LIU Brooklyn

• Location: Brooklyn, NY
• Nickname: Blackbirds
• Conference: Northeast Conference 1987-2019; ECAC Metropolitan Conference 196?-1986; ECAC NY-NJ 1982-1983; Knickerbocker Conference ??-196?
• Ballpark: LIU Field
• Division: I

After the 2018-2019 school year, the LIU Post and LIU-Brooklyn athletics were merged into one program under the Long Island University name. Since LIU Brooklyn has always been a Division I program, the Division II LIU Post teams for sports that have not been sponsored by LIU Brooklyn will move up immediately to Division I without the usual transition period for an institution moving to a different division.

Alumni

• Jeff Albies, college coach
• Sal Campisi, pitcher
• Terry Crowley, outfielder
• Larry Doby, outfielder, manager; Hall of Fame
• Al Ferrara, outfielder
• Sid Gordon, outfielder
• Arnold Hano, author
• James Jones, outfielder
• Dolly King, infielder
• Skip Nathanson, minor league manager
• Marius Russo, pitcher
• Justin Topa, pitcher
• Bob Trocolor, minor league pitcher
• Bob Turzilli, scout

Coaches

• Herbert Raubenheimer, 1929
• Arthur Carroll, 1930
• Lewis Malone, 1931
• Clair Bee, 1934-1939
• Al Caruso, 1940
• William Lai, Jr., 1949-1960
• Saverio Picariello, 1961
• Tony Russo, 1962-65
• Dick Vining, 1966-74
• Paul Lizzo, 1975-76
• Frank Giannone, 1977-2005
• Don Maines, 2006-2014
• Alex Trezza, 2015-2016
• Dan Pirillo, 2017-2019

Assistant Coaches

• Louie Bernardini, 2015
• Tom Carty, 2017-2019
• Steve Connelly
• Craig Noto, 9 yrs

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1949	6-4-1
1950	9-6
1951	13-5
1952	11-8
1953	15-5
1954	14-2
1955	12-4
1956	12-3
1957	8-7
1958	12-3
1959	14-1
1960	14-5
1961	11-5
1962	14-5
1963	15-1-1
1964	21-4
1965	15-5
1966	15-8
1967	19-8	8-3
1968	26-5		Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1969	12-12	5-8
1970	16-6-1	8-5
1971	13-11	6-6
1972	20-9	8-3	CWS District Tournaments
1973	19-9-1	12-4
1974	17-13	10-6
1975	6-18	6-10
1976	6-17-1	4-11-1
1977	12-12	9-7
1978	17-10	9-6
1979	22-7	12-3
1980	18-9	4-3
1981	23-11	9-2
1982	17-14-1	8-8-1 (NY-NJ) 6-4-1 (Met)
1983	12-12-1	8-8 (NY-NJ) 5-5-1 (Met)
1984	22-8	11-3
1985	26-10-1	12-5
1986	18-15	11-7
1987	17-16	5-7
1988	20-14	7-5
1989	12-19	5-7
1990	27-13	12-3
1991	19-18-1	6-9
1992	24-15	12-6
1993	17-18	14-6	NEC
1994	25-19	14-7	NEC
1995	18-28	10-11	NEC
1996	22-19	12-9	NEC
1997	17-21	10-11
1998	24-14	9-6	NEC
1999	25-19	11-9
2000	23-21	14-8	NEC
2001	18-24	13-9
2002	11-33	8-19
2003	16-24	11-15
2004	9-29	7-16
2005	13-25	9-15
2006	13-33-1	10-13
2007	16-35	10-17
2008	16-31	7-15
2009	10-40	6-21
2010	14-42	11-21
2011	28-23	19-11	NEC
2012	22-33	13-19
2013	21-33-1	16-14-1	NEC
2014	25-25-1	11-13
2015	12-31	10-14
2016	19-35	13-17
2017	22-28	12-14
2018	31-26	16-12	NEC / CWS Regionals
2019	20-33	9-15