List of Oklahoma Sooners head baseball coaches

The Oklahoma Sooners baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Oklahoma. The team has had eight head coaches since organized baseball began 1898 with the nickname Sooners. The Sooners have played in more than 3,400 games during its 110 seasons. In those seasons, five coaches have won conference championships with the Sooners: Bill Owen, Lawrence Haskell, Jack Baer, Enos Semore and Larry Cochell. Two coaches have won national championships: Baer and Cochell. Semore is the all-time leader in games coached, years coached and wins. Owen is the overall leader in winning percentage. Baer is, in terms of winning percentage, the worst coach the Sooners have had. Of the eight head coaches, two have received National Coach of the Year honors. The current head coach is Sunny Golloway who was hired in July 2005.[1]

Key

General
# Number of coaches[A 1]
CCs Conference championships
* Conference champion
^ Conference tournament championship
NCs National Championships

Overall
GC Games coached
OW Wins
OL Losses
OT Ties
O% Winning percentage

Conference
CW Wins
CL Losses
CT Ties
C% Winning percentage

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2009 college baseball season.
# Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% CCs NCs National awards
1 Owen, BennieBennie Owen 1906–1922 250 142 104 4 .581
2 Owen, BillBill Owen 1923–1926 55 42 13 0 .765 18 5 0 .783 2 – 1925*, 1926*
3 Haskell, LawrenceLawrence Haskell 1927–1941 252 176 74 2 .702 89 29 1 .752 8 – 1927*, 1930*, 1931*, 1933*, 1935*, 1936*, 1939*, 1940*
4 Baer, JackJack Baer 1942–1967 531 281 250 0 .529 192 136 0 .585 6 – 1946*, 1947*, 1950*, 1953*, 1955*, 1956* 1 – 1951 National Coach of the Year (1951)
5 Semore, EnosEnos Semore 1968–1989 1222 851 370 1 .697 297 129 0 .697 7 – 1972*, 1973*, 1974*, 1975*, 1977*^, 1979^, 1986*
6 Meek, StanStan Meek 1990 57 31 26 0 .544 9 15 0 .375
7 Cochell, LarryLarry Cochell 1991–2005 848 511 336 1 .603 223 163 1 .578 1 – 1997^ 1 – 1994 National Coach of the Year (1994)
8 Golloway, SunnySunny Golloway 2005–present 269 170 98 1 .634 61 55 1 .526

Notes

  1. A running total of the number of coaches of the Sooners. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.

References

General
  • "All-Time Coaches". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2009-11-09. 
  • "2009 Baseball Media Guide". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2009-11-09. 
  • "2009 Box Scores". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved 2009-12-02.  Note: This citation can be removed when the 2010 Media guide is released.
Specific
  1. "18 Sunny Golloway". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2009-11-28. Golloway was named the eighth head baseball coach at the University of Oklahoma on July 15, 2005.
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