13 Facts About Bill Kernen

William Craig Kernen was born on August 1,1948 and is an American baseball coach and playwright.

Bill Kernen was the head coach at Cal State Northridge from 1989 to 1995 and at Cal State Bakersfield from 2009 to 2015.

Bill Kernen played two seasons of minor league baseball with the Baltimore Orioles organization, first with the Aberdeen Pheasants in 1970 and Stockton Ports in 1971.

Bill Kernen began his head coaching career for his alma mater, San Gorgonio High School, spending two years with the program from 1975 to 1976 before moving up to the junior college level as pitching coach at Orange Coast College in 1977.

From 1977 to 1982 and again in 1987, Bill Kernen was pitching coach at Cal State Fullerton under Augie Garrido.

Bill Kernen helped to turn the Titans into a perennial postseason contender winning the Big West Conference 5 straight seasons, including trips to the College World Series in 1979 and 1982, with the Titans winning the national championship in the 1979 season.

Bill Kernen studied dramatic writing at Columbia University in 1995 and 1996.

Bill Kernen returned to coaching in the 2002 season, hired in September 2001 as pitching coach at NC State under Elliott Avent.

In 2007, Bill Kernen returned to Cal State Fullerton, this time as a volunteer assistant coach on a team that made the College World Series.

Cal State Bakersfield hired Bill Kernen to be its inaugural baseball head coach in May 2007.

Bill Kernen put together a roster of 25 for the program's debut season in 2008 entirely from freshmen and junior college transfers.

On May 8,2014, Bill Kernen announced that he would retire after the season.

Bill Kernen reversed course three weeks later and decided to remain as head coach on a year-by-year basis.