List of Connecticut Huskies head baseball coaches

The Connecticut Huskies baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Connecticut in the Big East Conference. The Huskies compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. The current head coach is Jim Penders, who will coach his tenth season in 2013.

The first season of baseball at Connecticut was in 1896. The team has had nineteen head coaches and played four of their 116 seasons without a coach. Since 1924, only five people have held the head coaching position. There was no team in 1918 due to World War I.

Since its creation in 1947, the Huskies have made five appearances in the College World Series, two under J. Orlean Christian and three under Larry Panciera. The school's winningest coach, Andy Baylock, did not reach the height of college baseball competition in his 24 seasons, while Penders fell just short in 2011 with a Super Regional appearance against eventual champion South Carolina. The Huskies have not won a National Championship in baseball. Their best finish was fifth, achieved in both 1957 and 1972.

Panciera holds the highest winning percentage in Connecticut baseball history, with a .648 mark over his eighteen seasons. James Nicholas and Charles A. Reed both failed to win a game and share the mark for lowest winning percentage. Christian coached the longest, staying for 26 seasons, while nine coaches served only one season. Baylock delivered both Husky Big East Conference Baseball Tournament championships in 1990 and 1994, along with the only divisional championship (1985) of the seven seasons the Big East played in a two division format. Penders won the only conference regular season championship in 2011.[1]

Key

General
# Number of coaches[lower-alpha 1]
GC Games coached

Overall
OW Wins
OL Losses
OT Ties
O% Winning percentage

Conference[lower-alpha 2]
CW Wins
CL Losses
CT Ties
C% Winning percentage

Postseason[lower-alpha 3]
PA Total Appearances[lower-alpha 4]
PW Total Wins
PL Total Losses
WA College World Series Appearances[lower-alpha 5]
WW College World Series Wins
WL College World Series Losses

Championships
DC Division regular season[lower-alpha 6]
CC Conference regular season
CT Conference tournament[lower-alpha 7]

Coaches

List of head baseball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[lower-alpha 8]
# Name Term[lower-alpha 9] GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PA PW PL WA WW WL DCs CCs CTs NCs Awards
1 No Coach 1896–1898, 1912 27 12 15 0 .444 0
2 Knowles, T. D.T. D. Knowles 1899–1901 21 12 8 1 .595 0
3 Smith, Edwin O.Edwin O. Smith 1902–1905 22 12 9 1 .568 0
4 Lamson, George E.George E. Lamson 1906–1908 26 12 13 1 .481 0
5 Sullivan, JohnJohn Sullivan 1909–1910 16 9 7 0 .563 0
6 Nicholas, JamesJames Nicholas 1911 9 0 9 0 .000 0
7 Edger, RobertRobert Edger 1913 10 4 6 0 .400 0
8 Reed, Charles A.Charles A. Reed 1914 4 0 4 0 .000 0
9 Donovan, J. J.J. J. Donovan 1915 8 1 7 0 .125 0
10 Chase, D. E.D. E. Chase 1916 9 1 8 0 .111 0
11 Donahue, John J.John J. Donahue 1917 2 1 1 0 .500 0
12 Guyer, Roy J.Roy J. Guyer 1919 12 6 6 0 .500 0
13 Mellor, WilliamWilliam Mellor 1920 11 3 8 0 .273 0
14 Swartz, RossRoss Swartz 1921 14 2 11 1 .179 0
15 Tasker, J. WilderJ. Wilder Tasker 1922–1923 30 12 18 0 .400 0
16 Dole, SumnerSumner Dole 1924–1935 156 64 90 2 .417 0
17 Christian, J. OrleanJ. Orlean Christian 1936–1961 431 254 170 7 .597 5 8 9 2 1 4 7 0
18 Panciera, LarryLarry Panciera 1962–1979 462 297 160 5 .648 7 15 16 3 2 6 0 NCAA Northeast Region Coach of the Year (1979)
19 Baylock, AndyAndy Baylock 1980–2003 1056 556 492 8 .530 185 200 0 .481 3 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
20 Penders, JimJim Penders 2004–present 726 417 295 4 .585 160 143 1 .528 11 6 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Big East Coach of the Year (2006, 2010, 2011)

Notes

  1. A running total of the number of head coaches.
  2. UConn's joined the Eastern College Athletic Conference in 1980, but conference records are incomplete. The Big East Conference began sponsoring baseball in 1985.
  3. Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
  4. Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1947.
  5. College World Series appearances include seasons with CWS bids since the tournament began in 1947.
  6. The Big East Conference used a divisional format for seven seasons: 1985–1989 and 1996–1997. Regular season conference championships were not recognized in those seasons.
  7. The Big East Conference Baseball Tournament began in 1985.
  8. Statistics correct as of the end of the 2013 college baseball season.
  9. Connecticut did not sponsor a baseball team in 1918.

References

  1. 2012 Baseball Online Media Guide. uconnhuskies.com. p. 46. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
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