Brad Sanfilippo

Bradley Alfson Sanfilippo (born January 3, 1975) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach at San Jose State. Sanfilippo played college baseball at De Anza and UC Davis.

Brad Sanfilippo
Sanfilippo at San Jose Municipal Stadium in 2018.
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSan Jose State
ConferenceMountain West
Record52–76 (.406)
Biographical details
Born (1975-01-03) January 3, 1975
Los Gatos, California
Playing career
1995De Anza
1996–1998UC Davis
Position(s)Outfielder, designated hitter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001Los Gatos HS (asst.)
2003Willow Glen HS
2004–2009Los Gatos HS
2010–2012California (volunteer asst.)
2013–2014San Jose State (asst.)
2015–2017California (asst.)
2018–presentSan Jose State
Head coaching record
Overall52–76 (.406)

Sanfilippo was a high school baseball coach in Los Gatos and San Jose, California before moving up to the college level as a volunteer assistant at California in 2010. From 2013 to 2014, he was an assistant coach at San Jose State, before coming back to California as assistant from 2015 to 2017. After spending the 2018 season as interim head coach at San Jose State, Sanfilippo was promoted to the job long term.

Playing career

A native of Los Gatos, California, Sanfilippo graduated from Los Gatos High School in 1993.[1] An outfielder and designated hitter,[1][2] Sanfilippo began his college baseball career at De Anza College before transferring to UC Davis before his sophomore year.[3] As a senior at UC Davis in 1998, Sanfilippo was a team captain and batted .308 with 37 hits and 19 RBI.[3][4]

Coaching career

Sanfilippo returned to Los Gatos High School as an assistant coach in 1999. In 2002, Sanfilippo was director of baseball operations at Santa Clara. In 2003, he was named the head coach at Willow Glen High School. From 2004 to 2009, Sanfilippo served as the head coach of Los Gatos.[5] Sanfilippo also taught eighth grade English at Willow Glen Middle School in San Jose for seven years.[6]

In September 2009, Sanfilippo became a volunteer assistant coach at California.[3][5] The recruiting coordinator and third base coach under David Esquer, Sanfilippo would remain at California for three seasons, including California's run to the 2011 College World Series.[5]

Under Dave Nakama, Sanfilippo was an assistant coach at San Jose State from 2013 to 2014. He spent a second stint at California as assistant coach from 2015 to 2017.[5]

In January 2018, Sanfilippo returned to San Jose State as interim head coach, after regular head coach Jason Hawkins was placed on leave before eventually resigning.[7] After posting a 27–30 record and third place in the Mountain West Conference, Sanfilippo signed a five-year contract on June 12, 2018 with San Jose State to be head baseball coach.[8]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
San Jose State Spartans (Mountain West Conference) (2018–present)
2018 San Jose State 27–3016–143rd
2019 San Jose State 20–3413–176th
2020 San Jose State 5–120–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
San Jose State: 52–76 (.406)29–31 (.483)
Total:52–76 (.406)

See also

References
  1. "1998 UC Davis Baseball Roster". University of California, Davis. Archived from the original on December 7, 1998. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  2. Box scores as linked in the official 1998 UC Davis Baseball Game Results show that Sanfilippo played left field and designated hitter in the 1998 season.
  3. Dick Sparrer (September 25, 2009). "Brad Sanfilippo leaving Los Gatos to coach baseball at UC-Berkeley". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  4. "UC DAVIS Season Statistics". University of California, Davis. May 10, 1998. Archived from the original on February 10, 1999. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  5. "Brad Sanfilippo". CalBears.com. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  6. "Brad Sanfilippo", SJSUSpartans.com, San Jose State University, archived from the original on September 29, 2014, retrieved July 22, 2018
  7. Ben Stein (January 31, 2018). "Sanfilippo named interim head coach". The Spartan Daily. San Jose State University. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  8. "Brad Sanfilippo Promoted To Baseball Head Coach". SJSUSpartans.com. San Jose State University. June 12, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
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