California State University, Los Angeles Men's Baseball

Beringhele returns for his 10th season as the Cal State LA head baseball coach. He has led the Golden Eagles to winning seasons in six of the past nine years.   Cal State LA was hit hard by injuries in 2016, but still finished strongly and battled to the final weekend for a spot in the six-team California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament. The Golden Eagles were 6-2 over their final eight games to pull into postseason consideration.   The Golden Eagles showed dramatic improvement in 2015 when they won 12 more games than they did in 2014 and were one of the most improved teams in the NCAA Division II. Cal State LA finished with a 28-20 overall record and a 23-17 mark in CCAA competition.   The teams earned run average dropped from 5.84 in 2014 to 3.87 last season and the teams batting average rose from .262 to .298. The Golden Eagles scored 59 more runs than in 2014 and allowed 90 fewer runs. The 3.87 earned run average was the lowest for Cal State LA in more than 25 years.   In his first nine years at Cal State LA, Beringhele has led the Golden Eagles to a 227-220 overall record and a 182-158 mark in conference play. Cal State LA has had 45 players earn All-Conference honors, 24 players make All-West Region teams and six players earn All-America recognition. Cal State LA has had an All-West Region player in eight Beringheles nine seasons with the program, including a first-team selection in six of those years.   Beringhele led the Golden Eagles to a historic season in 2013 when they won their first-ever CCAA Championship Tournament title and earned a trip to the NCAA Division II playoffs for the first time since 2007. The Golden Eagles posted a 35-22 overall record that included a sparkling 28-12 mark in CCAA play.   Cal State LA finished second in the CCAA during the regular season, just one game out first place. The 35 wins were the most for the program since 2007 and the third-highest total since 1977. The 28-12 conference record was the best for the program since 2007 and the second-best since 1977.   Beringhele directed the Golden Eagles to a dominating run through the CCAA Championship Tournament that enabled Cal State L.A. to punch its ticket to the NCAA playoffs. Cal State LA went 4-1 in the double-elimination tournament. After splitting its first two games against Chico State and Sonoma State, the Golden Eagles beat Cal State Monterey Bay, 14-3 and Sonoma State twice by scores of 15-3 and 7-1 to win the championship. In the five tournament games, Cal State LA outscored its opponents, 49-12.   The Golden Eagles advanced to the NCAA playoffs as the No. 5 seed in the West Region and dropped its two playoff games to conclude the season.   Cal State L.A. earned seven All-Conference selections, the most for the program since 2009, including five first-team picks, which were the most since 1998. James Wharton was named the CCAA Player of the Year, giving the Golden Eagles their second straight Player of the Year award and a major conference award for a  third straight year.   Beringhele led the Golden Eagles to its second straight winning season in 2012 and to the brink of a spot in the four-team CCAA Championship Tournament. Cal State LA finished with a 26-22 overall record and a 21-17 mark in conference play.   Beringhele led a team that featured All-American Daniel Duran, who set a new program record by hitting .451 on the season. Duran was named the CCAA and NCAA Division II West Region Player of the Year. Duran became the Golden Eagles first CCAA Player of the Year since 1998 and the first West Region Player of the Year since 2007.   Cal State LA wound up with a 27-23 overall record and was 21-19 in conference play in 2011. The Golden Eagles finished just one game out of a spot in the CCAA Championship Tournament and were ranked in the national top-25 polls during the regular season.   Gabriel Asakura was also named the CCAA Co-Pitcher of the Year, becoming the first Golden Eagle to claim that award since Jeff Verplancke in 1998, and earned All-America honors.   Cal State L.A. was 32-17 overall in 2009 and posted a 22-11 record in conference play. The Golden Eagles earned the No. 3 seed in the CCAA tournament. Cal State LA lost to Sonoma State in the opening round, beat Cal State Dominguez Hills in an elimination game and then lost to Sonoma State later in the day, 10-9, to exit the tournament. The win over Cal State Dominguez Hills was the first victory in a CCAA Tournament game for Cal State LA.   The Golden Eagles, who were ranked fourth in the NCAA Division II West Region entering the final week of regular-season play, surprisingly slipped out of the top four following the CCAA tourney.   Beringhele, who was a successful assistant coach at two NCAA Division I programs and also a former assistant at Cal State LA, led the Golden Eagles to a 29-22 record in 2008 in his first year with the program with a young and inexperienced squad. The Golden Eagles had only five players returning from their 2007 team and had lost 19 seniors. Beringhele led Cal State LA to a 23-12 record in the CCAA and the Golden Eagles missed qualifying for the four-team championship tournament by just one-half game.   