2024 - Hall of Fame Inductee - Tim Painton
Tim Painton’s college baseball career began at Fullerton College where he played for CCCBCA Hall of Famer Mike Sgobba before transferring to Fresno State where he played for ABCA and National College Hall of Famer Bob Bennett. Painton spent 3 years in the Giants and Angels organizations before embarking on a 40 year college coaching career.
From 1983-1992, Painton was an assistant coach at Fresno State where the Bulldogs appeared in 8 NCAA postseasons with two College World Series appearances during that time. In 1993, he became the head coach at Porterville College where he led the Pirates to their second postseason appearance in school history in 1994 and set a school record for wins in a season(28). Painton moved to Bakersfield College in 1996 where he spent 27 seasons collecting over 640 wins with 13 post season appearances. In his tenure at Bakersfield College, 244 players moved on to 4-year schools, 39 MLB draftees including two 1st rounders (Colby Lewis ’99, Phil Dumatrait ’00), and 6 players who played major league baseball.
Tim and his wife Kim have two children Tyler and McKenna. Tyler played baseball at Oregon State and Oakland A’s organization, and McKenna played volleyball at University of Arizona. Tim and Kim now reside in Mesa, Arizona and get to enjoy 7 month old granddaughter Brynlee Painton weekly.