Chapman University
- Location: Orange, CA
- Nickname: Panthers
- Conference Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2013- ; NCAA Division III Independents 1995-2012; NCAA Division-I Independents 1992-1994; California Collegiate Athletic Association 1979-1991; Southern California Athletic Conference
- Division: III
- Ballpark: Hart Park
Division II College World Series title in 1968
Division III College World Series title in 2003 & 2019
Chapman was a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association until 1993, although in baseball Chapman was a Division-I Independent from 1992 to 1994. Chapman is one of few schools who has played at every division of the NCAA (Division-I, II & III).
Chapman College became Chapman University in 1991.
Coaches[edit]
- Ralph Kennedy, 1926
- Ralph Welch, 1927-1941
- Warren Conrad, 1947
- Don Perkins, 1948-1960
- Dick Thiebert, 1961-1963
- Paul Deese, 1964-1970, 1982-1983
- Bob Pomeroy, 1971-1977
- David Ristig, 1978-1981
- Mike Weathers, 1984-1991
- Gary Henderson, 1992-1993
- Rex Peters, 1994-2002
- Tom Tereschuk, 2003-2013
- Dave Edwards (college), 2013 (interim)
- Scott Laverty, 2014-present
Assistant Coaches[edit]
- Jim Benedict, 1989-1990
- Geoff Fox, 2013-2019
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