Before coming to Cal State LA in 2007, Beringhele spent four years at Loyola Marymount as an assistant to head coach Frank Cruz. He was promoted to the associate head coach position prior to the 2006 season. The Lions captured the West Coast Conference title in 2005. During his time at Loyola Marymount, Beringhele coached third base and worked closely with the Lions offense. Chris Pettit, one of the players Beringhele worked closely with, was the organizational Player of the Year with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2007.   Beringhele joined Loyola Marymount in 2004 after 15 years with UCLA. Serving as the hitting instructor and recruiting coordinator, Beringhele worked with Garrett Atkins, Troy Glaus, Chase Utley, Eric Byrnes, Eric Valent, Ben Francisco, Michael Moore, Chris Pritchett, Joel Wolfe and Paul Ellis, all of whom were drafted in the first five rounds of the Major League Baseball draft. During his time at UCLA, Beringhele was credited with bringing the top high school talent in California to the program. UCLAs class in 1997 was regarded as the best in the nation by Collegiate Baseball and the 2003 recruiting class earned a top-five ranking from Baseball America.   Beringhele helped guide the Bruins to the College World Series in 1997 after they battled back to win five games in a row at the regional to advance to the Series. The Bruins also advanced to a Super Regional in 2000.   He began his college coaching career as an assistant coach for two years at Cal State LA in 1988-89. He got his introduction to coaching as an assistant for Cruz at University High School before going to Cal State LA.   Beringhele also worked with Cruz in the summer of 2004 during the selection process for the gold-medal winning USA Baseball National Team.   Before beginning his college coaching career, Beringhele played in the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league system for three years in Lethbridge, Vero Beach and Bakersfield. In 1983, he batted .338 at Lethbridge and tied for the league lead in hits (94) with teammate and former Dodger Jeff Hamilton. In 1984, he batted .256 for the Vero Beach Dodgers and collected 100 walks in 100 games. He completed his playing career in 1985, playing for both Vero Beach and Bakersfield.   Beringhele earned his bachelor of arts in sociology from UCLA.   He and his wife, Trudy, have one daughter, Betina.   Vince Beringhele Head Baseball Coach After guiding the Golden Eagles through an injury-plagued 2016 season, Vince Beringhele returns for his 10th season as the Cal State LA head baseball coach. He has led the Golden Eagles to winning seasons in six of the past nine years.   Cal State LA was hit hard by injuries in 2016, but still finished strongly and battled to the final weekend for a spot in the six-team California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament. The Golden Eagles were 6-2 over their final eight games to pull into postseason consideration.   The Golden Eagles showed dramatic improvement in 2015 when they won 12 more games than they did in 2014 and were one of the most improved teams in the NCAA Division II. Cal State LA finished with a 28-20 overall record and a 23-17 mark in CCAA competition.   The teams earned run average dropped from 5.84 in 2014 to 3.87 last season and the teams batting average rose from .262 to .298. The Golden Eagles scored 59 more runs than in 2014 and allowed 90 fewer runs. The 3.87 earned run average was the lowest for Cal State LA in more than 25 years.   In his first nine years at Cal State LA, Beringhele has led the Golden Eagles to a 227-220 overall record and a 182-158 mark in conference play. Cal State LA has had 45 players earn All-Conference honors, 24 players make All-West Region teams and six players earn All-America recognition. Cal State LA has had an All-West Region player in eight Beringheles nine seasons with the program, including a first-team selection in six of those years.   Beringhele led the Golden Eagles to a historic season in 2013 when they won their first-ever CCAA Championship Tournament title and earned a trip to the NCAA Division II playoffs for the first time since 2007. The Golden Eagles posted a 35-22 overall record that included a sparkling 28-12 mark in CCAA play.   Cal State LA finished second in the CCAA during the regular season, just one game out first place. The 35 wins were the most for the program since 2007 and the third-highest total since 1977. The 28-12 conference record was the best for the program since 2007 and the second-best since 1977.   Beringhele directed the Golden Eagles to a dominating run through the CCAA Championship Tournament that enabled Cal State L.A. to punch its ticket to the NCAA playoffs. Cal State LA went 4-1 in the double-elimination tournament. After splitting its first two games against Chico State and Sonoma State, the Golden Eagles beat Cal State Monterey Bay, 14-3 and Sonoma State twice by scores of 15-3 and 7-1 to win the championship. In the five tournament games, Cal State LA outscored its opponents, 49-12.   