Jim Dietz

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Jim Dietz
Sport(s) Baseball, basketball
Biographical details
Born 1939 (age 7677)
Eugene, Oregon
Playing career
Baseball
1961 Jamestown Tigers
Position(s) Second baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Baseball
19631964 Lowell HS (OR)
19651968 Pleasant Hill HS (OR)
19691971 Oregon (JV/freshmen)
19722002 San Diego State
Basketball
19681971 Oregon (freshmen)
Head coaching record
Overall 123075118 (college baseball)

James Clyde "Jim" Dietz (born 1939) is an American former baseball player and coach. He served as the head baseball coach at San Diego State University from 1972 to 2002, compiling a record of 123075118. After coaching the freshman basketball team and the junior varsity baseball team at the University of Oregon, Dietz was appointed as the head basketball coach at Lewis–Clark Normal Schoolnow Lewis–Clark State Collegein May 1971, but turned down that offer a week later to take the head baseball coaching position at San Diego State.[1] In the fall of 2001, Tony Gwynn was hired to replace Dietz at San Diego State following the 2002 season.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Warriors Lose New Hoop Coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. May 11, 1971. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  2. "PLUS: COLLEGE BASEBALL; Gwynn to Coach San Diego State". The New York Times. September 21, 2001. Retrieved July 28, 2011.

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