John Yurkow

Last updated
John Yurkow
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Penn
Conference Ivy League
Record210–163–1
Playing career
1995–1999 Rowan
Position(s)Second baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2001Rowan (Asst.)
2002–2005 Duke (Asst.)
2007–2013 Penn (Asst.)
2014–presentPenn
Head coaching record
Overall210–163–1
TournamentsNCAA 2–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Ivy League Tournament (2023) *2x Ivy League (2022, 2023)
  • Gehrig Division: (2014, 2015, 2017)
Awards
  • Ivy League Coach of the Year (2023)

John Yurkow an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Penn Quakers baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2014 season. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Raised in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, Yurkow attended Gloucester Catholic High School. [5]

Yurkow played second base at Rowan University, and earned his first coaching position with the Profs immediately after graduation. He served two years before moving to Duke for four seasons. He then accepted a position at Penn as the top assistant to head coach John Cole, who had previously coached him at Rowan. Upon Cole's firing after the 2013 seasons, Yurkow was elevated to the head coaching position. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Yurkow's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach. [6]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Penn Quakers (Ivy League)(2014–present)
2014 Penn 24–1715–5T-1st (Gehrig)
2015 Penn 22–1516–4T-1st (Gehrig)
2016 Penn 19–2210–10T-2nd (Gehrig)
2017 Penn 23–2213–8T-1st (Gehrig) Ivy League Championship Series
2018 Penn 16–25–19–11–15th
2019 Penn 23–1811–104th
2020 Penn 3–50–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Penn 6–80–0Penn was only Ivy League school to play baseball
2022 Penn 33–1517–4T-1st Ivy League Championship Series
2023 Penn 34–1616–51st NCAA Regional
2024 Penn 7–90–0
Penn:210–163–1107–60–1
Total:210–163–1

      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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References

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