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2009 Open Dates

Often, we hear of coaches looking to fill open dates, whether it’s at the beginning of the season and they are trying to finish their schedules or during the year, when pesky rainouts throw them a curve. If you’re a coach and are looking to find a game, send an e-mail to sean@collegebaseballinsider.com with open dates and a point of contact, and we will post it to this page as soon as possible. We will post openings for three months.

Let us know when you fill the date, so we can mark it off.

Monmouth: March 20-22, 2009, 3 or 4-game series, also midweek dates March 18, 19; April 14, 21, 22; May 13. Contact head coach Dean Ehehalt at 732-263-5186 or dehehalt@monmouth.edu.

College of Charleston: 2009, March 3, 11, 31, April 1, May 6. Contact head coach Monte Lee at 843-953-5916 or leemw@cofc.edu.

Alcorn State: April 24-26, 2009, three-game series, or midweek May 13 and 14, will travel with guarantee. Contact assistant coach Marqus Johnson at 601-807-2194 or marqjohn@alcorn.edu.

UCF: March 13-15, 2009, three-game home series with guarantee. Contact assistant coach Jeff Palumbo at 407-823-4320 or jpalumbo@athletics.ucf.edu.

UC Irvine: 2009 midweek game on Feb. 25 or May 5. Contact head coach Mike Gillespie at 949-824-4292 or gillespm@uci.edu.

South Florida: Feb. 27-March 1, 2009, good guarantee available. Contact Lazer Collazo at 813-974-2507 or lcollazo@admin.usf.edu.

Cal State Bakersfield: 2009, April 1, 15, 17-19; May 1-3. Contact head coach Bill Kernen at 661-335-1058 or wckernen@yahoo.com.

Alabama: 2009 home midweek game, March 4 or April 21. Excellent guarantee. Contact Steve Townsend at 205-348-7854 or stownsend@ia.ua.edu.

Jacksonville: Feb. 27-March 1, 2009, one team for JU Invitational with Michigan, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and JU, guarantee available. Contact associate head coach Tim Montez at 904-716-1810 or dmontez@ju.edu.

Lipscomb: March 27-29, 2009, three-game series. Can offer three nights in hotel for home series or would need guarantee for road series. Contact assistant coach Brian Ryman at brian.ryman@lipscomb.edu or 615-715-4952.

Seton Hall: March 6-8, 2009. Contact head coach Robert Sheppard at 973-761-9557.

New Mexico: 2009 midweek home dates: March 3, 4, 10, 11; April 7, 21; May 5. $2,000 a game and 15 rooms per night. Contact assistant coach Chad Tidwell at ctidwell@unm.edu.

Texas-San Antonio: 2009 midweek games: Feb. 24, 25, March 3, April 7, 8. Contact assistant coach Mike Clement at 210-458-4195 or mike.clement@utsa.edu.

NC State: Feb. 20-22, 2009, one team for tournament with NC State, Illinois-Chicago and Santa Clara. Contact Nate Birtwell at nate_birtwell@ncsu.edu or 919-513-3795.

Texas A&M: March 10-11, April 21, 2009. Great guarantees. Contact head coach Rob Childress at 979-845-5556 or rchildress@athletics.tamu.edu

UNLV: 2009 midweek games: March 3, 4, 17; April 7, 8. Contact assistant coach Mike Kirby at 702-895-3802 or mike.kirby@unlv.edu.

Long Island: March 6-8, 2009, three or four-game series or tournament. Would need guarantee. Contact head coach Don Maines at 718-488-1538 or donald.maines@liu.edu.

Bethune-Cookman: Feb. 27-March 1, 2009, home series; also March 6-8, two teams for tournament; March 27-29, home series. Guarantee available or return trip. Contact assistant coach Joel Sanchez at 386-481-2242 or sanchezj@cookman.edu.

Cal State Fullerton: March 13-15, 2009, 3-game home series with possible guarantee. Contact Dave Serrano at 714-278-3780 or dserrano@fullerton.edu.

Louisiana Tech: May 8-10, 2009, weekend series, home or will travel for guarantee. Midweek games April 7, 14, 21, home or away. Contact assistant coach Brian Rountree at 318-257-4111 or rountree@latech.edu.

Gonzaga: May 8-10, 2009, 3-game series, home or away. Also midweek March 17 and/or 18, 1 or 2 games. Possible midweek March 31 and April 1. Contact assistant coach Steve Bennett at 509-313-3597 or bennett@athletics.gonzaga.edu.

Georgia Southern: 2009 midweek dates, home or away. Contact head coach Rodney Hennon at 912-478-7360 or rhennon@georgiasouthern.edu.

Florida Gulf Coast: Feb. 26-March 1, 2009, two teams for tournament with FGCU, Samford, Boston College, Towson. Excellent guarantee. Contact associate head coach Rusty McKee at 239-590-7058 or rmckee@fgcu.edu.

Hofstra: May 8-10, 2009, 3 or 4 games, will travel with guarantee. Contact assistant coach Asa Grunenwald at athajg@hofstra.edu or 516-463-3759.

