Editing University of Arizona (section)

====Baseball====
{{main|Arizona Wildcats baseball}}

The baseball team had its first season in 1904. The baseball team has captured four national championship titles in 1976, 1980, 1986 and 2012, with the first three coached by [[Jerry Kindall]] and the most recent by [[Andy Lopez]]. Arizona baseball teams have appeared in the NCAA National Championship title series a total of 34 times,<ref>{{cite web|title=Arizona Baseball Quick Facts|url=https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/3136119.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30700&|publisher=Arizona Baseball|access-date=October 15, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193147/https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/3136119.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30700&|url-status=dead}}</ref> including 1956, 1959, 1963, 1976, 1980, 1986, 2004, 2012, and 2016. Arizona baseball has appeared in the [[College World Series]] 18 times. Arizona is 7th all-time in games won in the regular season with 2,347 wins. Home games are played at [[Hi Corbett Field]].
[[File:Arizona College World Series celebration (7445349004) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Arizona players celebrating the program's fourth [[College World Series]] title in [[2012 College World Series|2012]]]]
[[Jay Johnson (baseball coach)|Jay Johnson]], previously head coach of the [[Nevada Wolf Pack baseball|University of Nevada baseball]] program, succeeded Andy Lopez who retired after the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arizona Baseball Coaching staff|url=http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=210329879|website=Arizona Wildcats|publisher=Arizona Athletics|access-date=October 15, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924165242/http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=210329879|url-status=live}}</ref> In his first season as head coach, Johnson guided his team to the programs 17th College World Series appearance and 8th championship series appearance.

Johnson resigned from the Wildcat program in June 2021 to accept the head coaching job at [[LSU Tigers baseball|LSU]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Guilbeau|first=Glenn|title=LSU's Jay Johnson 'one of most energetic, innovative coaches in America' says Scott Woodward|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/lsu/2021/06/25/lsu-baseball-coach-jay-johnson-energetic-innovative-focused/7767133002/|access-date=2021-08-27|website=The Daily Advertiser|language=en-US|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827014149/https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/lsu/2021/06/25/lsu-baseball-coach-jay-johnson-energetic-innovative-focused/7767133002/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was after leading the Wildcats to a Pac-12 conference championship and the 18th College World Series appearance in program history; they were eliminated in Omaha by [[Stanford Cardinal baseball|Stanford]].

In July 2021, [[Chip Hale]] was named the new head coach of Arizona baseball.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-05|title=Arizona hires ex-Wildcats star Chip Hale as baseball coach|url=https://apnews.com/article/az-state-wire-chip-hale-arizona-baseball-sports-53cdd9ac5bbfc1b39d4810dbd9c11229|access-date=2021-08-27|website=AP NEWS|language=en|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827014147/https://apnews.com/article/az-state-wire-chip-hale-arizona-baseball-sports-53cdd9ac5bbfc1b39d4810dbd9c11229|url-status=live}}</ref> Hale played for the Wildcats under Jerry Kindall and was on the 1986 College World Series championship team; he went on to play, coach and manage in the major leagues for several years, serving as manager of the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] in 2015 and 2016, and most recently serving as the third base coach of the [[Detroit Tigers]].

Arizona baseball also has a student section named The Hot Corner. Seventy-five former Arizona baseball players have played in the Major Leagues. Famous alums include [[Terry Francona]], [[Kenny Lofton]], [[Shelley Duncan]], [[Trevor Hoffman]], [[Mark Melancon]], [[Chip Hale]], [[Craig Lefferts]], [[J. T. Snow]], [[Don Lee (baseball)|Don Lee]], [[Carl Thomas (baseball)|Carl Thomas]], [[Jack Howell (baseball)|Jack Howell]], [[Mike Paul]], [[Dan Schneider (baseball)|Dan Schneider]], [[Rich Hinton]], [[Ed Vosberg]], [[Hank Leiber]], [[Ron Hassey]], [[Brad Mills (infielder)|Brad Mills]], [[Joe Magrane]], [[Alex Mejia]], [[Dave Baldwin (baseball)|Dave Baldwin]], [[Brian Anderson (pitcher)|Brian Anderson]], [[Jack Daugherty (baseball)|Jack Daugherty]], [[Scott Erickson]], [[Gil Heredia]], [[Casey Candaele]], [[George Arias]], and [[Scott Kingery]].