Mike Batesole
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Mike Batesole is the head baseball coach at Fresno State
California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fresno, often referred to as Fresno State University and synonymously known in athletics as Fresno State , is one of the leading campuses of the California State University system, located at the northeast edge of Fresno, California, USA.The campus sits at the foot of...

. In 5 seasons as head coach, he has compiled a 172-134 record. He previously coached for 7 seasons at Cal State Northridge. His overall record stands at 428-292-1. In 2006 and 2007, his teams won back-to-back WAC
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

championships in baseball. He led Fresno State to tournament appearances in 2006 and 2007, due to winning the conference tournament.

He also went to the NCAA tournament in 1996 and 2002 with Cal State Northridge. He has coached 55 professional baseball players. He went 256-158-1 at CS Northridge and has posted the second most wins in school history. In 2008, he coached Fresno State to their first College World Series appearance in seventeen years by defeating #3 Arizona State, and then defeating #6 Rice University, #2 University of North Carolina to advance to the championship, and then defeating #8 University of Georgia in the final two games in a best two-out-of-three championship series winning 19-10 in the second game, and 6-1 in the third game to win Fresno State their first NCAA Men's Championship.

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