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Rusty Filter

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Rusty Filter
Filter in 2019.
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSanta Clara
ConferenceWCC
Record152–179
Biographical details
Born (1968-11-30) November 30, 1968 (age 55)
Alameda County, California, U.S.
Playing career
1987–1990San Diego State
Position(s)Catcher / Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991San Diego State (asst.)
1992–1993Mission Bay HS (asst.)
1994–2009San Diego State (asst.)
2010–2017Stanford (asst.)
2018–presentSanta Clara
Head coaching record
Overall152–179
TournamentsWCC: 4–1
NCAA: 1–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
WCC Tournament (2023)

Russell Dean Filter Sr. (born November 30, 1968) is an American college baseball coach and former catcher and pitcher. Filter is the head coach of the Santa Clara Broncos baseball team.

Playing career

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Filter attended Mission Bay Senior High School in San Diego, California. Upon graduation from high school, Filter enrolled at San Diego State University. Filter began his college career as a catcher, but found his calling as a pitcher for the Aztecs as a sophomore. Filter made 80 appearances and recorded 10 saves in his career.[1] Filter was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1990 Major League Baseball draft. Filter played the 1990 season with the St. Catharines Blue Jays, where he appeared in 19 games recording a 4.50 ERA and 2 saves.

Coaching career

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Filter left the professional ranks following his stint in rookie ball, and became an assistant coach at San Diego State. He left the Aztecs after one season to become an assistant at Mission Bay High School. After two seasons at Mission Bay, Filter returned to San Diego State. Filter spend 16 seasons at SDSU and helped produce Stephen Strasburg as the first overall pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball draft.[2]

Filter moved on to be the pitching coach for the Stanford Cardinal in 2010. Filter stayed with the Cardinal for the duration of Mark Marquess tenure with the Cardinal, and interviewed to be his replacement,[3] but when Stanford chose David Esquer, Filter pursued other options.

On June 23, 2017, Filter was named the new head coach of the Santa Clara Broncos baseball program.

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Santa Clara Broncos (West Coast Conference) (2018–present)
2018 Santa Clara 26–26 12–15 T-6th
2019 Santa Clara 12–40 5–22 10th
2020 Santa Clara 12–5 0–0 Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Santa Clara 18–33 8–19 9th
2022 Santa Clara 24–29 11–16 8th
2023 Santa Clara 36–20 17–10 T–2nd NCAA regional
2024 Santa Clara 26–26 12–12 5th WCC tournament
Santa Clara: 152–179 65–94
Total: 152–179

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2017 Aztec Baseball" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. San Diego State University. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  2. ^ Kirk Kenney (August 12, 2009). "State's Filter says farewell". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  3. ^ Kendall Rogers (June 16, 2017). "Coaching Buzz: Stanford Hires Esquer". www.d1baseball.com. D1Baseball.com. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
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