Sam Piraro

Samuel Joseph Piraro (born December 22, 1951) is an American baseball coach who was head coach at San Jose State from 1987 to 2002 and again from 2004 to 2012.^[1] Piraro led San Jose State to its first College World Series appearance in 2000.^[2][3]

Biographical details
Born	(1951-12-22) December 22, 1951 (age 73) San Jose, California, U.S.
Playing career
Baseball
1971–1972	San Jose State
Position(s)	Infielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1976	San Jose State (JV)
1977–1979	San Jose State (asst.)
1980–1986	Mission CC
1987–2002, 2004–2012	San Jose State
2015–2018	Willow Glen HS
Head coaching record
Overall	805–633–6 (.560) (college) 80–35 (.696) (high school)
Tournaments	5–6 (NCAA) →0–2 (College World Series)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× WAC regular season (2000, 2009) WAC West Division (1997)
Awards
4× WAC Coach of the Year (1997, 2000, 2008, 2009)

Head coaching record

Junior College

Source:^[4]

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Mission College Saints (Coast Conference) (1980–1986)
1980	Mission College	24-11	13-8	2nd	state playoffs
1981	Mission College	31-8	18-6	1st	Division-II state champions
1982	Mission College	24-13	15-9	T-2nd	state playoffs (0-1)
1983	Mission College	30-8	17-4	1st	Division-II state champions
1984	Mission College	21-13-1	14-7	1st	state playoffs (1-1)
1985	Mission College	33-7-1	19-2	1st	state playoffs (5th)
1986	Mission College	27-10-1	16-5	2nd	regional playoffs
Mission College:		.731
Total:		.731
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
San Jose State Spartans (Pacific Coast Athletic Association/Big West Conference) (1987–1996)
1987	San Jose State	31–28	8–13	6th[5]
1988	San Jose State	31–30	9–11	4th[5]
1989	San Jose State	40–19	11–10	T–3rd[5]
1990	San Jose State	43–17	9–12	7th[5]
1991	San Jose State	25–30	7–14	7th[5]
1992	San Jose State	32–21–1	12–12	5th[5]
1993	San Jose State	34–19	11–10	3rd[5]
1994	San Jose State	29–26	9–12	4th[5]
1995	San Jose State	21–33–1	5–16	T–7th[5]
1996	San Jose State	28–28	7–14	7th[5]
San Jose State (PCAA/Big West):		314–251–2 (.556)	88–124 (.415)
San Jose State Spartans (Western Athletic Conference) (1997–2002)
1997	San Jose State	38–21	20–10	1st (West)[6]
1998	San Jose State	31–23	13–17	3rd (West)[6]
1999	San Jose State	30–26–1	16–11	3rd[6]
2000	San Jose State	41–24	19–11	T–1st[6]	College World Series
2001	San Jose State	37–22–1	21–15	T–3rd[6]
2002	San Jose State	45–17	21–9	2nd[6]	NCAA Super Regional
San Jose State Spartans (Western Athletic Conference) (2004–2012)
2004	San Jose State	23–31–1	11–19	5th[6]
2005	San Jose State	28–28–1	13–17	5th[6]
2006	San Jose State	33–26	12–12	3rd[6]
2007	San Jose State	34–26	11–13	T–4th[6]
2008	San Jose State	31–25	17–14	4th[6]
2009	San Jose State	41–20	15–7	1st[6]
2010	San Jose State	23–37	9–15	6th[6]
2011	San Jose State	35–26	11–13	5th[6]
2012	San Jose State	22–29	5–13	7th[7]
San Jose State (WAC):		492–381–4 (.563)	214–196 (.522)
San Jose State (total):		805–633–6 (.560)	302–320 (.486)
Total:		805–633–6 (.560)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

High school

Source:^[8]

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Willow Glen Rams (Mount Hamilton Athletic League) (2015–2018)
2015	Willow Glen	16–14	8–6	T–3rd[9]	CIF CCS First Round[10]
2016	Willow Glen	20–10	7–7	5th[11]
2017	Willow Glen	22–6	11–3	T–1st[12]
2018	Willow Glen	22–5	12–2	1st[13]
Willow Glen:		80–35 (.696)	38–18 (.679)
Total:		80–35 (.696)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion