Winthrop University

• Location: Rock Hill, SC
• Nickname: Eagles
• Conference: Big South Conference 1985-present
• Ballpark: Winthrop Ballpark

NAIA College World Series runner-up in 1981

Stats of MLB players who went here

Winthrop College became Winthrop University in 1992. The school has sponsored baseball since 1980, making it to the NAIA College World Series finals in the program's 2nd year of existence.

People who went here

• Jeff Cisco, minor league catcher
• Carl Dale, pitcher
• Matteo D'Angelo, Serie A1 pitcher
• Derron Davis, minor league coach
• Kevin Graber, minor league manager
• Art Inabinet, college coach
• Chris Leroux, pitcher
• Chico Lombardo, college coach
• Chad MacDonald, scout
• Lib Mahon, AAGPBL outfielder
• Tyler Mizenko, minor league pitcher
• John Murrian, minor league catcher
• Matt Pierpont, minor league pitcher
• Owen Reid, Austrian national team coach
• Eric Ruth, minor league pitcher
• Jake Shaffer, minor league outfielder
• Kevin Slowey, pitcher
• Dave Steffler, drafted pitcher
• J.B. Thurmond, minor league pitcher
• Christian Tomsich, Austrian national team infielder-pitcher
• Alex Wilson, pitcher

Coaches

• Horace Turbeville, 1980-1991
• Joe Hudak, 1992-2010
• Tom Riginos, 2011-2024
• Mike McGuire, 2025-present

Assistant Coaches

• Ben Hall, 2012-2014
• Art Inabinet, 1989-1991
• Joe Litterio, 1999
• Chico Lombardo, ?1985-1989?
• Mike McGuire, 1997-2002; 2006-2011
• Mike McRae, 1997-1998

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1980	32-6		NAIA District Tournaments
1981	44-13		NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments / NAIA CWS
1982	26-11
1983	38-6		NAIA District Tournaments
1984	34-10		NAIA District Tournaments
1985	47-9		Big South / NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1986	37-10	12-5	Big South
1987	35-8	8-3	Big South
1988	22-15	8-5	Big South
1989	14-19	5-13
1990	22-28-1	5-11	Big South
1991	22-22	10-8	Big South
1992	29-29	10-7	Big South
1993	27-31	12-10	Big South
1994	32-20	14-12
1995	41-17-2	18-6	CWS Regionals
1996	41-16-1	14-5
1997	27-29-1	14-9	Big South
1998	35-22	10-8	Big South
1999	40-23	9-6	Big South / CWS Regionals
2000	30-33	7-14	Big South
2001	46-14-4	18-3	Big South / CWS Regionals
2002	29-30	8-13	Big South
2003	35-22	15-4	Big South
2004	37-23	16-8	Big South
2005	44-22	19-5	Big South / CWS Regionals
2006	46-18	17-7	Big South / CWS Regionals
2007	33-27	15-6	Big South
2008	26-34	11-10	Big South
2009	35-25	18-9	Big South
2010	27-30	13-14	Big South
2011	27-30	15-12	Big South
2012	17-35	9-14
2013	21-33	9-16
2014	27-33	14-13	Big South
2015	40-19	16-8	Big South
2016	28-27	12-12	Big South
2017	34-24	17-7	Big South
2018	25-31	15-12	Big South
2019	34-23	18-9	Big South
2020	11-4	0-0
2021	19-27	16-21
2022	18-34	11-13
2023	28-28	15-12	Big South
2024	19-29-1	8-15