In
2015, the Bears finished the season 8th in the Big 12 with a record of 23–32 (9–15 Big 12). Baylor qualified for the
2015 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament and was eliminated in the tournament semifinal. They failed to qualify for the
2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. At the conclusion of the 2015 season, Baylor fired 21-year head coach
Steve Smith, the winningest coach in Baylor athletic history. On June 12, 2015, Baylor announced Pepperdine Waves head coach
Steve Rodriguez as the Bears' new head coach for 2016; Rodriguez, a Pepperdine alum, played on the Waves' 1992 national championship team, then led the Waves to the NCAA tournament in 8 of his 12 years as head coach. ==Personnel==