The San Diego State Aztecs baseball program is a baseball team that represents San Diego State University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Mountain West Conference.
John Hancock, who led the team for the 1926 season, is the first recorded coach of San Diego State.
After again failing to field a team in 1933, 1934, and 1935, Charles R. Smith took the program over, becoming the first San Diego State coach with an extended tenure.
Dietz coached a number of players who went on to successful Major League Baseball careers, including Bud Black and Tony Gwynn.
[1] A native of Long Beach, California, and an alumnus of San Diego State, Tony Gwynn returned to coach his alma mater after the end of his 20-year Hall of Fame career.