La Salle Explorers baseball

The La Salle Explorers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.^[2] The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Hank DeVincent Field in Philadelphia.

Founded1947-2021, 2026–present

UniversityLa Salle University

Athletic directorPhil Snead (interim)

Head coachDavid Miller (5th season)

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La Salle Explorers
2026 La Salle Explorers baseball team
Founded	1947-2021, 2026–present
University	La Salle University
Athletic director	Phil Snead (interim)
Head coach	David Miller (5th season)
Conference	Atlantic 10
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Home stadium	Hank DeVincent Field (capacity: 1,000)
Nickname	Explorers
Colors	Blue and gold[1]
NCAA tournament appearances
1964, 1985
Conference regular season champions
1989

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La Salle announced in September 2020 that baseball would be one of the seven sports to be dropped at the end of the 2020–21 academic year for sustainability reasons.^[3] However, in April 2024, La Salle announced that baseball would be reinstated as a sponsored sport beginning in the 2025–26 academic year (2026 season), along with starting new programs for women's rugby, women's acrobatics and tumbling, and women's triathlon.^[4] On June 3, 2024, La Salle announced the re-hiring of head coach David Miller, who was the head coach when the program was initially dropped in 2021. Miller began his tenure in June 2024 to prepare for the return of the baseball program to competition in 2025–26.^[5] The team returned to play on February 13, 2026, with a 27–10 home win over Maryland-Eastern Shore.