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The Bryant Bulldogs baseball team is the NCAA Division I varsity intercollegiate baseball team of Bryant University, located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The program participates as a member of the America East Conference. The Bulldogs previously participated as members of the Northeast Conference. It plays at Conaty Park on the northern edge of Bryant's campus. Ryan Klosterman has been the program's head coach since the 2020 season.
In Division I, Bryant has appeared in two NCAA tournaments; it has won the NEC tournament twice and the NEC regular season title four times. In Division II, it appeared in five NCAA tournaments, including the 2004 College World Series; it won the Northeast-10 Tournament once and the NE-10 regular season title six times.
Three former Bulldogs, Keith MacWhorter, James Karinchak, and Mickey Gasper have gone on to play in Major League Baseball.
1969 was Bryant's first season of varsity NCAA baseball. Under head coach Bill Stein, the team went 5–14. In 1970, it improved to 11–8. For those first two seasons, Bryant competed in the College Division's Southern New England Conference (SNEC). For its first three seasons, Bryant was located in Providence; Stein coached the team in all three seasons before moving to Georgetown to become an assistant men's basketball coach under John Thompson. The school moved to its present-day Smithfield location ahead of the 1971–72 academic year.
The school hired Steve Thornton to replace Stein. The school did not sponsor a team in 1974 or 1976, but in the three seasons Thornton did coach (1972, 1973, and 1975), Bryant went 26–28 overall. In the middle of this stretch, in August 1973, the NCAA reorganized its divisions. Prior to then, the NCAA had competed in two divisions, a large-school University Division and a small-school College Division. Following the reorganization, the University Division became Division I, while the College Division split into Division II and Division III. UC Riverside became a Division II Independent. Bryant, which had been playing in the College Division, joined Division II.
In 1976, Keith MacWhorter became the program's first MLB Draft selection when the Dodgers picked him in the 15th round. He later played for the Boston Red Sox.
Former Providence hockey player Bob Reall coached the team from 1977 to 1978. The team went a combined 11–41. Another Providence alumnus, Michael McGuinn, was the head coach from 1979 to 1983. The program had its worst season in McGuinn's first year, going 1–22. The team suffered two 18-run losses (22–4 to New Haven and 18–0 to Eastern Connecticut) but also lost five one-run games. Its lone win came against Barrington.
Bryant was a founding member of the Northeast-7 Conference in the 1980–81 academic year. The conference became the Northeast-8 when Saint Anselm joined the following year and the Northeast-10 (NE-10) when Saint Michael's and Quinnipiac joined for the 1987–88 academic year.
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Bryant Bulldogs baseball
The Bryant Bulldogs baseball team is the NCAA Division I varsity intercollegiate baseball team of Bryant University, located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The program participates as a member of the America East Conference. The Bulldogs previously participated as members of the Northeast Conference. It plays at Conaty Park on the northern edge of Bryant's campus. Ryan Klosterman has been the program's head coach since the 2020 season.
In Division I, Bryant has appeared in two NCAA tournaments; it has won the NEC tournament twice and the NEC regular season title four times. In Division II, it appeared in five NCAA tournaments, including the 2004 College World Series; it won the Northeast-10 Tournament once and the NE-10 regular season title six times.
Three former Bulldogs, Keith MacWhorter, James Karinchak, and Mickey Gasper have gone on to play in Major League Baseball.
1969 was Bryant's first season of varsity NCAA baseball. Under head coach Bill Stein, the team went 5–14. In 1970, it improved to 11–8. For those first two seasons, Bryant competed in the College Division's Southern New England Conference (SNEC). For its first three seasons, Bryant was located in Providence; Stein coached the team in all three seasons before moving to Georgetown to become an assistant men's basketball coach under John Thompson. The school moved to its present-day Smithfield location ahead of the 1971–72 academic year.
The school hired Steve Thornton to replace Stein. The school did not sponsor a team in 1974 or 1976, but in the three seasons Thornton did coach (1972, 1973, and 1975), Bryant went 26–28 overall. In the middle of this stretch, in August 1973, the NCAA reorganized its divisions. Prior to then, the NCAA had competed in two divisions, a large-school University Division and a small-school College Division. Following the reorganization, the University Division became Division I, while the College Division split into Division II and Division III. UC Riverside became a Division II Independent. Bryant, which had been playing in the College Division, joined Division II.
In 1976, Keith MacWhorter became the program's first MLB Draft selection when the Dodgers picked him in the 15th round. He later played for the Boston Red Sox.
Former Providence hockey player Bob Reall coached the team from 1977 to 1978. The team went a combined 11–41. Another Providence alumnus, Michael McGuinn, was the head coach from 1979 to 1983. The program had its worst season in McGuinn's first year, going 1–22. The team suffered two 18-run losses (22–4 to New Haven and 18–0 to Eastern Connecticut) but also lost five one-run games. Its lone win came against Barrington.
Bryant was a founding member of the Northeast-7 Conference in the 1980–81 academic year. The conference became the Northeast-8 when Saint Anselm joined the following year and the Northeast-10 (NE-10) when Saint Michael's and Quinnipiac joined for the 1987–88 academic year.