Northern Colorado Bears | |
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2024 Northern Colorado Bears baseball team | |
Founded | 1924 |
University | University of Northern Colorado |
Head coach | Mike Anderson (2nd season) |
Conference | Summit League |
Location | Greeley, Colorado |
Home stadium | Jackson Field (Capacity: 1,500) |
Nickname | Bears |
Colors | Blue and gold[1] |
College World Series appearances | |
1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1974 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
Division II: 1994, 1998 Division I: 1974, 1975, 1976 College Division: 1971, 1972, 1973 No Divisions: 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
NCC: 1998 GPAC: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 RMC: 1971, 1972 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
GWC: 2013 NCC: 1998 GPAC: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 RMC: 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972 |
Northern Colorado Bears baseball is the varsity intercollegiate team representing University of Northern Colorado in the sport of college baseball in NCAA Division I. The team is led by Mike Anderson, and plays its home games at Jackson Field on campus in Greeley, Colorado. The Bears are baseball members of the Summit League, having joined in July 2021 after spending the previous eight years as baseball members of the Western Athletic Conference.[2]
Prior to the 1968 establishment of what is now the NCAA Division II baseball tournament, the Bears reached the College World Series nine times, and reached the CWS again in 1974 at the Division I level for a total of ten appearances, compiling a record of 3–20. The school was known as Colorado State College until 1970, when the school changed to its present name. This is not to be confused with the current Colorado State University, which was known as Colorado A&M until 1957.