USD Baseball 1990

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The Assistants

(L-R) Ray Butler, Jake Molina, Glenn Godwin Assistant Coach JAKE MOLINA Coach Molina is beginning his fifth season as assistant to John Cunningham. Jake's background prior to USD includes seven years of junior college coaching. He was head coach at Santa Monica College from 1974-77, before taking over the San Diego City College position from 1978 thru 1984. At San Diego C.C., Jake led the '80 and '81 teams to the conference championship. This past summer Jake managed the Spanish National Team. His team finished 3rd in the European championships and placed 2nd in the International Friendship Cup. He is scheduled to be the Spanish Olympic Team Manager for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. A native of San Diego, Jake graduated from UCLA in '71 with a degree in Physical Education and received his master's degree in Physical Education in 1972 from San Diego State. Jake and his wife Sherri have one son , Nathan, age 16. Assistant Coach GLENN GODWIN Coach Godwin begins his fifth season as pitching coach for the USD Toreros. A 1982 graduate of USD with a degree in Business Administration, Glenn played for Coach Cunningham's '81 and '82 teams. In 1982, Glenn had a 14-4 record in 21 appear- ances. Along with his 2.92 ERA, Glenn fanned 142 batters in 148 innings. Godwin was drafted by the Oakland A's organization in 1982 and played A ball for 2-1/2 years between '82-84. Glenn com- pleted his MBA at USD in May of 1987.The past three summers he has managed a baseball team in Sweden, with his squad being crowned the Swedish National Champions two of the three campaigns. Volunteer Assistant Coach RAY BUTLER Ray Butler begins his third season with the Toreros as a volunteer assistant coach to John Cunningham. Prior to assist- ing the 1988 men's team, Ray was an assistant coach to USD's women's softball team in 1987. An avid softball player, Ray has managed and played in adult softball leagues the past 10 years. Ray has held a part-time position in the USD Business School as an economics instructor since 1978, as well as a teaching spot in SDSU's Department of Economics since 1976. A 1968 graduate from Cal State Fullerton with a B.A. degree in Economics, Ray also has an M.S. degree in International Economics from UCLA (1969) and an A.B.D. in Economics from UC Riverside (1976). Ray and his wife Renate reside in the Clairemont area of San Diego.