Open Dates

 

Often, we hear of coaches looking to fill open dates, whether it’s at the beginning of the season and they are trying to finish their schedules or during the year, when pesky rainouts throw them a curve. If you’re a coach and are looking to find a game, send an e-mail to sean@collegebaseballinsider.com with open dates and a point of contact, and we will post it to this page as soon as possible. We will post openings for three months.

 

Let us know when you fill the date, so we can mark it off.

 

2009 Open Dates      2010 Open Dates

 

July 2

 

New Mexico: 2009 midweek home dates: March 3, 4, 10, 11; April 7, 21; May 5. $2,000 a game and 15 rooms per night. Contact assistant coach Chad Tidwell at ctidwell@unm.edu.

 

Houston Baptist: March 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 2010. Willing to travel for guarantee or will give guarantee for home series. Contact Chris Hill at 281-649-3262 or chill@hbu.edu.

 

Texas-San Antonio: 2009 midweek games: Feb. 24, 25, March 3, April 7, 8. Contact assistant coach Mike Clement at 210-458-4195 or mike.clement@utsa.edu.

 

NC State: Feb. 20-22, 2009, one team for tournament with NC State, Illinois-Chicago and Santa Clara. Contact Nate Birtwell at nate_birtwell@ncsu.edu or 919-513-3795.

 

Texas A&M: March 10-11, April 21, 2009; April 27 & May 18, 2010. Great guarantees. Contact head coach Rob Childress at 979-845-5556 or rchildress@athletics.tamu.edu

 

UNLV: Feb. 20-22, 2009, 3 or 4-game series, guarantee available. Also midweek games: March 3, 4, 17; April 7, 8. Contact assistant coach Mike Kirby at 702-895-3802 or mike.kirby@unlv.edu.

 

Stetson: 2010 home midweek games: March 9, 10, 16, 17. Guarantee available. Contact assistant coach Mitch Markham at 386-822-8733 or mmarkham@stetson.edu.

 

Coastal Carolina: Feb. 26-28, 2010, Baseball at the Beach Tournament, need two teams to complete field with CCU, James Madison, two ACC teams, generous guarantees available; also March 5-7, Springfield Beach Resort Tournament, need two teams, generous guarantees available; March 26-28, home series to return in 2011 or generous guarantee. Contact head coach Gary Gilmore at 843-421-8823 or ggilmore@coastal.edu.

 

Long Island: March 6-8, 2009, three or four-game series or tournament. Would need guarantee. Contact head coach Don Maines at 718-488-1538 or donald.maines@liu.edu.

 

Bethune-Cookman: Feb. 27-March 1, 2009, home series; also March 6-8, two teams for tournament; March 27-29, home series. Guarantee available or return trip. Contact assistant coach Joel Sanchez at 386-481-2242 or sanchezj@cookman.edu.

 

Cal State Fullerton: March 12-14, 2010, home weekend series. Contact Todd Rogers at 714-865-1095.

 

June 25

 

Cal State Fullerton: March 13-15, 2009, 3-game home series with possible guarantee. Contact Dave Serrano at 714-278-3780 or dserrano@fullerton.edu.

 

Louisiana Tech: May 8-10, 2009, weekend series, home or will travel for guarantee. Midweek games April 7, 14, 21, home or away. Contact assistant coach Brian Rountree at 318-257-4111 or rountree@latech.edu.

 

Gonzaga: May 8-10, 2009, 3-game series, home or away. Also midweek March 17 and/or 18, 1 or 2 games. Possible midweek March 31 and April 1. Contact assistant coach Steve Bennett at 509-313-3597 or bennett@athletics.gonzaga.edu.

 

Gonzaga: 2010, weekend series March 19-21, home series May 7-9. Midweek games March 9, 10 and 16; April 20 or 21; May 4 and 5. Contact assistant coach Steve Bennett at 509-313-3597 or bennett@athletics.gonzaga.edu.

 

Georgia Southern: 2009 midweek dates, home or away. Contact head coach Rodney Hennon at 912-478-7360 or rhennon@georgiasouthern.edu.

 

June 23

 

Radford: March 26-28, 2010, home series with guarantee. Contact assistant coach Allen Rice at arice18@radford.edu.

 

Missouri: March 12-14 and March 19-21, 2010, prefer 4-game series, home games with very good guarantees or return trip possible. Also 2010 midweek games with very good guarantee or home-and-home. Contact assistant coach Evan Pratte at 573-882-1917 or prattee@missouri.edu.

 

UC Irvine: April 24-26, 2009, home or away, 3 or 4-game series. Also midweek games for March 10, 17; April 21 or 22; May 5. Contact head coach Mike Gillespie at 949-824-4292 or gillespm@uci.edu.

