Mike Ashman
Head Coach -- Baseball
Phone: 909-869-2829
Email:
mdashman@csupomona.edu
Widely regarded as one of the top players in Cal Poly Pomona history, Mike Ashman has also made his mark as a Bronco coach. Ashman enters his 15th year as the Cal Poly Pomona head coach and has carried on the fine tradition of the Bronco baseball program. Ashman played for Hall of Fame coach John Scolinos in the 1980 and ’81 seasons and was a key member of the 1980 NCAA Division II championship squad.
Ashman has guided the Broncos to 30 or more victories in four of the past 10 seasons and led the team to winning records in seven of the past 11 years.
Ashman led the Broncos to a California Collegiate Athletic Association South Division championship in 2005 and an appearance in the CCAA Championship Tournament for the first time since 2001. The Broncos were 25-14 in conference play, their best winning percentage in CCAA play since 1985. Cal Poly Pomona earned the best fielding percentage in the NCAA Division II (.972) in 2005. The Broncos finished the season with an overall record of 30-23.
The former Cal Poly Pomona All-American remains dedicated to maintaining the Broncos’ standing as one of the conference’s top teams and to returning Cal Poly Pomona to national prominence. He is committed to the philosophies and ideals taught to him by Scolinos and strives to give the university, alumni and community a program to rally around.
Ashman led the Broncos to a 31-24 record in 2001, including a 23-17 conference mark that qualified Cal Poly Pomona for the four-team CCAA Championship Tournament. Five players from that squad were selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.
Cal Poly Pomona also qualified for the conference tournament in 2000 with a 24-15 conference mark.
Sixteen Broncos have been drafted since Ashman became the head coach in 1996 and several others have signed with professional baseball teams.
Ashman was also a batting practice pitcher for the 2002 World Series champion Anaheim Angels and was on hand when the Angels won the first championship in the franchise’s history. That spring, the Broncos faced the Angels in an exhibition game at the Angels’ spring training complex in Tempe, Ariz.
Before becoming Cal Poly Pomona’s head coach, Ashman spent the 1995 season at the University of Nebraska, where his primary responsibility was as the team’s hitting coach. In his one season in Lincoln, the Cornhuskers raised their team batting average from .265 to .323. He also helped develop Darin Erstad, who was selected by the Angels as the No. 1 pick in the 1995 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.
Prior to going to Nebraska, Ashman served for five seasons as an assistant coach at Riverside Community College under former Bronco assistant coach and standout player Dennis Rogers. During his time at RCC, the Tigers compiled a 160-74 record and advanced to the California State Junior College Regionals every season. RCC had a pair of fourth-place finishes in the state in 1990 and 1991.
As a player at Cal Poly Pomona, Ashman led the 1980 squad to the national championship and earned All-America honors in the process. He batted .365 that season with 95 hits and 56 RBI. He went on to play six seasons of professional baseball in the Oakland Athletics’ and Pittsburgh Pirates’ organizations. Ashman also played for the U.S. Olympic Team in World Cup games in Japan.
Ashman is a product of the Inland Empire and competed for Bloomington High School and San Bernardino Valley College. At Bloomington, he was an all-San Andreas League first-team selection for two years. His team was the 1975 CIF runner-up.
Ashman graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a bachelor's degree in business administration and obtained his master’s in management from National University in San Diego. He resides in Rancho Cucamonga and is the father of three children, daughters Delaney and Kylie and son Zachary.
Ashman through the years
| Year |
School |
Overall record |
CCAA record |
| 2010 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
26-27 |
18-22 |
| 2009 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
26-23 |
16-20 |
| 2008 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
16-31 |
13-21 |
| 2007 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
20-31 |
10-26 |
| 2006 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
20-31 |
15-20 |
| 2005 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
30-23 |
25-14* |
| 2004 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
26-25-2 |
19-20-1 |
| 2003 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
15-39 |
10-29 |
| 2002 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
31-22-1 |
20-20 |
| 2001 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
31-24 |
23-17 |
| 2000 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
32-26 |
24-15 |
| 1999 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
25-24 |
19-21 |
| 1998 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
19-25 |
13-19 |
| 1997 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
28-28 |
18-14 |
| 1996 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
13-40-1 |
5-27 |
| Totals |
15years |
358-419-4 |
248-305-1 |
* - CCAA South Division champions
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