Texas Southern Tigers baseball

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Texas Southern Tigers
2024 Texas Southern Tigers baseball team

Founded	1965 (1965)
University	Texas Southern University
Head coach	Michael Robertson (16th season)
Conference	SWAC West Division
Location	Houston, Texas
Home stadium	MacGregor Park
Nickname	Tigers
Colors	Maroon and gray^[1]
NCAA Tournament appearances
2004, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2018
Conference tournament champions
2004, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2018

The Texas Southern Tigers baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas, United States. The program's first season was 1965, and it has been a member of the NCAA Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference since the start of the 1999 season. Its home venue is MacGregor Park, owned by the city of Houston. Michael Robertson is the team's head coach starting in the 2009 season. The program has appeared in 5 NCAA Tournaments. It has won five conference tournament championships and no regular season conference titles. As of the start of the 2018 Major League Baseball season, no former Tigers have appeared in Major League Baseball.

History

Texas Southern in the NCAA Tournament

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
2004	1–2	.333	Houston Regional
2008	0–2	.000	Baton Rouge Regional
2015	0–2	.000	College Station Regional
2017	0–2	.000	Baton Rouge Regional
2018	0–2	.000	Austin Regional
TOTALS	1–10	.091

Conference affiliations

Southwestern Athletic Conference (1965–present)

MacGregor Park

The MacGregor Park is a public park owned by the City of Houston. The Tigers play their home games at the park for just 20 percent of the games that the Tigers do host during a given season.^[2]

Head coaches

Texas Southern's longest tenured head coach was Candy Robinson, who has coached the team from 1990 to 2008.

References

^ TSU Graphic Standards (PDF). September 1, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
^ Todd James (June 16, 2017). "Road less traveled: Texas Southern Baseball". texas.vype.com. Retrieved February 27, 2019.

External links

Official website

v t e Texas Southern University
Located in: Houston, Texas
Academics	Thurgood Marshall School of Law Lone Star College–University Center Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs
Athletics	Texas Southern Tigers Baseball Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Southwestern Athletic Conference PNC Stadium Health and Physical Education Arena MacGregor Park
Life	KTSU METRORail University Line Ocean of Soul TSU/UH Athletics District (METRORail station)
Founded: 1927 The Lawson Academy (WALIPP Prep) was on the TSU property from 2007 to 2017

v t e Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball
East Division	Alabama A&M Bulldogs Alabama State Hornets Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Florida A&M Rattlers Jackson State Tigers Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils
West Division	Alcorn State Braves Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions Grambling State Tigers Prairie View A&M Panthers Southern Jaguars Texas Southern Tigers
Championship	Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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