Tim Shea
Head Baseball Coach

Phone: 203-392-6021
Email: sheat1@southernct.edu

Affiliated with Southern Connecticut State University as a student-athlete, instructor and coach for two decades, Tim Shea’s long-standing relationship with the university has been a tremendously successful one. 

He took over as head baseball coach prior to the 2002 season after serving 11 years as an Owls assistant to Joe Bandiera.

During Shea’s tenure, he has built the Owls into an annual contender for the Northeast-10 Championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

In fact, Shea has piloted Southern Connecticut to four NCAA Tournament appearances (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010) and one NCAA World Series berth (2005).

Shea has amassed a record of 266-170-1 (.610) as the Owls’ skipper. Southern Connecticut has won at least 30 games in six of his first eight seasons at the helm.

On the individual front, Shea has coached 47 All-Conference performers, 16 All-Region players and five All-Americans.

The 2010 campaign featured a Northeast-10 Conference regular season championship and a No. 20 final national ranking as the Owls finished the year with a 38-13-1 mark. Shea was named ECAC, Regional and Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year for his efforts.

The Owls enjoyed another outstanding campaign in 2008, as they concluded the year with a 36-19 mark and reached the NCAA Tournament.

For his efforts, Shea was selected as the Northeast Region Coach of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. He was also tabbed as the Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year.

Following the 2008 season, the Owls had two student-athletes sign professional contracts. Jim Fuller was selected in the Major League Baseball draft by the New York Mets, while Mike Diaz was picked by the Houston Astros. Both played in the New York-Penn League in their rookie seasons.

Shea enjoyed immediate success in his first year with the Owls, and that success has continued since. Southern Connecticut has won at least 15 games in Northeast-10 play each year.

The Owls were 31-16 in 2002 before posting another winning season in 2003 with a 20-17 mark. Southern Connecticut followed with a 30-22 mark in 2004.

In 2005, the Owls won the Northeast-10 Conference regular season championship (25-5) and earned the program’s first appearance in the Division II World Series by winning the Northeast Regional championship. The club concluded the year with an overall mark of 31-14.

Shea was named Northeast-10 Coach of the Year, NEIBA Division II Coach of the Year and ABCA Regional Coach of the Year in 2005. The Owls were also named NEIBA Division II Northeast Team of the Year.

The Owls reached the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year in 2006. They finished with an overall mark of 36-19, which matched the second-highest single-season win total in program history.

Southern Connecticut won 19 games in 2007 before storming back in 2008 to secure a NCAA Tournament berth for the third time in four years.

Dating back to his days as an assistant coach, Shea has been a part of all five squads that qualified for the NCAA Tournament.

Shea, who previously taught in the university’s special education department, earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in special education from Southern.

A two-year captain for the Owls, Shea led the nation in doubles per game his senior season of 1987. He was named team MVP in 1985 and Second-Team All-Conference in 1986.

A West Haven native, Shea played football and was an All-State selection in baseball at Notre Dame of West Haven High School. A former assistant coach in both sports at Notre Dame, Shea taught for 14 years in the Milford school system.

Shea also has additional coaching experience with the Connecticut Owls AAU program. The Owls’ current 17U team won the AAU National Championship in both 2006 and 2007.

He resides in Hamden with his wife, Vicky, sons, T.J. and Tyler, and daughter, Briana.

Shea's Career Record

Year	Overall	Northeast-10
2002	31-16	19-13
2003	20-17	16-10
2004	30-22	18-14
2005	31-14	25-5
2006	36-19	20-10
2007	19-30	15-15
2008	36-19	24-6
2009	25-20	20-10
2010	38-13-1	21-5
Totals	266-170-1	178-88

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