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
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Number of coaches[A 1] |
CCs |
Conference championships |
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Conference champion |
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Conference tournament championship |
NCs |
National Championships |
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CW |
Wins |
CL |
Losses |
CT |
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C% |
Winning percentage |
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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 |
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5000000000000000000♠— |
5000000000000000000♠— |
5000000000000000000♠— |
5000000000000000000♠— |
5000000000000000000♠— |
2 |
Owen, BillBill Owen |
1923–1926 |
55 |
42 |
13 |
0 |
.765 |
7001180000000000000♠18 |
7000500000000000000♠5 |
5000000000000000000♠0 |
6999783000000000000♠.783 |
7000200000000000000♠2 – 1925*, 1926* |
5000000000000000000♠— |
5000000000000000000♠— |
3 |
Haskell, LawrenceLawrence Haskell |
1927–1941 |
252 |
176 |
74 |
2 |
.702 |
7001890000000000000♠89 |
7001290000000000000♠29 |
7000100000000000000♠1 |
6999752000000000000♠.752 |
7000800000000000000♠8 – 1927*, 1930*, 1931*, 1933*, 1935*, 1936*, 1939*, 1940* |
5000000000000000000♠— |
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4 |
Baer, JackJack Baer |
1942–1967 |
531 |
281 |
250 |
0 |
.529 |
7002192000000000000♠192 |
7002136000000000000♠136 |
5000000000000000000♠0 |
6999585000000000000♠.585 |
7000600000000000000♠6 – 1946*, 1947*, 1950*, 1953*, 1955*, 1956* |
7000100000000000000♠1 – 1951 |
National Coach of the Year (1951) |
5 |
Semore, EnosEnos Semore |
1968–1989 |
1222 |
851 |
370 |
1 |
.697 |
7002297000000000000♠297 |
7002129000000000000♠129 |
5000000000000000000♠0 |
6999697000000000000♠.697 |
7000700000000000000♠7 – 1972*, 1973*, 1974*, 1975*, 1977*^, 1979^, 1986* |
5000000000000000000♠— |
5000000000000000000♠— |
6 |
Meek, StanStan Meek |
1990 |
57 |
31 |
26 |
0 |
.544 |
7000900000000000000♠9 |
7001150000000000000♠15 |
5000000000000000000♠0 |
6999375000000000000♠.375 |
5000000000000000000♠— |
5000000000000000000♠— |
5000000000000000000♠— |
7 |
Cochell, LarryLarry Cochell |
1991–2005 |
848 |
511 |
336 |
1 |
.603 |
7002223000000000000♠223 |
7002163000000000000♠163 |
7000100000000000000♠1 |
6999577990000000000♠.578 |
7000100000000000000♠1 – 1997^ |
7000100000000000000♠1 – 1994 |
National Coach of the Year (1994) |
8 |
Golloway, SunnySunny Golloway |
2005–present |
269 |
170 |
98 |
1 |
.634 |
7001610000000000000♠61 |
7001550000000000000♠55 |
7000100000000000000♠1 |
6999526000000000000♠.526 |
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Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "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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Established: 1890 – Endowment: $1.32 billion – Students: 30,303 |