John Goelz

John Goelz

• School San Francisco State University

Biographical Information

John Golez was a college coach for over 40 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 won 1,175 games in 39 seasons and had coached future big leaguers Scott Alexander, Daniel Barone, O'Koyea Dickson 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
1991	Sonoma State University	29-14-1	21-7	Division II Regionals
1992	Sonoma State University	32-17-1	23-7	Division II 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	Division II Regionals
1999	Sonoma State University	40-26	21-15	CCAA / Division II Regionals
2000	Sonoma State University	39-23	25-15	CCAA
2001	Sonoma State University	50-17	29-7	CCAA / Division II Regionals
2002	Sonoma State University	41-24	20-20
2003	Sonoma State University	46-15-1	27-11	CCAA / Division II Regionals
2004	Sonoma State University	39-28	25-15	CCAA / Division II 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 / Division II Regionals
2008	Sonoma State University	52-15	25-8	CCAA / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2009	Sonoma State University	35-16	22-10	CCAA / Division II Regionals
2010	Sonoma State University	24-28	17-23
2011	Sonoma State University	37-22	24-16	CCAA / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2012	Sonoma State University	28-25	23-17	CCAA
2013	Sonoma State University	36-22	24-16	CCAA / Division II Regionals
2014	Sonoma State University	27-18	24-8	CCAA / Division II 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	Season cancelled
2022	Sonoma State University	24-26	21-19	CCAA
2023	Sonoma State University	22-22	16-20
2024	Sonoma State University	25-26	19-21	CCAA