John Goelz

• School San Francisco State University

John Golez has been a college coach for over 30 years.

Goelz was a pitcher in college. He was assistant coach at San Francisco State from 1977-1982. In 1984-1985, Goelz taught and coached baseball at Albany High School. He became head coach at Sonoma State University in 1986, taking the reigns at a school that had won 50 games in the prior six years. He turned things around, sending the school to its first winning record, 30-20 in 1987. He was named Northern California Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1998 and was California Collegiate Athletic Association Coach of the Year in 2001, 2007 and 2008. His 2008 team set a school record of 52 wins and made the 2008 Division II College World Series, the school's first trip to the Series. He was 800-509-5 after 24 seasons and had coached future big leaguers Daniel Barone and Tommy Everidge. No Sonoma State coach in any sport had won as many games.

Source: Sonoma State bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1986	Sonoma State University	18-32	9-21
1987	Sonoma State University	30-20	18-12
1988	Sonoma State University	27-21	15-13
1989	Sonoma State University	28-18	20-9
1990	Sonoma State University	35-17	21-9	NCAC Champions
1991	Sonoma State University	29-14-1	21-7	NCAC Champions, NCAA Regionals
1992	Sonoma State University	32-17-1	23-7	NCAC Champions, NCAA Regionals
1993	Sonoma State University	33-21	21-14
1994	Sonoma State University	23-25	14-21
1995	Sonoma State University	25-28	17-18
1996	Sonoma State University	30-26-1	16-19
1997	Sonoma State University	37-20	25-10
1998	Sonoma State University	33-21	23-12	NCAC Champions, NCAA Regionals
1999	Sonoma State University	40-26	21-15	CCAA Tournament Champions, NCAA Regionals
2000	Sonoma State University	39-23	25-15	CCAA Tournament, NCAA Regionals
2001	Sonoma State University	50-17	29-7	CCAA Tournament Champions, NCAA Regionals
2002	Sonoma State University	41-24	20-20
2003	Sonoma State University	46-15-1	27-11	CCAA Tournament Champions, NCAA Regionals
2004	Sonoma State University	39-28	25-15	CCAA Tournament, NCAA Regionals
2005	Sonoma State University	25-30	19-19
2006	Sonoma State University	28-23-1	17-15
2007	Sonoma State University	50-12	29-7	CCAA Tournament Champions, NCAA Regionals
2008	Sonoma State University	52-15	26-8	CCAA Tournament Champions, NCAA West Region Champions
2009	Sonoma State University	35-16	22-10	CCAA Tournament, NCAA Regionals
2010	Sonoma State University	24-28	17-23
2011	Sonoma State University	37-22	24-16	CCAA Tournament, NCAA Regionals
2012	Sonoma State University	28-25	23-17	CCAA Tournament
2013	Sonoma State University	36-22	24-16	CCAA Tournament, NCAA Regionals
2014	Sonoma State University	27-18	24-8	CCAA Tournament, NCAA Regionals
2015	Sonoma State University	23-27	17-23
2016	Sonoma State University	21-27	19-18
2017	Sonoma State University	24-21	19-19
2018	Sonoma State University	26-24	22-22
2019	Sonoma State University	25-25	22-22
2020	Sonoma State University	7-14	6-10
2021	Sonoma State University	N/A	N/A	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2022	Sonoma State University	24-26	21-19