ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- 800+ Career Wins
- All time winningest coach in USF Baseball History
- USF Record 52 wins in a season
- Nine NCAA Tournament bids
- Nearly 100 former players sent to the Professional Ranks Including two MLB 1st round selections
- One of only a handful of NCAA Division I Coaches who have been “Coach of The Year” in 3 different conferences
MAJOR LEAGUERS
- Ross Gload - Kansas City Royals
- Chris Heintz - Baltimore Orioles
- Scott Hemond - Oakland A’s
- Dave Eiland - New York Yankees
- Jason Dellaero - Chicago White Sox
- Fred Rath - Colorado Rockies
- Derek Lee - Minnesota Twins
- Jeff Baisley - Oakland A’s
- David Austen - Los Angeles Angels
- Nearly 100 players who played professional baseball
Baseball Coach Eddie Cardieri
Eddie Cardieri has been an NCAA Baseball Coach for 30 years, with 21 of those years as head coach at USF. He amassed some 800 wins and is blessed enough to have coached nearly 100 players who have gone on to professional baseball.
For three decades, Eddie Cardieri has been known to his friends and players by the initials "EC", a nickname as easily recognized as RBI or HR.
EC has been married to Kim for 29 years with two sons, Nick and Joel. They live in New Tampa along with their two Jack Russell Terriers, Short Stop and Bimini.