The
2005 season will be the 19th year Tony Bloomfield will be
coaching baseball, as well as his 15th year as a head coach
at college level. This season will be the start of Coach Bloomfield’s
seventh season at Cosumnes River College. His overall record
is 424-217 and a conference record of 238-97. Coach Bloomfield
has led his teams to 13 playoff appearances in 14 years, which
included six conference championships (91, 92, 93, 94, 97,
03), five state regional final appearance, and a state final’s
appearance in 1998 with LA Harbor College.
Tony returned to LA Harbor to work under the guidance of Jim
O’Brien, where he was head assistant coach. In 1990
Harbor went an unheard of 51-5, leading the team to the State
Championship. In June of 1990 Tony took over the head coaching
duties at LA Harbor where the success continued, winning conference
championships in four straight years (1991-1994). In 1997,
Coach Bloomfield earned the prestigious award of Male Coach
of the year in the South Coast Conference, as well as Conference
Coach of the Year six times.
Coach Bloomfield became the Head Coach for Cosumnes River
College in 1999. It did not take long for Tony’s winning
ways to take affect at CRC, where he has already led the Hawks
to five playoff appearances in the first six years at CRC.
In 2003, Coach Bloomfield led the Hawks to the Bay Valley
Conference title, Coach Bloomfield’s first title at
CRC.
Coach
Bloomfield’s winning traditions have continued among
his players. Tony’s players have won two State MVP’s
(Josh Bendick 1994; Bud Smith 1998) and a Big Stick Award
(Rene Lopez 1992). He has coached seven Conference MVP’s,
including CRC players, Scott Modeste in 2002 and Johnny Woodard
in 2003, as well as six Conference Pitcher of the Year awards,
which includes CRC’s Jake Joseph in 1999 and Nick Pesco
in 2003. Tony has coached 70 All Conference players, of which
two went on the be Division I Conference Player of the Year,
Ricky Gutierrez (Oklahoma, 1994) and Mark Lewis (Nevada, Reno
1994). He has coached 23 All Americans, 7 All Northern California
players, 15 players who have played in a college world series
and has had 26 players drafted, of which 5 were in the top
eight rounds.
Tony attended West Torrance High School where he was a two
sport athlete, playing both football and baseball. Tony continued
his playing career under the long-time head coach, Jim O’Brien
at LA Harbor College, where he earned conference MVP and All-State
honors as the shortstop for LA harbor’s state runner-up
team. Tony finished his playing career at the University of
Nevada, Reno, where he earned his bachelor’s degree.
Though
Coach Bloomfield has had incredible success on the field,
maybe his greatest success has been teaching his players off
the field. Tony leads his teams by showing the players the
importance of education; this was particularly true when he
earned his Master’s degree in 1992 from Azusa Pacific
when he was the Head Coach at LA Harbor College. The team
took notice of Coach Bloomfield’s example of hard work
off the field and the next year the team won the State Academic
Team award. Tony has had 44 players on the All Conference
Academic Team, and has had 111 players receive scholarships.
His emphasis on academics, responsibility, citizenship, and
personal growth is the cornerstone of his coaching. Tony teaches
that success on the field is as important as success off the
field. This is especially important in Tony’s personal
life, in which he and his wife of 14 years, Lori Bloomfield,
are raising their two children, Brittany, who is 11, and Brett,
who is 8.
This past summer Tony was part of the USA National Team Task
Force. He worked with the best players in the country. Team
USA went on to win the work title in China.
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