Jim Toman

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Jim Toman
Biographical details
Born (1961-11-28) November 28, 1961 (age 62)
Monroeville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater North Carolina State University '85
Playing career
1981–1984 NC State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989 FIU (asst.)
1990–1996NC State (asst.)
1997–2007 South Carolina (asst.)
2008–2016 Liberty
2017–2018 College of Charleston (AHC)
2019–2022 Middle Tennessee
Head coaching record
Overall406–308–2 (.568)
TournamentsNCAA DI: 2–4
Big South: 20–13
C-USA: 1–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big South, North Division: 2014
Big South Tournament: 2013
Awards
Big South Coach of the Year: 2014

James Michael Andrew Toman (born November 28, 1961) is an American college baseball coach and former player. He had been head coach of Liberty from the 2008 season until 2016. Under Toman, Liberty has qualified for two NCAA tournaments. [1] He also served as the head coach of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (2019–2022).

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Playing career

Toman, a 1985 graduate of NC State, played baseball for the Wolfpack from 1981–1984. He served as a team captain in 1983 and 1984 and was named to the All-Tournament Team at the 1984 ACC tournament. [1] His teammates included Doug Davis, Dan Plesac, Doug Strange, and Tracy Woodson. When Woodson became the head coach at Richmond ahead of the 2014 season, the two coached against each other. [2]

Coaching career

Assistant positions

After graduating, Toman worked as a high school coach for several years before starting his college coaching career in 1989 with a one-year stint at FIU. From 1989 to 1991 he was the pitching coach of the Brewster Whitecaps, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League. [3] [4] Toman returned to his alma mater to serve as an assistant to Ray Tanner at NC State; he held the position from 1990–1996. When Tanner left for South Carolina for the 1997 season, Toman went with him and worked as an assistant for the Gamecocks from 1997–2007. [1] In 2002, he was named the ABCA/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year. [5]

Liberty

Toman left South Carolina to become the head coach at Liberty for the 2008 season. At his introductory press conference, Toman said, "I am very honored and excited to accept the head coaching position at Liberty University. My wife and family are also very excited to join the Liberty family and work in a Christian environment. I have enjoyed my 11 years at the University of South Carolina and take away many fond memories. I appreciate the opportunity Ray Tanner gave me to be a member of his staff. I am ready to get started on putting a quality staff together and continuing to move the program forward, having success both in conference and nationally." [6]

From 2008–2014, Toman's first seven seasons, Liberty won at least 30 games each year and at least 40 games three times. After losing in the Big South championship game in 2008, 2010, and 2012, the Flames reached their first NCAA tournament under Toman in 2013. In the Big South tournament, which Liberty hosted at the newly built Liberty Baseball Stadium, the Flames went 4–0 to win the championship; in the championship game, Liberty defeated top-seeded Campbell, 2–1, after an Ashton Perritt RBI single broke a 1–1 tie in the top of the ninth. At the Columbia Regional, the Flames went 2–2, beating second-seeded Clemson twice and losing to host South Carolina twice. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

In 2014, Liberty qualified for the NCAA tournament with an at-large bid. The Flames won the Big South's North Division and swept the conference's major awards, with Toman winning Coach of the Year. At the Charlottesville Regional, the team went 0–2, losing games to Arkansas and Bucknell. [12] [13] [14]

In 2011, Liberty set a Big South record with seven draftees. In 2012, the Flames had two players drafted in the top ten rounds. [9] [15]

On June 24, 2016 Toman resigned from Liberty as their baseball coach.

After Liberty

On August 4, 2017, it was announced that Toman would become the assistant head coach for the College of Charleston Cougars baseball team. [16]

Middle Tennessee

On June 20, 2018, Toman was named the head coach of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball program. [17]

In August 2022, a few weeks after being arrested on suspicion driving while intoxicated in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Toman resigned as MTSU's head coach. [18]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Toman's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach. [7] [19] [20] [21]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Liberty Flames (Big South Conference)(2008–2016)
2008 Liberty 35–26–114–7T–2nd
2009 Liberty 33–2117–93rd
2010 Liberty 43–1819–82nd
2011 Liberty 35–2418–92nd
2012 Liberty 41–1914–103rd
2013 Liberty 36–2913–114th (North) NCAA Regional
2014 Liberty 41–1823–31st (North) NCAA Regional
2015 Liberty 33–2316–8T–3rd
2016 Liberty 31–2812–126th
Liberty:328–206–1 (.614)146–77 (.655)
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Conference USA)(2019–2022)
2019 Middle Tennessee 18–3711–1912th
2020 Middle Tennessee 7–100–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Middle Tennessee 24–29–112–19–14th (West) C-USA tournament
2022 Middle Tennessee 29–2617–13T–6th
Middle Tennessee:78–102–1 (.434)40–51–1 (.440)
Total:406–308–2 (.568)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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  3. ↑ "Cape Baseball Notes". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. March 17, 1989. p. 31.
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