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.