Big West conference play opens up September 27, with UC Irvine at UC Santa Barbara. An attendance in the thousands is expected – I’ll definitely be there! The rest of the teams will have their openers on September 30. Here’s a couple of snippets on the coaches …
UCSB – Tim Vom Steeg
- Head coach since 1998.
- Full bio is here.
- 2008 record: 10-7-5.
Cal Poly – Paul Holocher
- Head coach since 2007.
- Full bio is here.
- 2008 record: 11-6-6
Cal State Northridge – Terry Davila
- Head coach since 1999.
- Full bio is here.
- 2008 record: 8-7-4
UCI – George Kuntz
- Head coach since 1996.
- Full bio is here.
- 2008 record: 15-2-6
UC Davis – Dwayne Shaffer
- No video found.
- Head coach since 1996.
- Full bio is here.
- 2008 record was 13-5-4.
CSUF – Bob Ammann
- No video found.
- Head coach since Dec 5, 2005.
- Full bio is here.
- 2008 record was 5-14-1.
UC Riverside – Junior Gonzalez
- No video found.
- Head coach since Feb 2004.
- Full bio is here.
- 2008 record was 4-15-1.
Hmmm UC Riverside’s 2008 season was a real horrible one. You think they’ll improve this year?
No. I think they’ll continue in their losing ways. Their current record is 1-6, and they have not added anything special to the roster.
I say they’ll end up with pretty much the same record.
Well what do you think they need to do to start to win some games, Haven’t UC Riverside been a good team in past years?
They haven’t had a winning season for as long as I can remember.
Just looking over their record, they have always been well below 0.500 since 2001.
What must they do? I think the coach needs to get to work a lot harder, particularly in the recruiting business. Tactically, they seem more sound than Fullerton, but they just don’t have the raw material to have a winning season.