Southeastern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

Southeastern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding baseball head coach in the Southeastern Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1933
Currently held by	John Cohen, Mississippi State

The Southeastern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year is an award given to the most outstanding baseball head coach in the Southeastern Conference, as chosen by Southeastern Conference Coaches.^[1]

Key

	Awarded one of the following National Coach of the Year awards that year: Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year (CB) Baseball America Coach of the Year (BA)
Coach (X)	Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point
*	Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active
*^	Active coach who has been elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame (as a coach)
Conf. W–L	Conference win–loss record for that season
Conf. St.^T	Conference standing at year's end (^Tdenotes a tie)
Overall W–L	Overall win–loss record for that season
Season^‡	Team won the College World Series

Winners

Season	Coach	School	National Coach of the Year Awards	Conf. W–L	Conf. St.	Overall W–L	Reference
1933	White, W.P.W.P. White	Georgia	—	8–1	1	12–3	[2]
1934	Whitworth, Jennings B.Jennings B. Whitworth	Alabama	—	13–3	1	13–5	[2]
1935	Campbell, TildenTilden Campbell	Alabama	—	8–2	1	12–2	[2]
1936	Campbell, TildenTilden Campbell (2)	Alabama	—	7–3-1	1	10–3-1	[2]
1937	Morgan, DellDell Morgan	Auburn	—	8–1	1	8–1	[2]
1938	Campbell, TildenTilden Campbell (3)	Alabama	—	10–1	1	13–2	[2]
1939	Rabenhorst, HarryHarry Rabenhorst	LSU	—	10–2	1	22–6	[2]
1940	Campbell, TildenTilden Campbell (4)	Alabama	—	12–1	1	12–1	[2]
1941	Campbell, TildenTilden Campbell (5)	Alabama	—	13–2	1	19–2-1	[2]
1942	Campbell, TildenTilden Campbell (6)	Alabama	—	9–1	1	10–2	[2]
1943	Swanson, RedRed Swanson	LSU	—	11–3	1	13–8	[2]
1944	No competition due to World War II						[2]
1945	No competition due to World War II						[2]
1946	Rabenhorst, HarryHarry Rabenhorst (2)	LSU	—	11–3	1	11–3	[2]
1947	Campbell, TildenTilden Campbell (7)	Alabama	—	11–3	1	20–7	[2]
1948	Patty, R.PR.P Patty	Mississippi State	—	12–5	1 (Western)	17–8	[2]
1949	Patty, R.P.R.P. Patty (2)	Mississippi State	—	13–3	1 (Western)	19–6	[2]
1950	Campbell, TildenTilden Campbell (8)	Alabama	—	12–4	1 (Eastern)	22–12	[2]
1951	Anderson, S.W.S.W. Anderson	Tennessee	—	16–1	1	20–3	[2]
1952	Fuller, DaveDave Fuller	Florida	—	12–2	1	21–4-2	[2]
1953	Whatley, JimJim Whatley	Georgia	—	12–4	1 (Eastern)	23–5	[2]
1954	Whatley, JimJim Whatley	Georgia	—	11–4	1 (Eastern)	16–09	[2]
1955	Campbell, TildenTilden Campbell (9)	Alabama	—	16–2	1 (Western)	23–6	[2]
1956	Fuller, DaveDave Fuller (2)	Florida	—	13–3	1 (Eastern)	13–11	[2]
1957	Pittard, JoeJoe Pittard	Georgia Tech	—	13–3	1 (Eastern)	18–8-1	[2]
1958	Connally, JoeJoe Connally	Auburn	—	12–3	1 (Eastern)	17–8	[2]
1959	Swayze, TomTom Swayze	Ole Miss	—	10–3	1 (Western)	18–6	[2]
1960	Swayze, TomTom Swayze (2)	Ole Miss	—	12–2	1 (Western)	22–3	[2]
1961	Didier, RayRay Didier	LSU	—	11–4	1 (Western)	20–5	[2]
1962	Fuller, DaveDave Fuller (3)	Florida	—	14–3	1 (Eastern)	14–3	[2]
1963	Nix, PaulPaul Nix	Auburn	—	15–3	1 (Eastern)	17–8	[2]
1964	Swayze, TomTom Swayze (3)	Ole Miss	—	11–1	1 (Western)	19–04	[2]
1965	Gregory, PaulPaul Gregory	Mississippi State	—	11–4	1 (Western)	13–7	[2]
1966	Gregory, PaulPaul Gregory (2)	Mississippi State	—	11–4	1 (Western)	17–09	[2]
1967	Nix, PaulPaul Nix (2)	Auburn	—	15–2	1 (Eastern)	27–07	[2]
1968	Sewell, JoeJoe Sewell	Alabama	—	10–8	1 (Western)	22–11	[2]
