BYU Cougars baseball

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BYU Cougars baseball
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Founded1909 (1909)
University Brigham Young University
Athletic director Tom Holmoe
Head coach Trent Pratt (3rd full, 4th overall season)
Conference Big 12 Conference
Location Provo, Utah
Home stadium Larry H. Miller Field
(Capacity: 2,204)
Nickname Cougars
ColorsBlue and white [1]
   
College World Series appearances
1968, 1971
NCAA tournament appearances
1958, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2017
Conference tournament champions
Western Athletic Conference
1983, 1985, 1988, 1994
Mountain West Conference
2001, 2002
West Coast Conference
2017
Conference regular season champions
Mountain States Conference
1949, 1952, 1958, 1961
Western Athletic Conference
1968, 1971, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994
Mountain West Conference
2001
West Coast Conference
2016, 2017, 2019

The BYU Cougars baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, United States. [2] The team is a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. BYU's first baseball team was fielded in 1908. The team plays its home games at Larry H. Miller Field in Provo, Utah. The Cougars are coached by Trent Pratt.

Contents

Head coaches

Year(s)CoachSeasonsOverall recordPct
1908Clayton Teetzel1
1909, 11–12Fred Bennion3
1914–15Dell Webb2
1918, 20E.L. Roberts2
1948Stan Watts13–01.000
1949–51Wayne Soffe319–13–1.591
1952–55Dave Crowton433–28.541
1956Wayne Tucker19–8.529
1957–59Jay VanNoy350–24–1.673
1960–76Glen Tuckett17445–256–4.634
1977–99Gary Pullins23913–462–6.663
2000–12Vance Law13397–348–2.539
2013–2022 Mike Littlewood 10262–208.557
2022–presentTrent Pratt361–68.473

Season results

YearCoachOverall recordConference recordConference standingPostseason
1956Wayne Tucker9–8
1957Jay VanNoy7–10
1958Jay VanNoy13–5 CWS*
1959Jay VanNoy14–6
1960Glen Tuckett12–13
1961Glen Tuckett27–6–1
1962Glen Tuckett26–10 NCAA First Round
108-58-1
Western Athletic Conference 1963–1999
1963Glen Tuckett22–12–17–11st Northern—
1964Glen Tuckett16–165–52nd Northern—
1965Glen Tuckett23–154–83rd Northern—
1966Glen Tuckett22–16–16–62nd Northern—
1967Glen Tuckett33–148–41st Northern—
1968Glen Tuckett31–178–41st Northern CWS Elite Eight
1969Glen Tuckett30–1513–51st Northern—
1970Glen Tuckett31–14–114–31st Northern—
1971Glen Tuckett32–1612–41st Northern CWS Elite Eight
1972Glen Tuckett33–1512–61st Northern—
1973Glen Tuckett30–2013–51st Northern—
1974Glen Tuckett19–1712–51st Northern—
1975Glen Tuckett22–1915–11st Northern—
1976Glen Tuckett26–2115–31st Northern—
1977Gary Pullins35–1716–21st Northern—
1978Gary Pullins37–1516–21st Northern—
1979Gary Pullins50–25–116–11st Northern NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1980Gary Pullins41–1814–31st Northern NCAA Second Round
1981Gary Pullins46–2421–31st Northern NCAA First Round
1982Gary Pullins43–1620–41st Northern—
1983Gary Pullins54–1123–11st Northern NCAA First Round
1984Gary Pullins42–1718–51st Northern—
1985Gary Pullins44–2918–51st Northern NCAA Second Round
1986Gary Pullins34–18–214–103rd Western—
1987Gary Pullins42–2220–41st Eastern—
1988Gary Pullins41–18–120–5–12nd NCAA Second Round
1989Gary Pullins47–2021–71st NCAA First Round
1990Gary Pullins43–25–120–7–12nd NCAA Third Round
1991Gary Pullins35–1516–73rd—
1992Gary Pullins38–1917–93rd—
1993Gary Pullins39–1816–61st East—
1994Gary Pullins37–2016–71st East NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1995Gary Pullins36–25–122–81st East—
1996Gary Pullins38–1920–81st East—
1997Gary Pullins37–1821–92nd North—
1998Gary Pullins29–2413–172nd North—
1999Gary Pullins26–3112–179th—
1164-691-9
Mountain West Conference 2000–2011
2000Vance Law29–2915–153rd—
2001Vance Law38–2221–81st NCAA First Round
2002Vance Law31–31–115–143rd NCAA Regional Finals
2003Vance Law30–2418–122nd—
2004Vance Law28–3018–124th—
2005Vance Law39–19–121–92nd—
2006Vance Law33–2814–82nd—
2007Vance Law37–2017–72nd—
2008Vance Law22–3610–144th—
2009Vance Law30–2414–83rd—
2010Vance Law27–3112–124th—
2011Vance Law31–2711–123rd—
375-321-2
West Coast Conference (2012–2023)
2012Vance Law22–2710–147th—
2013 Mike Littlewood33–2115–92nd—
2014 Mike Littlewood22–3112–157th—
2015 Mike Littlewood28–2616–113rd—
2016 Mike Littlewood37–1718–101st—
2017 Mike Littlewood38–2120–71st NCAA Second Round
2018 Mike Littlewood22–2811–1610th—
2019 Mike Littlewood36–1719–81st—
2020 Mike Littlewood7–90–0——
2021 Mike Littlewood23–2715–124th—
2022 Mike Littlewood17–126–6——
2022 Trent Pratt16–910–54th—
2023 Trent Pratt24–2813–147th—
301–245
Big 12 Conference (2024–)
2024Trent Pratt21-317-2313th—
0–0
Totals1969–1346–12

Notable former players

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Colors". Brigham Young University Publications and Graphics. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. ↑ "BYU Cougars". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  3. ↑ "BYU Cougars". magazine.byu.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-07.


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