When Gene Stephenson revived the Shocker baseball program in 1978, the team played most of the season at the city-owned McAdams Field.

In 1985, building on the momentum from the Shockers advancing all the way to the national championship game in 1982, Wichita State built a permanent 3,044-seat stadium at a cost of $700,000.

The stadium's first major renovation came in 1988, with the addition of a new AstroTurf surface, a rubberized warning track and 292 box seats behind the plate.

On September 23, 1999, The Coleman Co. put a $500,000 exclamation point on Wichita State University's Project FutureShox, a $7.8 million effort to make Eck Stadium-Home of Tyler Field the premier collegiate baseball facility in the nation.

Plans to significantly upgrade Eck Stadium were first announced on January 28, 1998, and were taken to another level with the leadership of Gene Stephenson, the winningest collegiate baseball coach since 1978.

The Coleman Co.'s half million-dollar gift to WSU enhances the Shockers' world-class collegiate baseball facilities.

The improvements complement the grass seating areas that remain beyond the outfield fence, which include the addition of rock terracing.

Prior to the start of the 2020 season, Major Play artificial turf, a new, state-of-the-art playing surface, was installed by Austin, Texas, based Hellas Construction, the same company that manages artificial surfaces at AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and NRG Stadium, home of the NFL's Houston Texans.

Through the 2009 season, the infield consisted of field turf with dirt pockets surrounding each base, the pitchers mound, and home plate.