David Scott Serrano is a former American baseball coach and pitcher.
21 Facts About Dave Serrano
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Dave Serrano formerly served as head coach at Cerritos College from 1984 to 1985 and at California State University, Fullerton from 1986 to 1987 for coach Augie Garrido.
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Dave Serrano graduated from Cerritos High School in 1982 and pitched two seasons at Cerritos College.
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Dave Serrano earned his bachelor's degree from Trinity College and University, an unaccredited institution.
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Dave Serrano began his coaching career as an assistant to George Horton at Cerritos College in 1988.
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Dave Serrano succeeded Horton for the 1991 season after Horton left to become associate head coach to Augie Garrido at Cal State Fullerton.
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Dave Serrano would become the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for former Titan head coach Horton and the Titans for the 1997 through 2004 seasons.
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Every one of Dave Serrano's Fullerton recruiting classes was ranked in the nation's Top 20.
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Dave Serrano has nurtured a long list of pitchers who went on to play professionally, including Chad Cordero.
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Dave Serrano tutored six conference pitchers of the year and of the 25 All-American players at Fullerton during his tenure, 15 were pitchers.
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Dave Serrano took over the Fullerton State Titans baseball team in 2008.
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Dave Serrano led the Titans to the NCAA tournament every year that he served as head coach.
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Dave Serrano helped guide the Titans to the College World Series in 2009.
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Dave Serrano's teams went on to play in Super Regionals in each of his first three seasons with Fullerton.
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Dave Serrano was announced as the Tennessee Volunteers baseball head coach on June 15,2011, replacing Todd Raleigh.
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Dave Serrano did not have a winning record in conference play in six seasons with the Vols.
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Dave Serrano resigned at the end of the Volunteers' 2017 season.
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On July 3,2017, Dave Serrano was named the West Virginia Mountaineers' pitching coach.
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WVU and Dave Serrano had a "mutual parting of ways" after one season.
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On June 24,2019, Dave Serrano was named the head coach for the Cal State Northridge Matadors.
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On January 25,2022, Dave Serrano announced his retirement from coaching, effective end of season.