1969	Swayze, TomTom Swayze (4)	Ole Miss	—	11–5	1 (Western)	27–15	[2]
1970	Gregory, PaulPaul Gregory (3)	Mississippi State	—	11–4	1 (Western)	11–4	[2]
1971	Gregory, PaulPaul Gregory (4)	Mississippi State	—	13–5	1 (Western)	32–12	[2]
1972	Gibbs, JakeJake Gibbs	Ole Miss	—	15–3	1 (Western)	28–16	[2]
1973	Schmittou, LarryLarry Schmittou	Vanderbilt	—	13–3	1 (Eastern)	36–16	[2]
1974	Schmittou, LarryLarry Schmittou (2)	Vanderbilt	—	11–4	1 (Eastern)	37–22-1	[2]
1975	Smith, JimJim Smith	LSU	—	19–3	1 (Western)	40–16	[2]
1976	Nix, PaulPaul Nix (3)	Auburn	—	12–7	1 (Western)	37–15	[2]
1977	Gibbs, JakeJake Gibbs (2)	Ole Miss	—	15–9	1 (Western)	40–18	[2]
1978	Nix, PaulPaul Nix (4)	Auburn	—	15–8	1 (Western)	33–21	[2]
1979	Polk, RonRon Polk*	Mississippi State	—	17–2	1 (Western)	48–12	[2]
1980	Mewbourne, RoyRoy Mewbourne	Vanderbilt	—	13–9	2 (Eastern)	34–21-1	[2]
1981	Rhine, JackJack Rhine	Florida	—	16–7	1 (Eastern)	42–17	[2]
1982	Rhine, JackJack Rhine (2)	Florida	—	14–8	1 (Eastern)	34–24-1	[2]
1983	Shollenberger, BarryBarry Shollenberger	Alabama	BA	14–7	1 (Western)	46–11	[2]
1984	Arnold, JoeJoe Arnold	Florida	—	18–4	1 (Eastern)	43–16-1	[2]
1985	Polk, RonRon Polk* (2)	Mississippi State	BA	16–8	1 (Western)	50–15	[2]
1986	Bertman, SkipSkip Bertman*	LSU	BA	22–5	1 (Western)	49–09	[2]
1987	Webber, SteveSteve Webber	Georgia	—	18–8	1 (Eastern)	42–21	[2]
1988	Arnold, JoeJoe Arnold (2)	Florida	—	21–6	1 (Eastern)	48–19-1	[2]
1989	Polk, RonRon Polk* (3)	Mississippi State	—	20–5	1 (Western)	54–14	[2]
1990	Bertman, SkipSkip Bertman* (2)	LSU	—	20–7	1 (Western)	54–19^‡	[2]
1991	Bertman, SkipSkip Bertman* (3)	LSU	CB	19–7	1 (Western)	55–18^‡	[2]
1992	Bertman, SkipSkip Bertman* (4)	LSU	—	18–6	1 (Western)	50–16	[2]
1993	Bertman, SkipSkip Bertman* (5)	LSU	CB	18–8-1	1 (Western)	53–17-1^‡	[2]
1994	Delmonico, RodRod Delmonico	Tennessee	—	24–5	1 (Eastern)	52–14	[2]
1995	Delmonico, RodRod Delmonico (2)	Tennessee	—	22–8	1 (Eastern)	54–16	[2]
1996	Bertman, SkipSkip Bertman* (6) Lopez, AndyAndy Lopez Wells, JimJim Wells	LSU Florida Alabama	BA, CB CB —	20–10 20–10 20–10	1 (Western) 1 (Eastern)^T 1 (Eastern)^T	52–15^‡ 50–18 50–19	[2]
1997	Bertman, SkipSkip Bertman* (7)	LSU	CB	22–7	1 (Western)	57–13^‡	[2]
1998	Tanner, RayRay Tanner	South Carolina	—	19–10	2 (Eastern)	44–18	[2]
1999	DeBriyn, NormNorm DeBriyn	Arkansas	—	22–8	1 (Western)	42–23	[2]
2000	Tanner, RayRay Tanner (2)	South Carolina	BA	25–5	1 (Eastern)	56–10	[2]
2001	Polk, RonRon Polk* (4)	Georgia	—	20–10	1 (Eastern)	47–22	[2]
2002	Wells, JimJim Wells (2)	Alabama	—	20–10	1 (Western)	51–15	[2]
2003	Laval, SmokeSmoke Laval	LSU	—	20–9-1	1 (Western)	45–22-1	[2]
2004	Van Horn, DaveDave Van Horn Perno, DavidDavid Perno	Arkansas Georgia	— BA	19–11 19–11	1 (Western) 1 (Eastern)	45–24 45–23	[2]
2005	McMahon, PatPat McMahon	Florida	—	20–10	1 (Eastern)	48–23	[2]
2006	Cohen, JohnJohn Cohen	Kentucky	—	20–10	1 (Eastern)	44–17	[2]
2007	Corbin, TimTim Corbin	Vanderbilt	—	22–8	1 (Eastern)	54–13	[2]
2008	Perno, DavidDavid Perno (2)	Georgia	—	20–9-1	1 (Eastern)	45–25-1	[2]
2009	Mainieri, PaulPaul Mainieri	LSU	BA, CB	20–10	1 (Western)	56–17^‡	[2]
2010	O'Sullivan, KevinKevin O'Sullivan	Florida	—	22–8	1 (Eastern)	43–21	[2]
2011	Tanner, RayRay Tanner (3)	South Carolina	CB	22–8	1 (Eastern)	55–14^‡	[2]
2012	Henderson, GaryGary Henderson	Kentucky	—	45–18	3 (Eastern)	45–18	[2]
2013	Corbin, TimTim Corbin (2)	Vanderbilt	—	26–3	1 (Eastern)	54–12	[3]
2014	O'Sullivan, KevinKevin O'Sullivan (2)	Florida	—	21–9	1 (Eastern)	40–23	[4]
2015	Mainieri, PaulPaul Mainieri (2)	LSU	BA, CB	20–10	1 (Western)	56–17^‡
2016	Cohen, JohnJohn Cohen (2)	Mississippi State	-	21–9	1 (Western)	46–16-1

