovelady Jeff Mercer Left for UCF Villanova Joe Godri Kevin Mulvey Fired Youngstown State Steve Gillispie Dan Bertolini Fired
See also
2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
References