Dave Tollett

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Dave Tollett
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Florida Gulf Coast
Conference ASUN
Record743–452–3
Biographical details
Born (1966-03-30) March 30, 1966 (age 58)
Alma mater Tusculum College '88
Playing career
1985–1988 Tusculum
Position(s) Third base
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1996 Charlotte HS (FL)
1997–2001 Edison CC (assistant)
2002–present Florida Gulf Coast
Head coaching record
Overall743–452–3 (college)
175–96 (high school)
TournamentsA-Sun: 22–21
NCAA DII: 3–4
NCAA DI: 1–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 7× Regular season A-Sun Champions: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2024
  • 1x A-Sun Tournament champion: 2017
  • A-Sun South Division 2021
Awards
  • 5× A-Sun Coach of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019

David Tollett (born March 30, 1966) is an American college baseball coach who has been the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast since 2002, the program's first season. Under Tollett, the Eagles have appeared in two NCAA Division I Tournaments and won Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun) regular season championships in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019, and 2021.Tollett's 2017 season was the most successful in program history as the Green and Blue won a program record 43 games, claimed the program's first ASUN Tournament championship, and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time. After starting the season 24–3 and defeating then #2 and eventual National Champion Florida, then #1 FSU and Miami in the same season for the first time ever, FGCU rose to as high as #9 in the Collegiate Baseball News poll - marking the highest ranking ever achieved by any athletics program in school history. Following the hot start to the season, Tollett was named the Perfect Game Midseason Coach of the Year. The Green and Blue suffered a number of tough losses in April, but ended the regular season by sweeping its way through its final three conference series and earned the No. 3 seed in the ASUN Tournament. After falling into the loser's bracket following a loss on day two, FGCU won an improbable four elimination games in less than 30 hours and defeated top-seeded Jacksonville twice, including an extra-inning thriller in the winner-take-all championship. With the ASUN's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in hand, the Eagles earned the No. 2 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional and defeated No. 3 Michigan, 10–6, in its first-ever NCAA tournament game. Tollett was named the A-Sun Coach of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2019. Worst loss of career came during the 2013 season when Tollett and the Eagles lost to an NAIA school, Ave Maria. Tollett has had 47 players at FGCU drafted or signed as free agents in Major League Baseball including Chris Sale, Casey Coleman, Richard Bleier, Jacob Barnes, Jake Noll, and Kutter Crawford. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Tollett's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach. [4] [5]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Florida Gulf Coast (Independent – NAIA)(2003)
2003Florida Gulf Coast 35–15–2
Florida Gulf Coast (Division II independent)(2004–2007)
2004Florida Gulf Coast 39–17
2005Florida Gulf Coast 37–18
2006Florida Gulf Coast 41–17NCAA Regional
2007Florida Gulf Coast 40–17NCAA Regional
Florida Gulf Coast:
Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun ConferenceDI)(2008–present)
2008 [lower-alpha 1] Florida Gulf Coast 38–1525–81st
2009 [lower-alpha 1] Florida Gulf Coast 36–1823–71st
2010 Florida Gulf Coast 38–2025–51st
2011 Florida Gulf Coast 27–2816–147th
2012 Florida Gulf Coast 26–3115–12T-4th
2013 Florida Gulf Coast 37–2019–82nd
2014 Florida Gulf Coast 39–2219–81st
2015 Florida Gulf Coast 30–26–111–95th
2016 Florida Gulf Coast 27–329–12T-5th
2017 Florida Gulf Coast 43–2013–83rd NCAA Regional
2018 Florida Gulf Coast 32–218–137th
2019 Florida Gulf Coast 34–2116–71st ASUN tournament
2020 Florida Gulf Coast 9–7Season canceled on March 12
due to Coronavirus pandemic
[6]
2021 Florida Gulf Coast 28–2012–61st (South) ASUN tournament
2022 Florida Gulf Coast 35–2317–133rd (East) ASUN tournament
2023 Florida Gulf Coast 42–1820–10T-2nd ASUN tournament
2024 Florida Gulf Coast 30–2620–10T-1st ASUN tournament
Florida Gulf Coast:743–452–3268–148
Total:743–452–3

      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

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Until the 2010 season, FGCU was ineligible for the postseason while it transitioned to Division I.

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