With a 10-6 non-conference road victory over Wilmington on April 22, TCNJ
head baseball coach Rick Dell picked up career baseball coaching victory number 575.
Dell, who is in his 22nd season as baseball
coach at TCNJ, has accumulated a baseball career record of 575-284-10.
The former men’s soccer coach at TCNJ, Dell compiled a record of
182-60-23 during his 14-year tenure with the program, making his combined
college coaching record 757-344-32. In addition, he has led both program's
to a combined 17 NCAA Tournament berths.
In baseball, Dell has compiled a won-loss record of 330-148-4 from
1991-2002, while the team has netted NCAA Regional Tournament appearances
12 times since 1985. The Lions have appeared in the NCAA Regionals from
1985-87, 1990-94, from 1998-2000, and again in 2002. In 1991, The College
of New Jersey, then Trenton State enjoyed its greatest baseball campaign
ever, going 34-15-1 and finishing runner-up to the University of Southern
Maine in the NCAA Championship game of the Division III National
Championship. That same year, Dell was rewarded with a selection as the
Coach of the Year by the New Jersey Baseball Coaches Association while
also earning NCAA Regional Coach of the Year honors as well.
In 2000, TCNJ captured the NJAC Tournament Championship, its first since
1981. At year’s end, Dell was named the ABCA/Diamond Sports Company
Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year after guiding his
team to its third straight NCAA Regional Runner-up finish.
The 2002 Lions made a return trip to the NCAA Divison III National
Championship after winning the Mid-Atlantic Regional as the No. 6 seed.
TCNJ finished in fourth place at the 2002 NCAA Division III Championship
Series and Dell was named the 2002 ABCA NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic
Regional Coach of the Year. In addition, he was recognized by his peers
with the 2002 Roy Van Ness Award.
A native of Trenton who excelled in both soccer and baseball at
McCorristin High School (formerly St. Anthony’s), and nearby Mercer
County Community College, Dell assumed the head baseball coaching position
at TSC midway through the 1982 season.
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