 

Florida Gulf Coast: Feb. 26-March 1, 2009, two teams for tournament with FGCU, Samford, Boston College, Towson. Excellent guarantee. Contact associate head coach Rusty McKee at 239-590-7058 or rmckee@fgcu.edu.

 

Oklahoma: May 14-16, 2010, home series with great guarantee. Contact Coordinator of Operations Ryan Gaines at 405-325-8357 or rgaines@ou.edu.

 

Hofstra: May 8-10, 2009, 3 or 4 games, will travel with guarantee. Contact assistant coach Asa Grunenwald at athajg@hofstra.edu or 516-463-3759.

 

Louisiana-Lafayette: 2010 midweek games or 2-game series, March 9-10, March 23-24, April 6-7, April 13-14. Guarantee included. Contact John Szefc at 337-654-6915 or cajunbaseball@cox-internet.com.

 

June 18

 

Elon: 2009 midweek games. Contact head coach Mike Kennedy at 336-278-6741 or kennedy@elon.edu.

 

Cal State Northridge: 2009, two midweek games, March 10 or 11, April 21 or 22, May 5 or 6. 2010, home weekend series, March 5-7, March 19-21, March 26-28. Generous guarantees available. Also have most midweek dates open. Contact head coach Steve Rousey at 818-677-7055 or stephen.rousey@csun.edu.

 

William & Mary: April 14 or 15, 2009, home game, guarantee possible. Contact head coach Frank Leoni at fdleon@wm.edu or 757-221-3399.

 

Maryland: Feb. 20-22, 2009, 3 or 4-game home series. Contact head coach Terry Rupp at 301-314-7122 or rrupp@umd.edu.

 

San Diego State: May 1-3, 2009, three-game home series due to cancellation. Guarantee available. Contact Rusty Filter at 619-594-6582 or rfilter2@mail.sdsu.edu.

 

Cal State Bakersfield: Feb. 20-22, 2009, round-robin with USC, Saint Louis and CSUB. Contact head coach Bill Kernen at 661-335-1058 or wkernen@csub.edu.

 

Morehead State: 2009, two games, Feb. 20 (home only), April 7 and/or May 6. Contact Rick Parr at 606-783-2881 or r.parr@moreheadstate.edu.

 

Austin Peay: Feb. 20-22, 2009, home series, or road series with good guarantee. Contact head coach Gary McClure at 931-221-6266 or mcclureg@apsu.edu.

 

Austin Peay: March 5-7, 2010, fourth team for round-robin classic with Austin Peay, Dayton and Southern Illinois. Also March 12-14 and March 19-21, home series, or road series with good guarantee. Contact head coach Gary McClure at 931-221-6266 or mcclureg@apsu.edu.

 

TCU: March 31 or April 1, 2009, home game with good guarantee. Contact head coach Jim Schlossnagle at 817-257-5354 or j.schlossnagle@tcu.edu.

 

Purdue: March 20-22, 2009, home series with guarantee available. Contact head coach Doug Schreiber at dschreiber@purdue.edu or 765-430-8147.

 

Dallas Baptist: April 10-12, 2009, three-game series, good guarantee available or will do home-and-home. Contact Travis Wyckoff at travisw@dbu.edu.

 

June 4

 

Loyola-Marymount: Feb. 27-March 1, 2009, home series, guarantee available. Also April 28, weekday game, home or away. Contact head coach Frank Cruz at fcruz@lmu.edu or 310-338-2949.

 

Hawaii-Hilo: Moving to Division II, looking to fill 2009 dates: Feb. 6-8, Feb. 20-22, March 6-8, March 12-15, April 10-12, April 17-19. Contact assistant coach Joey Estrella at josephe@hawaii.edu.

 

South Dakota State: March 26-28, 2010, willing to travel anywhere for excellent guarantee. Contact head coach Reggie Christiansen at 605-690-7714 or reggie.christiansen@sdstate.edu.

 

Pacific: March 2010, weekend series, home with guarantees, or will travel with guarantees or return trip. Contact head coach Ed Sprague at 209-946-2709.

 

Southern Illinois: March 5-7, 2010, home series with good guarantee. Contact assistant coach Ken Henderson at 618-453-3794 or hendu@siu.edu.

 

Notre Dame: March 13-15, 2009, one team for tournament in San Antonio. Small guarantee possible. Contact head coach Dave Schrage at schrage.3@nd.edu.

 

Notre Dame: March 10-13, 2010, three teams for four-game tournament in San Antonio. Small guarantee possible. Contact head coach Dave Schrage at schrage.3@nd.edu.

