Les Murakami

Les Murakami
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Baseball
Born	June 1936 (1936-06) (age 80) Honolulu, Hawaii
Playing career
1955–1958	Hawaii
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–2000	Hawaii
Head coaching record
Overall	1079–648–4

Les Murakami (born June 1936) is a former head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team. During his coaching years, he won 1,079 games. The Les Murakami Stadium, home field of the Rainbow Warriors, was named in his honor in 2002.^[1]

Awards

Hawaii Sportsman of the Year (1977, 1980)
Lefty Gomez Award (1981)
District Coach of the Year (1986)
WAC Coach of the Year (1987, 1991)
American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Famer

Head coaching record

The following is a record of Murakami's record as a head coach.^[2]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Hawaii (Independent) (1971–1979)
1971	Hawaii	0–4
1972	Hawaii	1–3
1973	Hawaii	1–7
1974	Hawaii	6–11
1975	Hawaii	25–13
1976	Hawaii	29–12
1977	Hawaii	43–13			NCAA Regionals
1978	Hawaii	38–14–1
1979	Hawaii	69–15			NCAA Regionals
Hawaii:		212–92–1
Hawaii (Western Athletic Conference) (1980–2000)
1980	Hawaii	60–18	19–5	t-1st	College World Series
1981	Hawaii	50–16	10–5	2nd
1982	Hawaii	59–17	17–7	1st	NCAA Regional
1983	Hawaii	47–20	17–7	2nd
1984	Hawaii	48–22–1	8–6	1st	NCAA Regional
1985	Hawaii	56–31	15–9	2nd
1986	Hawaii	43–24	15–9	2nd	NCAA Regional
1987	Hawaii	45–19	21–2	1st	NCAA Regional
1988	Hawaii	40–21–1	21–6–1	t-2nd
1989	Hawaii	40–27	18–10	t-2nd	NCAA Regional
1990	Hawaii	37–24–1	17–10–1	4th
1991	Hawaii	51–18	22–5	1st	NCAA Regional
1992	Hawaii	49–14	20–6	1st	NCAA Regional
1993	Hawaii	34–25	11–13	4th	NCAA Regional
1994	Hawaii	28–28	8–16	5th
1995	Hawaii	30–24	12–17	6th
1996	Hawaii	29–26	12–18	5th
1997	Hawaii	22–34	14–16	4th
1998	Hawaii	34–22	12–18	4th
1999	Hawaii	37–20	15–14	5th
2000	Hawaii	28–28	15–15	4th
Hawaii:		867–556–3	319–214–2
Total:		1079–648–4
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

References

↑ "LES MURAKAMI". Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
↑ 2013 Hawaii Rainbows Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Hawaii Rainbows. pp. 63–70. Retrieved September 14, 2013.

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors head baseball coaches

Otto Klum (1923–1936)
No team (1937)
Eugene Gill (1938–1939)
No team (1940)
Tom Kaulukukui (1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Jesse James Kelly (1946)
Tom Kaulukukui (1947–1949)
Toka Tanaka (1950–1951)
Jerry Burns (1952)
Jim Asato (1953)
Thomas Ige (1954)
Toka Tanaka (1955–1960)
Henry Tominaga (1961–1962)
No team (1964)
Jyun Hirota (1965)
Henry Tominaga (1966–1968)
Dick Kitamura (1969)
No team (1970)
Les Murakami (1971–2000)
Carl Furutani (2001)
Mike Trapasso (2002– )

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