Tracy Archuleta Head Baseball Coach
Tracy Archuleta is off to the fastest pace of any USI baseball coach in the history of the program. Archuleta has won 79 games in two seasons at the helm and taken the squad back into the regional and national spotlight.
Archuleta's first Eagles team made their first appearance in the final four of the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship and won their first ever NCAA Division II North Central Regional championship. USI also set a school record by posting 43 victories, 25 wins better than the year before.
The Eagles and Archuleta finished their first season together ranked fourth nationally; had a 43-23 overall record; and 24-15 in the GLVC. USI placed second in the GLVC regular season and fourth in the conference tournament.
For his efforts, Archuleta was named the ABCA North Central Region Coach
of the Year in 2007.
In the second season, Archuleta and the Eagles won their first GLVC West Division and the first conference regular season title in 15 years. USI finished the year with 36 victories during the regular schedule, tying for third all-time in the history of the program.
The Eagles also were ranked as high as sixth nationally in 2008.
Archuleta came to USI after five seasons at the University of
Wisconsin-Parkside that featured a pair of NCAA Division II Tournament
appearances and a pair of 40-win seasons. UW-Parkside also advanced to the
NCAA II North Central Regional title game in 2005 and was 148-124 (.544)
during Archuleta's tenure.
After setting the foundation during his first two years, Archuleta directed
the Rangers into the national spotlight with a 41-18 season in 2004,
finishing on top of the GLVC standings and earning the school's first-ever
NCAA II Tournament bid. Between 2002 and 2004, UW-Parkside went from 13 wins
to 41 wins.
Archuleta's Rangers continued their march in 2005, this time with a 45-18
record, picking up the school's first GLVC baseball championship along the
way. Again, the club made the NCAA II Tournament, reaching the regional
championship game. The 2005 team broke the school record for wins in a
season, set by the 2004 squad. In each of those two seasons, the Rangers
finished among the top 25 teams in the nation.
In his tenure at UW-Parkside, Archuleta coached the Rangers first
All-American, Regional Player of the Year, GLVC Player of the Year, and he had two players sign professional contracts and 11 players earn All-Region
honors. He was tabbed GLVC Coach of the Year in 2004.
Archuleta served as an assistant coach for five seasons at Wayne State
College (Nebraska) and Central Missouri State University at the NCAA II
level before taking the top spot at UW-Parkside.
At Wayne State, he was the infield coach, hitting coach, and recruiting
coordinator on the team that captured its first NSIC championship and NCAA
II regional birth in the 2001 season. Archuleta helped guide the team's
batting average to 25th in the country (2000) and, in 2001, the squad was
third in the country in fielding percentage (.969). In 2001, Wayne State
finished 26th in the country with a record of 35-10.
During his tenure at CMSU, the Mules won the regular season conference
championship with a record of 20-1 and were ranked as high as fifth in the
nation. The team picked up an NCAA tournament bid and finished 16th in the
country with a 43-10 mark. Archuleta was CMSU's outfield coach and
recruiting coordinator. He also assisted the hitters.
The native of Iliff, Colorado, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Metropolitan State College of Denver and has a master's degree in education
from Wayne State College. He has three children, Mikaela, 14, Alex, 8, and Samuel,
5.
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ARCHULETA
CAREER |
OVERALL RECORD | GLVC RECORD |
| 2002-2006 (Univ. of Wisconsin-Parkside) | 148-124 (.544) | 107-75 (.588) |
| 2007-Present (Univ. of Southern Indiana) | 79-43 (.648) | 48-22 (.686) |
| 7 Year Totals | 227-167 (.576) | 155- 97 (.615) |
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ARCHULETA QUICK FACTS |
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HOMETOWN:
Iliff, Colorado |
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