The Golden Eagles advanced to the NCAA playoffs as the No. 5 seed in the West Region and dropped its two playoff games to conclude the season.   Cal State L.A. earned seven All-Conference selections, the most for the program since 2009, including five first-team picks, which were the most since 1998. James Wharton was named the CCAA Player of the Year, giving the Golden Eagles their second straight Player of the Year award and a major conference award for a  third straight year.   Beringhele led the Golden Eagles to its second straight winning season in 2012 and to the brink of a spot in the four-team CCAA Championship Tournament. Cal State LA finished with a 26-22 overall record and a 21-17 mark in conference play.   Beringhele led a team that featured All-American Daniel Duran, who set a new program record by hitting .451 on the season. Duran was named the CCAA and NCAA Division II West Region Player of the Year. Duran became the Golden Eagles first CCAA Player of the Year since 1998 and the first West Region Player of the Year since 2007.   Cal State LA wound up with a 27-23 overall record and was 21-19 in conference play in 2011. The Golden Eagles finished just one game out of a spot in the CCAA Championship Tournament and were ranked in the national top-25 polls during the regular season.   Gabriel Asakura was also named the CCAA Co-Pitcher of the Year, becoming the first Golden Eagle to claim that award since Jeff Verplancke in 1998, and earned All-America honors.   Cal State L.A. was 32-17 overall in 2009 and posted a 22-11 record in conference play. The Golden Eagles earned the No. 3 seed in the CCAA tournament. Cal State LA lost to Sonoma State in the opening round, beat Cal State Dominguez Hills in an elimination game and then lost to Sonoma State later in the day, 10-9, to exit the tournament. The win over Cal State Dominguez Hills was the first victory in a CCAA Tournament game for Cal State LA.   The Golden Eagles, who were ranked fourth in the NCAA Division II West Region entering the final week of regular-season play, surprisingly slipped out of the top four following the CCAA tourney.   Beringhele, who was a successful assistant coach at two NCAA Division I programs and also a former assistant at Cal State LA, led the Golden Eagles to a 29-22 record in 2008 in his first year with the program with a young and inexperienced squad. The Golden Eagles had only five players returning from their 2007 team and had lost 19 seniors. Beringhele led Cal State LA to a 23-12 record in the CCAA and the Golden Eagles missed qualifying for the four-team championship tournament by just one-half game.   Before coming to Cal State LA in 2007, Beringhele spent four years at Loyola Marymount as an assistant to head coach Frank Cruz. He was promoted to the associate head coach position prior to the 2006 season. The Lions captured the West Coast Conference title in 2005. During his time at Loyola Marymount, Beringhele coached third base and worked closely with the Lions offense. Chris Pettit, one of the players Beringhele worked closely with, was the organizational Player of the Year with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2007.   Beringhele joined Loyola Marymount in 2004 after 15 years with UCLA. Serving as the hitting instructor and recruiting coordinator, Beringhele worked with Garrett Atkins, Troy Glaus, Chase Utley, Eric Byrnes, Eric Valent, Ben Francisco, Michael Moore, Chris Pritchett, Joel Wolfe and Paul Ellis, all of whom were drafted in the first five rounds of the Major League Baseball draft. During his time at UCLA, Beringhele was credited with bringing the top high school talent in California to the program. UCLAs class in 1997 was regarded as the best in the nation by Collegiate Baseball and the 2003 recruiting class earned a top-five ranking from Baseball America.   Beringhele helped guide the Bruins to the College World Series in 1997 after they battled back to win five games in a row at the regional to advance to the Series. The Bruins also advanced to a Super Regional in 2000.   He began his college coaching career as an assistant coach for two years at Cal State LA in 1988-89. He got his introduction to coaching as an assistant for Cruz at University High School before going to Cal State LA.   Beringhele also worked with Cruz in the summer of 2004 during the selection process for the gold-medal winning USA Baseball National Team.   Before beginning his college coaching career, Beringhele played in the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league system for three years in Lethbridge, Vero Beach and Bakersfield. In 1983, he batted .338 at Lethbridge and tied for the league lead in hits (94) with teammate and former Dodger Jeff Hamilton. In 1984, he batted .256 for the Vero Beach Dodgers and collected 100 walks in 100 games. He completed his playing career in 1985, playing for both Vero Beach and Bakersfield.   Beringhele earned his bachelor of arts in sociology from UCLA.   He and his wife, Trudy, have one daughter, Betina.  

