Ty Harrington

Ty Harrington
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Texas State
Conference Sun Belt
Record 507–388
Playing career
1985–1988 Texas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1991 Texas (asst.)
1991–1994 Arkansas State (asst.)
1995–1998 Northeast Texas
1999 Blinn
2000–Present Texas State
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Southland Tournament: 2000, 2011
Southland Conference: 2009, 2010, 2011
Awards
Southland Conference Coach of the Year: 2009, 2011

Ty Harrington is the current head baseball coach at Texas State. He has held that position since the beginning of the 2000 season. Harrington has led the Bobcats to three NCAA Tournament appearances, two Southland Conference Baseball Tournament championships, and three Southland Conference baseball regular season championships.[1] Harrington is the winningest coach in program history.[2] After one year in the Western Athletic Conference, Texas State begins competition in the Sun Belt Conference in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season.

Playing career

Harrington played for Texas, lettering twice. He was a member of three Longhorn teams that advanced to the College World Series, serving as a captain of the 1987 team.

Coaching career

Following his playing career, Harrington became a student coach and graduate assistant coach at Texas. He then became an assistant at Arkansas State. During his tenure, the team established many school records, won the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament and made an NCAA appearance. He then served as head coach at a pair of Texas junior colleges, the first of which was Northeast Texas Community College from 1995 to 1998, where he claimed the 1996 NJCAA championship and Coach of the Year awards. Harrington then coached Blinn College for one season before taking over at Texas State.[1]

While at Texas State, Harrington has enjoyed unprecedented success. On April 23, 2011, he claimed his 400th career win over Northwestern State. Harrington has led his team to three NCAA appearances, with a 2–6 record in regional play. His Bobcats have finished in the top three in the Southland Conference each year but two in his tenure, with three regular season championships. During the 2012 season, Harrington led the team to their highest ever national ranking, at number 20 in the Baseball America poll on March 12.[3][4] He has also developed three All-Americans, and numerous conference players of the year.

Head coaching record

The following table lists Harrington's record and results each season as a head coach.[1]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Texas State Bobcats (Southland Conference) (2000–2012)
2000 Southwest Texas State 34–29 16–11 3rd NCAA Houston Regional
2001 Southwest Texas State 36–22 15–11 4th
2002 Southwest Texas State 36–24 14–13 6th
2003 Southwest Texas State 30–28 19–7 2nd
2004 Texas State 32–26 16–10 3rd
2005 Texas State 32–26 15–12 3rd
2006 Texas State 29–30 20–10 3rd
2007 Texas State 37–23 20–10 2nd (West)
2008 Texas State 30–27 19–11 2nd (West)
2009 Texas State 41–17 24–7 1st NCAA Austin Regional
2010 Texas State 38–22 23–10 1st
2011 Texas State 41–23 24–9 1st NCAA Austin Regional
2012 Texas State 32–24 19–14 3rd
Texas State Bobcats (Western Athletic Conference) (2013)
2013 Texas State 29-29 16-11 3rd
Texas State Bobcats (Sun Belt Conference) (2014–present)
2014 Texas State 30-28 16-14 4th
2015 Texas State 24-30-1 14-16 6th
2016 Texas State 31-28 16-14 5th
Texas State: 562–446-1 306–190
Total: 562–446-1

      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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Texas State University - Baseball Coaching Staff". TxStateBobcats.com. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Q&A With Coach Ty Harrington". baseballtrenches.com. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ Jason Gordon (November 20, 2012). "Studdard stays close to home, signs TXST baseball scholarship". Hays Free Press. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  4. ↑ "College Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. March 12, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
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