Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball

Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball
2025 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team
Founded1889 (1889)
UniversityUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln
Athletic directorTroy Dannen
Head coachWill Bolt (6th season)
ConferenceBig Ten
LocationLincoln, Nebraska
Home stadiumHawks Field
(Capacity: 8,486)
NicknameCornhuskers
ColorsScarlet and cream
   
College World Series appearances
2001, 2002, 2005
NCAA regional champions
2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
NCAA tournament appearances
1979, 1980, 1985, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024, 2025
Conference tournament champions
1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2024, 2025
Conference regular season champions
1929, 1948, 1950, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2017, 2021

The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska plays its home games at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park, built in 2001 to replace the aging Buck Beltzer Stadium. The program has been coached by Will Bolt since 2020.

Nebraska established a baseball program in 1889, making it the school's oldest active varsity sport. The team was disjointed in its first decades, often disbanding for years at a time. The hiring of Tony Sharpe in 1947 brought stability but limited success – Sharpe and his successor John Sanders combined to lead fifty-one seasons, making just three postseason appearances. Dave Van Horn was hired in 1998 and established a national power, culminating in Nebraska's first College World Series appearances in 2001 and 2002, a landmark moment for a state that has hosted the event since 1950. Assistant Mike Anderson took over for Van Horn and led NU to its best-ever season, finishing 57–15 and reaching another College World Series in 2005. Anderson did not sustain this success and was fired in 2011, the same year Nebraska transitioned to the Big Ten. NU has experienced little national success since joining the conference.

Nebraska has appeared in nineteen NCAA Division I baseball tournaments and three College World Series. The Cornhuskers have won eight regular season conference championships and six conference tournament championships. Sixteen players have been named first-team All-Americans and Alex Gordon won the 2005 Golden Spikes Award as the country's best amateur player.