Reggie Christiansen

Reggie Christiansen is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Sacramento State Hornets baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 2011 season.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Reggie Christiansen
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSacramento State
ConferenceWAC
Record303–254
Biographical details
Born (1975-08-28) August 28, 1975
Fortuna, California
Playing career
1994–1998Menlo
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–1999Menlo (Asst.)
2002Menlo
2003–2004Kansas (Asst.)
2005–2008South Dakota State
2009–2010Sacramento State (Asst.)
2011–presentSacramento State
Head coaching record
Overall410–397
TournamentsWAC: 25–12
NCAA: 2–6
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 2× WAC (2012, 2014)
  • 3× WAC Tournament (2014, 2017, 2019)
Awards
  • 2× WAC Coach of the Year (2012, 2014)

Christiansen played four seasons at Menlo before serving as an assistant coach for three seasons and the 2002 season as head coach. Between stints with the Oaks, he was head coach of the Ferndale High School team for the 2001 season. He then spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Kansas, in which the Jayhawks set several program offensive records and led the Big 12 in batting in the 2004 season. He then served as head coach of the South Dakota State during its transition from Division II to Division I from 2005 to 2008. Next, Christiansen served as an assistant at Sacramento State for the 2009 and 2010 seasons before being elevated to the top job.[1][2]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Menlo Oaks (California Pacific Conference) (2002)
2002 Menlo 11–29
Menlo: 11–29
South Dakota State Jackrabbits (Independent) (2005–2007)
2005 South Dakota State 17–38
2006 South Dakota State 23–29
2007 South Dakota State 34–19
South Dakota State Jackrabbits (The Summit League) (2008)
2008 South Dakota State 22–279–115th (8)
South Dakota State: 96–1139-11
Sacramento State Hornets (Western Athletic Conference) (2011–present)
2011 Sacramento State 19–396–187th (7)
2012 Sacramento State 31–2611–7T-1st (7)WAC Tournament[lower-alpha 1]
2013 Sacramento State 34–2514–135th (10)WAC Tournament[lower-alpha 2]
2014 Sacramento State 40–2421–61st (10)NCAA Regional
2015 Sacramento State 33–2716–115th (10)WAC Tournament
2016 Sacramento State 30–2816–114th (10)WAC Tournament
2017 Sacramento State 32–2912–124th (10)NCAA Regional
2018 Sacramento State 35–2517–7T-2ndWAC Tournament
2019 Sacramento State 40–2518–9T-4thNCAA Regional
2020 Sacramento State 9–70–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
Sacramento State: 303–254131–94
Total:410–397

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. The top six finishers of the WAC's seven teams qualified for the tournament in 2012.
  2. The top eight finishers of the WAC's ten teams qualified for the tournament in 2013.

See also

References
  1. "Reggie Christiansen". Sacramento State Hornets. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  2. "Head Coach Reggie Christiansen". South Dakota State Jackrabbits. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  3. Ryan Kuhn (February 22, 2012). "Baseball's coach Christiansen discusses future of ball club". The State Hornet. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  4. Jerry Heinzer (April 26, 2011). "Jake McKinley makes career-changing decision". Mountain Democrat. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  5. Dustin Nosler (October 29, 2009). "Reggie Christiansen to become next baseball coach". The State Hornet. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  6. "Former Wildcat Christiansen to succeed Smith as Sac State baseball head coach". Times-Standard. October 28, 2009. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  7. "Sac State baseball earns Coach of the Year, Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year - all D-I firsts". Sacramento Bee. May 22, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
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