A talented coach with extensive college and high school coaching experience, Richie Escalera joins the Cal State LA baseball coaching staff as an assistant coach. Escalera comes to Cal State LA after spending one year as the head coach of Golden Valley High School in Santa Clarita. Before that, Escalera was at Loyola Marymount as an assistant coach before COVID-19 shortened the 2020 season. He still had a big impact on the team and three players signed Major League Baseball contracts, including a pitcher selected in the fourth round of the draft. Escalera was the recruiting coordinator at the University of Antelope Valley for four seasons before going to Loyola Marymount. He helped guide the team to its first-ever trip to the NAIA World Series in 2016, where they finished sixth out of 10 teams. The Pioneers captured the California Pacific Conference Championship all four years he was there and had an overall record of 156-65-1 (.705). As one of Antelope Valleys hitting instructors, he helped the Pioneers rank in the top-25 in multiple offensive categories during his tenure, including a No. 2 ranking in doubles per game and a No. 10 ranking in batting average in 2017, fourth in triples and 10th in doubles in 2017 and ranking in the top-10 in hits per game, doubles per game, triples, runs scored per game and runs batted in per game in 2018. Under his direction, UAV starting catchers posted an average fielding percentage of .986 with one catcher earning a Cal Pac Gold Glove Award in 2017. Escalera was also a volunteer coach for Division I Cal State Bakersfield. During his time with the Roadrunners, he worked with pitchers for two seasons and hitters and corner infielders for two seasons. In 2015, he helped led the Roadrunners to the Western Athletic Conference tournament championship and the programs first-ever berth in the NCAA Tournament. The Roadrunners also picked up their first postseason victory with a 2-1 win over the University of Mississippi in the UCLA Regional. While he was at Cal State Bakersfield, eight Roadrunners were drafted into Major League Baseball. He had the Western Athletic Conferences Player of the Year in 2013 and the WAC Pitcher of the Year in 2015. Escalera played for two seasons at Mt. San Antonio College and earned first-team All-Conference honors as a freshman and second-team honors as a sophomore. He earned a scholarship to Cal State Bakersfield, where he was on the first baseball team in school history. He started as designated hitter in Cal State Bakersfields first-ever game against St. Louis University. While at Bakersfield, he was part of the only team in any NCAA Division I sport to beat the defending national champion, beating Fresno State, 4-3. He played from 2009-10 and holds the record for fielding percentage in a season (1.000).

Derek Bell is in his 14th season with the Cal State Monterey Bay coaching staff leading the Infielders and hitters. Bell came with Coach White from Sonoma State to help build CSUMB into a national power. He uses his wealth of playing and coaching experience to continue his track record of developing All-American and professional players. Bell’s impact on CSUMB Baseball was felt immediately in 2011. He tutored an offense that became known for its patience and clutch hitting. Under Bell’s watch, Danny Nelson became the Otters all–time leader for doubles in a season while Jared DeCastro broke the single season record for batting average. Along with Coach White, Bell coached an infield defense that led the nation in double plays turned per game. Bell spent 13 years at Sonoma State as a player and a coach. During his tenure at SSU the Seawolves produced record numbers of championships, All–Americans and players moving on to the professional ranks. The Seawolves’ most successful run in school history started when Bell entered the program as a player and continued as he took over as a coach. Bell’s influence as a coach was most prominent in 2008, when SSU charged through the playoffs and advanced to the NCAA Division II College World Series, finishing 3rd in the nation. During his time with SSU as a player and coach, the Seawolves won six conference championships and made the NCAA Regional Tournament eight times. As a player at Sonoma State, Bell was one of the best players in California Collegiate Athletic Association history. The 2007 SSU Hall of Fame Inductee holds numerous offensive records at SSU. As a senior, Bell was runner up for NCAA Division II national player of the year. Following his collegiate playing career, Bell was drafted by the San Francisco Giants and spent five seasons playing professional baseball before he began his full-time coaching career.