List of Clemson Tigers head baseball coaches
The Clemson Tigers baseball program is a college baseball team that represents Clemson University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[1] The team has had 27 head coaches since it started playing organized baseball in the 1896 season, but only 5 since the end of World War II.[2] The current coach is Jack Leggett, who took over the head coaching position in 1994.[3]
Clemson has played in 4,012 games during their 114 seasons.[4] Since its creation in 1947, all five Tigers coaches; Randy Hinson, Walter Cox, Bill Wilhelm, and Leggett; have led Clemson to the NCAA Tournament. Wilhelm and Leggett have advanced teams to the College World Series.[5] Four coaches have won conference championships with the Tigers: Hinson won one as a member of the Southern Conference; and Smith, Wilhelm, and Leggett won a combined 14 as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.[4]
Bill Wilhelm is the all-time leader in games coached (1,707), seasons coached (36), and total wins (1,161).[2] John Heisman has the highest winning percentage of any Tiger coach with a 28–6–1 record (.814) in his three years in Clemson.[2] R. T. V. Bowman has the lowest winning percentage (.250 in two seasons).[2] In 2011, Wilhelm was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.[6]
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Coaches
# | Name | Term[A 9] | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PA | PW | PL | WA | WW | WL | DCs | CCs | CTs | NCs | Awards |
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1 | Bowman, R. T. V.R. T. V. Bowman | 1896, 1898 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
2 | Unknown | 1899–1900 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
3 | Heisman, JohnJohn Heisman | 1901–1903 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 1 | .814 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
4 | McMakin, JohnJohn McMakin | 1904–1906 | 46 | 20 | 23 | 3 | .467 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
5 | Shaughnessy, FrankFrank Shaughnessy | 1907 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .559 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
6 | Lynch, RobertRobert Lynch | 1908 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | .353 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
7 | Reynolds, JessieJessie Reynolds | 1909 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | .455 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
8 | Holland, JoeJoe Holland | 1910 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
9 | Dobson, FrankFrank Dobson | 1911–1913 | 58 | 37 | 21 | 0 | .638 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
10 | Robertson, ThomasThomas Robertson | 1914 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .727 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
11 | Sitton, VetVet Sitton | 1915–1916 | 45 | 26 | 18 | 1 | .589 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
12 | Morris, CountryCountry Morris | 1917, 1920 | 45 | 17 | 28 | 0 | .378 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
13 | Donahue, EdwardEdward Donahue | 1918–1919 | 39 | 17 | 21 | 1 | .449 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
14 | Conover, LarryLarry Conover | 1921 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .263 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
15 | Durfee, L. V. H.L. V. H. Durfee | 1922–1924 | 56 | 29 | 26 | 1 | .527 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
16 | May, ThomasThomas May | 1925 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0 | .440 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
17 | Richards, CulCul Richards | 1926 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .421 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
18 | Gillam, TinkTink Gillam | 1927 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | .460 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
19 | Guyon, JoeJoe Guyon | 1928–1931 | 81 | 42 | 36 | 3 | .537 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
20 | Neely, JessJess Neely | 1932–1938 | 135 | 67 | 66 | 2 | .504 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
21 | Hinson, RandyRandy Hinson | 1939–1940, 1946–1947 | 79 | 58 | 19 | 2 | .747 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | 0 | — |
22 | Rogers, TomTom Rogers | 1941–1942 | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | .747 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
23 | Howard, FrankFrank Howard | 1943 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
24 | Cox, WalterWalter Cox | 1945, 1948–1951 | 119 | 70 | 48 | 1 | .592 | 47 | 18 | 1 | .720 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
25 | Smith, BobBob Smith | 1952–1957 | 119 | 52 | 65 | 2 | .445 | 39 | 50 | 2 | .440[A 10] | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
26 | Wilhelm, BillBill Wilhelm † | 1958–1993 | 1707 | 1161 | 536 | 10 | .683 | 378 | 158 | 1 | .706 | 17 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 12 | — | 20 | 7 | 0 | ACC Coach of the Year (1988)[7] ABCA District III Coach of the Year (1991)[8] ACC Coach of the Year (1991)[7] |
27 | Leggett, JackJack Leggett | 1994–2015 | 1189 | 812 | 376 | 1 | .683 | 304 | 166 | 1 | .646 | 17 | 65 | 39 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ACC Coach of the Year (1994)[7] ACC Coach of the Year (1995)[7] ABCA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (2002)[9] ACC Coach of the Year (2006)[7] ABCA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (2010)[10] |
Notes
- ↑ A running total of the number of head coaches.
- ↑ Clemson was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1900 until 1923, but the conference did not sponsor baseball. The Southern Conference, of which Clemson was a member from 1924 until 1953, did not sponsor baseball until 1947. Since 1954, Clemson has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
- ↑ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
- ↑ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1947.
- ↑ College World Series appearances include seasons with CWS bids since the tournament began in 1947.
- ↑ The Atlantic Coast Conference split into two divisions in 2006. Since then, regular season conference championships are no longer awarded.
- ↑ The Southern Conference held a tournament from 1950 until 1953. The Atlantic Coast Conference began a baseball tournament in 1974. The tournament was not held in 1979.
- ↑ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2011 college baseball season.
- ↑ Clemson did not sponsor a baseball team in 1897 or 1944.
- ↑ 21–16 (.568) against SoCon opponents and 18–34–2 (.352) against ACC opponents.
References
- General
- Hennessy, Brian. "2011 Clemson Baseball Media Guide". Clemson University. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- Specific
- ↑ "Clemson University". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 2011 Media Guide, p. 141
- ↑ Tomasson, Chris (7 July 1993). "Leggett loves games, practice, and umpires". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. pp. D1, D4. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- 1 2 2011 Media Guide, p. 142
- ↑ 2011 Media Guide, p. 137
- ↑ "Clemson legend Bill Wilhelm inducted into National College Baseball Hall of Fame". The Times and Democrat. Orangeburg, S.C. 4 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Phillips, Steve (ed.). "ACC Year-By-Year" (PDF). 2011 ACC Baseball Media Guide. Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 52. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ↑ 2011 Media Guide, p. 140
- ↑ 2011 Media Guide, p. 15
- ↑ "2010 Diamond/ABCA NCAA Division I Regional Coaches of the Year" (PDF). American Baseball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.