[4] The modern era for the Bearkats baseball team began in 1949, as the Sam Houston athletic department does not include any statistics prior to the season in the program's record books.

To begin the modern era, Hayden "Hap" Malone, former graduate and professor of Physical Education at SHSTC was hired as the head baseball coach in 1949.

After the 1956 season resulting in 10–18 record, their lowest win total to date, Coach Malone was relieved of his duties.

[7] To right the ship left by Hap Malone, Sam Houston hired Ray Benge as the new head coach of the Bearkats.

Ray Benge formerly pitched for Sam Houston in the early twenties before being drafted by the Phillies and playing 12 years in the Major Leagues.

[5] Benge took the Bearkats to six straight NAIA Baseball World Series appearances including one national championship win in 1963 over Grambling.

He picked up right were Britt left off as the Skeeters led Bearkats to winning seasons in his first 16 years as head coach.

[12] In 1984, the Bearkats moved into NCAA Division II and stayed here for three years as an independent and later as a member of the Gulf Star Conference.

Despite a rough first season in the Southland, Sam Houston quickly acclimated to its new home and won the 1989 conference championship.

[13] Following four straight losing seasons from 1999–2002, Skeeters decided to resign as head coach of the Sam Houston Bearkats.

[5] David Pierce, who joined the staff in 2011 from Rice, continued where Johnson left off, as the 2012 baseball team saw its best ever Regional finish (2nd) and coached the Bearkats to its first outright league title in 23 years.

Following these games, the Bearkats went 13–8 in their next 21, including wins over #17 Rice and #19 Houston, but lost a major home series to Oral Roberts which dropped SHSU's Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) far enough down to put an at-large bid for the 2013 regionals in jeopardy.

Sam Houston accepted the challenge and worked its way back to finish the season going 13–1 after the Oral Roberts series, earning the #27 spot in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

[23] On May 17, 2013, Sam Houston clinched its second straight outright Southland Conference Title with a 4–0 shutout of Central Arkansas.

Sam Houston would jump out to a 3–0 lead, but errors would send the Bearkats home early, as they lost the final game of the season 5–7.

Third baseman Douglas Moulder and right fielder Josh Harrison both contributed with 2 home runs and 7 RBIs each, also tying each other for the tournament record.