University of San Francisco Baseball

EDUCATION: Mercy College - 2001-05 YEARS AT SAN FRANCISCO: June 2022- Present CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AT SAN FRANCISCO: Rob DiToma was named the fifth head coach of the University of San Francisco baseball program on June 15, 2022, after spending the previous three seasons at FDU, where he was head coach of the Knights since June 2019. Finished the 2025 season with a 26-30 record and posted nine conference victories as DiToma led San Francisco to its first West Coast Conference Tournament appearance since 2022. The Dons earned their most series wins in the DiToma era, recording seven throughout the campaign, with four coming during conference play ... Earned series wins over Santa Clara, Saint Mary’s, Pepperdine, and Portland ... The victory over Portland helped solidify the program’s spot in the conference tournament in Las Vegas, Nev. Five players earned All-WCC recognition: Patrick Keighran (All-WCC First Team), TJ Rogers (All-WCC Second Team), Eddison Esquivel (All-WCC Honorable Mention + All-Freshman Team), Aidan Risse (All-WCC Honorable Mention), and Lance Santerre (All-WCC Honorable Mention) ... Esquivel was also named to the 2025 ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region Second Team and earned WCC Freshman of the Week a league-leading three times. The Dons also posted a new single-season home run record, recording 66 in 56 games ... Keighran and Esquivel led the team with 12 apiece, while 16 of the 19 players to have a plate appearance totaled at least one long ball. Overall, the offen

EDUCATION: Diablo Valley College - 2013 Chabot College - 2014 Nevada - 2015-16 YEARS AT SAN FRANCISCO: August 2025 - Present OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Rowland comes to the Hilltop after spending the last four seasons as the pitching coach at Pepperdine. During his time with the Waves, Rowland helped guide the program to 70 victories, highlighted by a 24-26 mark in the 2022 season. That season, he led the pitching staff to the fourth-lowest earned-run average in the West Coast Conference at 4.50 while coaching Trevor Hinkel to a team-best 3.80 ERA, the ninth lowest in the WCC. As a team in Rowland's first season with the program in 2022, Pepperdine posted impressive wins over UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, and UC Santa Barbara while earning WCC series victories over Portland, LMU, and Pacific. Before his time in Malibu, Rowland was a member of the San Francisco State coaching staff from 2018 to 2021. In his first season with the Gators, Rowland helped steer the program to national prominence as the team ranked No. 17 in the Collegiate Baseball Poll in addition to reaching No. 4 in the NCBWA West Region Poll and No. 5 in the NCAA West Region Poll. Under Rowland's tutelage, the pitching staff totaled the fourth-lowest ERA in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and recorded the fewest walks allowed in the conference In 2019, San Francisco State recorded the third-lowest ERA in the conference and issued the fewest walks. Pitcher Jack Higgins was named to the All-CCAA

YEARS AT SAN FRANCISCO Fall 2022 – Present CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Guided the Columbia Lions to multiple Ivy League crowns Began his coaching career in 2008 at Lynchburg College and Millersville University Led Columbia to the Blacksburg Regional final in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, which included knocking off WCC champion Gonzaga twice. Spent the 2015 season at Georgetown where he helped the team to their first appearance in the Big East championship since 1986. Helped two of his pitchers earn all-conference honors for the first time since 2007. Spent two years at Wake Forest in 2013-14 where the Demon Deacons won a combined 58 games Served as director of operations before being elevated to volunteer assistant coach in 2014. Rob DiToma on Supplee: "Erik brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the development of pitchers that he has coached at his various stops. Most recently at Columbia University, he became well known nationally with his ability to recruit talented baseball players from all over the country. The amount of success he has had in recruitment and development in the past helped lead Columbia to Ivy league championships and NCAA regional game victories. We are very lucky to have Erik on our staff."

EDUCATION: St. Thomas Aquinas - 2005-09 YEARS AT SAN FRANCISCO: June 2024 - Present OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Garvey comes to the Hilltop after serving as head coach at Division II St. Thomas Aquinas in Sparkill, N.Y., compiling a 101-93 overall record in five seasons. Garvey garnered early success at the helm, leading STAC to an East Coast Conference (ECC) regular season title and an appearance in the NCAA Division II East Regional in 2021. The Spartans compiled a 26-7 overall record throughout the campaign for the team's highest winning percentage in program history. The team also added 17 league victories, the most the Spartans have posted since 2018. Before taking over as head coach prior to the 2020 season, Garvey served as the associate head coach at STAC for 10 seasons. As the second in command, he helped guide the Spartans to five regular-season titles, four ECC Championship titles, six NCAA Tournament appearances, and two NCAA National Championship appearances. PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS: Notably, 30 players under Garvey's tutelage at STAC have gone on to play professionally, with Gio Dingcong and Joseph Pena being selected by the Oakland Athletics in the Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft in 2018. Prior to coaching he was a standout player at St. Edmunds Prep (Brooklyn), where he set the all-time fielding percentage record while serving as captain on a the winningest team in school history. He continued his playing career at STAC. Originally a second baseman, he was converte