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James Clyde Dietz (born 1939) is an American former baseball player and coach. He served as the head baseball coach at San Diego State University from 1972 to 2002, compiling a record of 1230–751–18. After coaching the freshman basketball team and the junior varsity baseball team at the University of Oregon, Dietz was appointed as the head basketball coach at Lewis–Clark Normal School—now Lewis–Clark State College—in May 1971, but turned down that offer a week later to take the head baseball coaching position at San Diego State.[1]

Jim Dietz

Dietz, circa 1971
Biographical details
Born	1939 (age 82–83) Eugene, Oregon
Died	2022
Playing career
Baseball
1961	Jamestown Tigers
Position(s)	Second baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Baseball
1963–1964	Lowell HS (OR)
1965–1968	Pleasant Hill HS (OR)
1969–1971	Oregon (JV/freshmen)
1972–2002	San Diego State
Basketball
1968–1971	Oregon (freshmen)
Head coaching record
Overall	1230–751–18 (college baseball)

Under Dietz, the Aztecs went to the NCAA Tournament eight times (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991) while winning the Western Athletic Conference five times (three regular season, two tournaments) and the Mountain West twice (one regular season, one conference). In the fall of 2001, Tony Gwynn was hired to replace Dietz at San Diego State following the 2002 season.[2]

See also

• List of college baseball coaches with 1,100 wins

References

External links

• San Diego State profile

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)

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