Bernie Wilson

1 week ago | si.com | Bernie Wilson

San Diego State has called a news conference for Wednesday morning amid a report that it is hiring Arizona pitching coach Kevin Vance as its new baseball coach. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Tuesday that Vance will take over the program for his hometown Aztecs. Vance was born in San Diego and attended Torrey Pines High School. He played for UConn and then spent six seasons in the minor leagues before beginning a coaching career that has now taken him to his fifth school.

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Bernie Wilson

San Diego native Kevin Vance has been hired as baseball coach by his hometown San Diego State Aztecs. Word of Vance's hiring broke early Tuesday afternoon and was followed by an announcement by the school. Vance has been the pitching coach at Arizona for the last two seasons. The Wildcats made it to the College World Series this season, where they lost to Coastal Carolina and Louisville. "This job means the world to me," Vance said in a statement.

1 week ago | si.com | Bernie Wilson

Wide receiver Nate Acevedo has announced he is transferring from Fresno State to his hometown San Diego State Aztecs. “Back Better Than Ever,” his post on X read. The 5-foot-10, 165-pound Acevedo entered the transfer portal along with some other Bulldogs skill position players when the second window opened in mid-April. Acevedo was a three-star recruit in the class of 2022 out of San Diego’s Lincoln High, best known for producing Hall of Famers Marcus Allen and Terrell Davis.

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Bernie Wilson

The start of the final season of basketball in the current Mountain West configuration is still some five months away, but teams are stirring to life in various ways, and in various extremes. At San Diego State, fans are stoked about guard Miles Byrd and 7-footer Magoon Gwath, the Mountain West Freshman of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, passing up the NBA Draft and returning for another season.

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Bernie Wilson

The rush is on for the Pac-12 Conference to issue an invitation to at least one football-playing school and reports indicate that Texas State is a heavy favorite to get that call. Time is important because the reconfigured Pac-12, which will include San Diego State, needs to have an eighth football school in the fold by July 1 in order to receive certification for the College Football Playoff starting in 2026-27.