Marty Slimak
Head Coach
- Years at CLU19
- Alma MaterUC Santa Barbara ('76)
- Record 491-253-7
- E-mailslimak@callutheran.edu
- Phone805.493.3398
The winningest coach in CLU athletics history, Marty Slimak completed
his 18th season as Head Coach of the Kingsmen baseball team.
Under his tenure the Kingsmen baseball team has posted 17 straight
winning seasons and have been SCIAC Champions or runners-up in 13-of-17
years with Slimak at the helm.
The CLU baseball team won six straight conference crowns from 1996-2001
and and earned nine of 10 after joining the Southern California
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC).
After the Kingsmen made 10 straight NCAA West Regional appearances from
1992-2001, Coach Slimak brought the 2009 squad back to its first
postseason competition since the streak's end.
In 2009, Cal Lutheran went 32-11, 17-4 and went 1-2 at the West regional in Linfield, Ore.
In only his third season as the Kingsmen head coach, Slimak piloted CLU
to the 1996 NCAA Division III championship game and within five outs of
winning the program's first national championship.
Slimak's playing days date to the 1970s, when he played for former USC
skipper Mike Gillespie at College of the Canyons (COC) in 1972.
Following two years at COC, Slimak played two years for Dave Gorrie at
UC Santa Barbara, where he earned his bachelor's degree. He attended
UTEP on a football scholarship before returning to COC in 1974.
He earned his master's degree in public administration from CLU in 1996.
Slimak and his wife Donna make their home in Moorpark.