 

Saint Mary's: 2010 4-game home series: March 5-7, March 19-21, March 26-28; also home and away midweek games. Contact Lloyd Acosta at Lra1@stmarys-ca.edu or 916-768-9324.

 

Tennessee Tech: Feb. 26-28, 2010, 3 or 4-game home series with guarantee or road series with guarantee; March 12-14, 3 or 4-game home series with guarantee. Midweek home or away games. Contact head coach Matt Bragga at 931-372-3925 or mbragga@tntech.edu.

 

Western Carolina: April 2-4, 2010, home series. Also midweek dates, home and away. Contact assistant coach Grant Achilles at 828-227-2510 or gachilles@email.wcu.edu.

 

May 14

 

Stephen F. Austin: Feb. 26-28, 2010, one team for four-team tournament, guarantee available. Contact assistant coach Johnny Cardenas at 936-468-3501 ext. 5982 or cardenasjr@sfasu.edu.

 

Houston Baptist: 2009, March 27-29, April 10-12, home series, can provide guarantee. Contact assistant coach Chris Hill at 281-649-3262 or chill@hbu.edu.

 

May 2

 

San Diego: Feb. 26-March 1, 2009, one team for tournament with South Florida, Nevada, Pacific and San Diego State, $5,000 guarantee. Also March 4-7, 2010, out-of-state teams for tournament with Western Carolina, Florida International and San Diego State. Also March 25-28, 2010, road series. Contact head coach Rich Hill at rhill@sandiego.edu.

 

April 29

 

Western Carolina: Feb. 27-March 1, 2009, home games, as well as midweek games. Contact assistant coach Grant Achilles at gachilles@email.wcu.edu or 828-227-2510.

 

Norfolk State: April 25-26, 2009, home series, can cover rooms for two nights. Contact head coach Claudell Clark at 757-449-8948 or ceclark@nsu.edu.

 

April 23

 

Oakland: 2009 dates: March 6-8, away series, need guarantee; March 27-29, home or away, guarantee needed for away series. Contact assistant coach Alec Moss at moss2@oakland.edu or 248-370-4228.

 

Virginia Tech: May 9, 2009 and May 9, 2010, doubleheader each date, will pay hotels and a cash guarantee. Contact head coach Pete Hughes at 540-231-0630 or pjhughes@vt.edu

 

Houston: March 19-21, 2010, home series. Contact assistant coach Jorge Garza at jlgarza3@uh.edu.
 

Sam Houston State: March 5-7, 2010, one team to complete four-team tournament. Contact head coach Mark Johnson at markjohnson@shsu.edu or 936.294.1731.

 

April 18

 

Oregon State: March 19-21, 2010, three or four-game home series due to Finals, guarantee available. Also weekday home date with possible guarantee: April 12, 13, or 14; April 19, 20, or 21; May 4 & 5; May 11 & 12; May 19 & 20. Contact assistant coach Marty Lees at 541-737-5738 or marty.lees@oregonstate.edu.
 

April 11

 

Marshall: March 6-8, 2009. Contact head coach Jeff Waggoner at 304-696-5277 or waggonerj@marshall.edu.

 

UNC Wilmington: April 17-19, 2009. Contact head coach Mark Scalf at 910-962-3570 or scalfm@uncw.edu.

 

Central Michigan: 2009, home games for April 1 & 21 and a two-game series for April 28-29. Would make return trip in 2010. Contact assistant coach Mike Villano at villa1m@cmich.edu or 989-774-2123.
 

April 7

 

Missouri State: March 12-14 and March 19-21, 2010, three-game home series, guarantee of rooms and meals or cash. Contact head coach Keith Guttin at keithguttin@missouristate.edu or 417-425-0218.

 

Georgia Southern: May 7-9, 2010, home series with good guarantee. Contact Mike Tidick at mtidick@georgiasouthern.edu.

 

College of Charleston: 2009 midweek games, home or away. Contact head coach John Pawlowski at (843) 953-5916.
 

Ohio State: April 8 & 15, 2009, home games with good guarantee. Contact Eric Parker at parker.629@osu.edu or 614-247-6308.
 

NC State: 2009, weekend May 1-3; midweek Feb. 25; March 11, 17, 18, 25, 31; April 8, 14, 22; May 5, 6, 13. Contact Nate Birtwell at nate_birtwell@ncsu.edu.

 

Palm Beach Challenge: Feb. 27 to March 21, 2009, in Palm Beach County, Fla. Contact Mario Signorello at 305-682-0293 or msignorello@palmbeachchallenge.com.