Maryland: Feb. 20-22, 2009, 3 or 4-game home series. Contact head coach Terry Rupp at 301-314-7122 or rrupp@umd.edu.

San Diego State: May 1-3, 2009, three-game home series due to cancellation. Guarantee available. Contact Rusty Filter at 619-594-6582 or rfilter2@mail.sdsu.edu.

Cal State Bakersfield: Feb. 20-22, 2009, round-robin with USC, Saint Louis and CSUB. Contact head coach Bill Kernen at 661-335-1058 or wkernen@csub.edu.

Morehead State: 2009, two games, Feb. 20 (home only), April 7 and/or May 6. Contact Rick Parr at 606-783-2881 or r.parr@moreheadstate.edu.

Austin Peay: Feb. 20-22, 2009, home series, or road series with good guarantee. Contact head coach Gary McClure at 931-221-6266 or mcclureg@apsu.edu.

TCU: March 31 or April 1, 2009, home game with good guarantee. Contact head coach Jim Schlossnagle at 817-257-5354 or j.schlossnagle@tcu.edu.

Purdue: March 20-22, 2009, home series with guarantee available. Contact head coach Doug Schreiber at dschreiber@purdue.edu or 765-430-8147.

Dallas Baptist: April 10-12, 2009, three-game series, good guarantee available or will do home-and-home. Contact Travis Wyckoff at travisw@dbu.edu.

Loyola-Marymount: Feb. 27-March 1, 2009, home series, guarantee available. Also April 28, weekday game, home or away. Contact head coach Frank Cruz at fcruz@lmu.edu or 310-338-2949.

Hawaii-Hilo: Moving to Division II, looking to fill 2009 dates: Feb. 6-8, Feb. 20-22, March 6-8, March 12-15, April 10-12, April 17-19. Contact assistant coach Joey Estrella at josephe@hawaii.edu.

Notre Dame: March 13-15, 2009, one team for tournament in San Antonio. Small guarantee possible. Contact head coach Dave Schrage at schrage.3@nd.edu.

Houston Baptist: 2009, March 27-29, April 10-12, home series, can provide guarantee. Contact assistant coach Chris Hill at 281-649-3262 or chill@hbu.edu.

Norfolk State: April 25-26, 2009, home series, can cover rooms for two nights. Contact head coach Claudell Clark at 757-449-8948 or ceclark@nsu.edu.

Western Carolina: Feb. 27-March 1, 2009, home games, as well as midweek games. Contact assistant coach Grant Achilles at gachilles@email.wcu.edu or 828-227-2510.

Oakland: 2009 dates: March 6-8, away series, need guarantee; March 27-29, home or away, guarantee needed for away series. Contact assistant coach Alec Moss at moss2@oakland.edu or 248-370-4228.

Virginia Tech: May 9, 2009, doubleheader, will pay hotels and a cash guarantee. Contact head coach Pete Hughes at 540-231-0630 or pjhughes@vt.edu

Marshall: March 6-8, 2009. Contact head coach Jeff Waggoner at 304-696-5277 or waggonerj@marshall.edu.

UNC Wilmington: April 17-19, 2009. Contact head coach Mark Scalf at 910-962-3570 or scalfm@uncw.edu.

Central Michigan: 2009, home games for April 1 & 21 and a two-game series for April 28-29. Would make return trip in 2010. Contact assistant coach Mike Villano at villa1m@cmich.edu or 989-774-2123.

Ohio State: 2009, April 8 & 15, home games with good guarantee. Contact Eric Parker at parker.629@osu.edu or 614-247-6308.

NC State: 2009, weekend May 1-3; midweek Feb. 25; March 11, 17, 18, 25, 31; April 8, 14, 22; May 5, 6, 13. Contact Nate Birtwell at nate_birtwell@ncsu.edu.

Palm Beach Challenge: Feb. 27 to March 21, 2009, in Palm Beach County, Fla. Contact Mario Signorello at 305-682-0293 or msignorello@palmbeachchallenge.com.

Nicholls State: March 17-18, 2009, due to recent cancellation. Can guarantee meals and hotel rooms for home games, would also be interested in traveling. Contact Seth Thibodeaux at 985-981-0513 or email seth.thibodeaux@nicholls.edu.

Michigan: March 13-15, 2009, at Port. St. Lucie, Fla., home of the Mets, $5,000 guarantee. Contact assistant coach Bob Keller at 734-647-4583 or bkeller@umich.edu.

Vermont: March 20-22, 2009, four-game series, preferably a team no further than Northern Virginia. Contact assistant coach Anthony DeCicco at 802-656-2851 or adecicco@uvm.edu.

New Orleans: April 3-5, 2009, home series preferred, minimum of a $7,500 guarantee available. Travel will be considered under the right circumstances. Contact head coach Tom Walter at twalter@uno.edu.

Canisius: 2009 March weekends, willing to travel, prefer four-game series. Contact head coach Mike McRae at 716-888-3207 or mcraem@canisius.edu.

UC Riverside: March 20-22, 2009, must be at home due to finals. Contact Doug Smith at doug.smith@ucr.edu.