Brad Sanfilippo

Bradley Alfson 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.

Brad Sanfilippo
Sanfilippo at Excite Ballpark in 2023.
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSan Jose State
ConferenceMW
Record119–162 (.423)
Biographical details
Born (1975-01-03) January 3, 1975
Los Gatos, California, U.S.
Playing career
1995De Anza
1996–1998UC Davis
Position(s)Outfielder, designated hitter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001Los Gatos HS (asst.)
2003Willow Glen HS
2004–2009Los Gatos HS
2010–2012California (volunteer asst.)
2013–2014San Jose State (asst.)
2015–2017California (asst.)
2018–presentSan Jose State
Head coaching record
Overall119–162 (.423)
TournamentsNCAA: 0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • MW Coach of the Year (2023)

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

Early coaching career (1999–2017)

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 2009, Sanfilippo served as assistant coach of the Brewster Whitecaps, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League.[7]

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]

San Jose State head coach (2018–present)

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.[8][9]

After posting a 27–30 record and third-place finish in Mountain West Conference standings at 16–14 in conference, Sanfilippo was promoted from interim head coach with a five-year contract on June 12, 2018.[10] But in September 2018, the National Collegiate Athletic Association placed San Jose State on two years of probation and reduced practice time for the 2018–19 school year after finding that previous head coach Hawkins violated rules about practice time.[11]

The following year in 2019, San Jose State started 12–4 in Mountain West games.[12] But San Jose State won just one of the last 14 conference games, in part due to starting center fielder Kellen Strahm being injured.[13][14] Then in 2020, San Jose State was 5–12 when the NCAA canceled all sports competition in March that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15] In another season shortened by COVID-19, San Jose State went 6–30, including 2–19 and last place in Mountain West standings.[16]

But in 2022, San Jose State had a much improved season, finishing 30–29 (16–14 and third in MW standings).[17] At the 2022 Mountain West Tournament, San Jose State finished as runners-up to Air Force.[18] Following the season, San Jose State extended Sanfilippo's contract two years through 2025.[19]

San Jose State baseball advanced even further in 2023, finishing 18–11 in Mountain West play with the regular season co-championship, the first conference title for San Jose State since the 2009 Western Athletic Conference regular season title.[20][21] Sanfilippo and San Diego State head coach Mark Martinez were both named Coaches of the Year by the Mountain West.[22] At the 2023 Mountain West Tournament, San Jose State defeated Air Force 12–9 in the championship game on May 28 to win the tournament title and qualify for the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2002.[23] This win elevated San Jose State to a 31–25 record, marking back-to-back seasons with 30 or more wins for the first time since 2008 and 2009.[21][24] San Jose State finished 31–27 after losing both games at the NCAA Stanford Regional.[24]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
San Jose State Spartans (Mountain West Conference) (2018–present)
2018 San Jose State 27–3016–143rd
2019 San Jose State 20–3413–176th
2020 San Jose State 5–120–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 San Jose State 6–302–197th
2022 San Jose State 30–2916–143rd
2023 San Jose State 31–2718–11T–1stNCAA regional
San Jose State: 119–162 (.423)65–75 (.464)
Total:119–162 (.423)

See also

References
  1. "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. 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. "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. "Brad Sanfilippo". calbears.com. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  8. Stein, Ben (January 31, 2018). "Sanfilippo named interim head coach". The Spartan Daily. Vol. 150, no. 3. San Jose State University. p. 6. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  9. de Fort-Menares, Rainier (September 13, 2022). "Investigation uncovered: former Investigation uncovered: former baseball coach violated Title IX". The Spartan Daily. Vol. 159, no. 9. p. 1. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  10. "Brad Sanfilippo Promoted To Baseball Head Coach". SJSUSpartans.com. San Jose State University. June 12, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  11. "Former San Jose State baseball coach failed to promote atmosphere of compliance". NCAA. September 6, 2018. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  12. "SAN JOSE STATE (18-16, 12-4 MW) -VS- UNLV (20-16, 7-9 MW)". San Jose State University. April 12, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  13. Blair, Georgia (May 4, 2019). "Spartans leave 18 base runners, drop series to Aztecs". The Spear. San Jose State University. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  14. "2019 Baseball Schedule". San Jose State University. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  15. "2020 Baseball Schedule". San Jose State University. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  16. "2021 Baseball Schedule". San Jose State University. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  17. "2022 Baseball Standings". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  18. "San José State Falls to Air Force in Mountain West Championship Game". San Jose State University. May 28, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  19. "SJSU Athletics Announces Head Coaching Extensions". San Jose State University. July 12, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  20. "2023 Baseball Standings". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  21. 2023 SJSU Baseball Record Book (PDF). San Jose State University. 2023. p. 68.
  22. "Mountain West Announces 2023 Baseball All-Conference Honors". Mountain West Conference. May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  23. "Spartans Win Mountain West Championship With 12-9 Victory Over Air Force". San Jose State University. May 28, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  24. "2023 Baseball Schedule". San Jose State University. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
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