# David Esquer

David Charles Esquer (born April 13, 1965) is an American college baseball coach. He is the head coach of the Stanford Cardinal baseball team. He previously served as head coach of the California Golden Bears baseball team from 2000–2017.

## Early life and education

Esquer attended Palma High School in Salinas, California where he played basketball, football, and baseball. Esquer was team captain and MVP of the baseball team and was named his high school's athlete of the year. He attended Stanford University and was a starting shortstop for Stanford Cardinal baseball under head coach Mark Marquess and as a senior helped Stanford win the 1987 College World Series, in which he was named to the all-tournament team for hitting .350 with six RBI.

## Professional playing career

After graduating from Stanford with a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in sociology in 1987, Esquer played three seasons in the minor league organizations of the Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, and Milwaukee Brewers.

## Coaching career

In 1991, Esquer returned to Stanford to become an assistant coach at Stanford under Marquess. After six seasons at Stanford, from 1997 to 1999, Esquer was an assistant coach at Pepperdine handling recruiting, hitting instruction, infield coaching, and third base coach duties.
Beginning in the 2000 season, Esquer was hired as head baseball coach at Cal. In 18 seasons with the Golden Bears, Esquer recorded a record of 525–467–2 (.529), and led the Bears to NCAA Regionals in 2001, 2008, 2010, and 2015, and was named Pacific-10 Conference coach of the year in 2001. In 2011, Esquer led the Bears back to their first College World Series appearance since 1992 and was named national baseball coach of the year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
On June 16, 2017, Esquer stepped down from his position at Cal to accept the head baseball coaching position at Stanford, his alma mater.

### Head coaching record

The following is a table of Esquer's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| California Golden Bears (Pac-10/Pac-12 Conference) (2000–2017) ||||||
| 2000 | California | 25–28 | 11-13 | 5th | |
| 2001 | California | 34–25 | 14–10 | 4th | NCAA Regional |
| 2002 | California | 29–27 | 11–13 | 5th | |
| 2003 | California | 28–27 | 10–14 | 7th | |
| 2004 | California | 25–31 | 9–15 | T–8th | |
| 2005 | California | 34–23 | 13–11 | 5th | |
| 2006 | California | 26–28 | 9–15 | 9th | |
| 2007 | California | 29–26 | 12–12 | 4th | |
| 2008 | California | 33–21–2 | 12–12 | 5th | NCAA Regional |
| 2009 | California | 24–29 | 9–18 | 9th | |
| 2010 | California | 29–25 | 13–14 | 6th | NCAA Regional |
| 2011 | California | 38–23 | 13–13 | 6th | College World Series |
| 2012 | California | 29–25 | 12–18 | T–8th | |
| 2013 | California | 23–31 | 10–20 | T–8th | |
| 2014 | California | 26–27 | 13–17 | 8th | |
| 2015 | California | 36–21 | 18–12 | T–3rd | NCAA Regional |
| 2016 | California | 32–21 | 14–16 | T–8th | |
| 2017 | California | 25–29 | 15–15 | T–5th | |
| California: | California: | 525–467–2 (.529) | 218–258 (.458) | | |
| Stanford Cardinal (Pac-12 Conference) (2018–2024) ||||||
| 2018 | Stanford | 46–12 | 22–8 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2019 | Stanford | 45–14 | 22–7 | 2nd | NCAA Super Regional |
| 2020 | Stanford | 5–11 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Stanford | 39–17 | 17–10 | 3rd | College World Series |
| 2022 | Stanford | 47–18 | 21–9 | 1st | College World Series |
| 2023 | Stanford | 44–20 | 23-7 | 1st | College World Series |
| 2024 | Stanford | 22–33 | 11–19 | 8th | Pac-12 Tournament |
| Stanford: | Stanford: | | 116–60 (.659) | | |
| Stanford Cardinal (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2025–present) ||||||
| 2025 | Stanford | 12–3 | 2–1 | | |
| Stanford: | Stanford: | 260–128 (.670) | 2–1 (.667) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 785–595–2 (.569) | | | |
| 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 ||||||

## Personal life

Esquer and his wife Lynn have two children, Gabrielle and Xavier.