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
LSU (1932)	15	1939, 1943, 1946, 1961, 1975, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2009, 2015
Alabama (1932)	14	1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1950, 1955, 1968, 1983, 1996, 2002
Florida (1932)	11	1952, 1956, 1962, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2005, 2010, 2014
Mississippi State (1932)	10	1948, 1949, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1985, 1989, 2016
Georgia (1932)	7	1933, 1953, 1954, 1987, 2001, 2004, 2008
Auburn (1932)	6	1937, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1976, 1978
Ole Miss (1932)	6	1959, 1960, 1964, 1969, 1972, 1977
Vanderbilt (1932)	5	1973, 1974, 1980, 2007, 2013
South Carolina (1991)	3	1998, 2000, 2011
Tennessee (1932)	3	1951, 1994, 1995
Arkansas (1991)	2	1999, 2004
Kentucky (1932)	2	2006, 2012
Georgia Tech^a (1932)	1	1957

Footnotes

• ^a Georgia Tech left the Southeastern Conference in 1964.
• ^b Tulane left the Southeastern Conference in 1966.

See also

• Southeastern Conference Baseball Player of the Year
• Southeastern Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year
• Southeastern Conference Baseball Freshman of the Year
• Southeastern Conference Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year

References

1. "SEC Announces Annual Baseball Honors". SEC Digital Network. May 29, 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
2. "2012 Southeastern Conference Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). SEC Digital Network. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
3. Paylor, Terez (28 May 2013). "Missouri lands two players on all-SEC baseball teams". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
4. Thompson, Edgar (May 27, 2014). "UF's Kevin O'Sullivan Named SEC Coach of the Year". OrlandoSentinel.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.