Chris Dominguez joined the Hurricanes baseball program prior to the 2025 season, accepting a position as an assistant coach.
Dominguez returns to The U after spending the past three years at Bellarmine, including the last two seasons as head coach. The Miami native previously worked as an assist for the Hurricanes during the 2021 campaign.
Following a standout career at Louisville, Dominguez played 11 years of professional baseball (2009-19), including stints at the big-league level with the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds.
Over 1,000 games, Dominguez totaled a .263 average with 134 home runs and 592 RBI.
In 2010 — his first full season in pro ball — he notched 21 homers and drove in 101 runs with the Augusta GreenJackets, the Class-A affiliate of the Giants.
Three years later, Dominguez slugged 21 homers and stole 21 bases for Triple-A Fresno.
Prior to being chosen in the third round by the San Francisco Giants in the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft, Dominguez rewrote the Louisville record books.
The third baseman was tabbed a two-time All-American and guided the Cardinals to their first-ever appearance in the College World Series in 2007.
As a rookie that season, he smashed 15 home runs and tallied 61 RBI, garnering Freshman All-America Honorable Mention honors. Dominguez was selected as the MVP of the Columbia Regional and followed by launching three homers in the CWS.
In 2008, Dominguez was named BIG EAST Co-Player of the Year honors and received third-team All-American distinction after batting .365 with 21 home runs and 75 RBI.
As a redshirt junior in 2009, he recorded a .345 average, 25 homers and 82 RBI, earning BIG EAST Player of the Year recognition and first-team All-America plaudits.
Coming out of Gulliver Prep High School, Dominguez was chosen in the 17th round of the 2005 MLB Draft. He was also taken in the fifth round in 2008, before ultimately signing the following year.
Dominguez and his wife, Shannon, have two kids, Patrick and Murphy.
