Juggling tragedy and a global pandemic, Orange Coast College Baseball’s first-year head coach Nate Johnson hopes to get his team ready for the approaching spring season.

The collegiate athlete has not had an easy seven months since the coronavirus pandemic closed schools and canceled sports seasons. 

The Orange Coast College water polo program will now be headed by former Long Beach State assistant coach Dan Matulis, the school announced in late May.

With about five months left until the scheduled start for athletics, Orange Coast College’s women’s basketball team, alongside other sports, are uncertain when they’ll be allowed to return to the gym, let alone the court.

Sports will not be returning to Orange Coast College this fall semester, or the Orange Empire Conference for that matter, amid the current COVID-19 pandemic.

In a move to address college athletes’ needs and the suspension of spring sports on campuses across the country, the NCAA voted recently to grant an extra year of eligibility to all spring sport athletes affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Pirate baseball team extended its seven game win streak, beating College of the Canyons 9-4 Saturday on Wendell Pickens Field.

Orange Coast College softball was run out of its own house, as the team was outgunned in a 16-0 mismatch against Santa Barbara Community College Saturday afternoon.

Former Oregon Ducks head baseball coach George Horton has joined the Orange Coast College baseball coaching staff after the death of his long-time friend John Altobelli.

The Orange Coast College basketball program that includes men's and women’s teams have been experiencing a shortage of players, which is heavily affecting both teams' records and sustainability.

The Orange Coast College men’s basketball team came out fighting against the Riverside College Tigers on Friday night at Basil H. Peterson Gym, but it was the Tigers who found a way to outlast the Pirates 96-77.

The Orange Coast College baseball team hit the field Tuesday for the first time since the shocking death of their coach John Altobelli, as they took on Southwestern College in a game that was eventually halted due to darkness with Coast trailing 7-6 in the top of the ninth.

After a dramatic walk-off win in the California Community College Baseball State Championship in May, the Orange Coast College baseball team is already prepping to defend its title.

Orange Coast College’s baseball team will make its return to Fresno and to the Final Four contest after head coach John Altobelli’s 700th and 701st win as a coach, sweeping eighth seed Mt. San Antonio over the weekend.

Head coach John Altobelli’s 699th career victory came in a big way when the Orange Coast College baseball team cruised to a 2-0 victory against Long Beach City College Friday, moving onto the California Community College Athletic Association Southern California Sectionals.

Orange Coast College’s top-seeded baseball team will move on to the Super Regionals after a 30-run series sweep over the L.A. Mission College Eagles at Wendell Pickens Field Saturday.

Orange Coast College’s women’s swim team repeated as state champions at the 2019 California Community College Athletic Association State Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday at De Anza College.

The Orange Coast College softball team made its first appearance in the playoffs for the first time since 1994, years before any current players on the team were even born.

Orange Coast College’s baseball team rallied from an early deficit to sweep the Santa Ana Dons in its second walk-off win of the series and earned the first seed in the Orange Empire Conference going into playoffs.

Orange Coast College’s women’s tennis team capped off its undefeated season by defeating the Foothill College Owls’ 5-1 to become the 2019 California Community College Athletic Association Women’s Tennis Dual Team state champions in Ojai.

Orange Coast College’s top-ranked men’s volleyball team continues its perfect season after a sweep against No. 4 ranked Irvine Valley College inside the Basil H. Peterson Gym on Friday.

Heading to Santa Barbara Community College with an undefeated record, the Orange Coast College men’s volleyball team hung on to continue its 15-game winning streak in a five-set thriller Saturday.  

Orange Coast College’s softball team has been off to a hot start, opening the season 14-5,  6-3 in conference.

When 24-year-old Orange Coast College computer information systems major and football player Justin Hunter saw final exams on the horizon, he had to make a decision.

The Orange Coast College spring sports teams came to play this spring with nearly nine teams who competed for state and national supremacy.

It came down to the wire, but in the end, the Orange Coast College men's and women’s swim teams stood alone atop the mountain, capturing their respective state titles at the 2018 California Community College Athletic Association State Swim/Dive Championships at De Anza College this past weekend.

The Orange Coast College baseball team (28-13) advanced to the Super Regionals of the California Community College Baseball tournament by beating Cuesta College Cougars 5-3 on Saturday.

The Orange Coast College baseball team (26-14, 14-5 in Orange Empire Conference) was outfought in a pitcher’s duel 2-1 against the Riverside City College Tigers (25-14, 11-9) in its final home game of the season Thursday.

A visibly motivated Santa Barbara City College Vaqueros men's volleyball team (12-6) entered the Basil H. Peterson Gym on Friday night with clear intention to stop Orange Coast College (19-2) from running off to the California Community College State Final Four for the second consecutive season.

Ahead of celebrating 70 years of baseball at Orange Coast College, the Pirate men received the best gift imaginable: a new field.

Orange Coast College (23-11) celebrated its 70-year anniversary Saturday at Wendell Pickens Field with a 4-2 win over Fullerton College (16-17) in its fifth straight Orange Empire Conference win.

The Orange Coast College men’s volleyball team (18-2, 8-0 in Orange Empire Conference) rolled to its second consecutive undefeated conference run in its three-set victory over Santiago Canyon College Hawks (5-15) on Friday.

The men and women of Orange Coast College’s rowing team traveled to San Diego on March 24 to compete in the 45th annual San Diego Crew Classic.