List of Connecticut Huskies head baseball coaches

Last updated April 18, 2019

The Connecticut Huskies baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Connecticut in the Big East Conference. The Huskies compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. The current head coach is Jim Penders, who will coach his tenth season in 2013.

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The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land grant, National Sea Grant and National Space Grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881.

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Since its creation in 1947, the Huskies have made five appearances in the College World Series, two under J. Orlean Christian and three under Larry Panciera. The school's winningest coach, Andy Baylock, did not reach the height of college baseball competition in his 24 seasons, while Penders fell just short in 2011 with a Super Regional appearance against eventual champion South Carolina. The Huskies have not won a National Championship in baseball. Their best finish was fifth, achieved in both 1957 and 1972.

The College World Series (CWS) is an annual June baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska. The CWS is the culmination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Baseball Championship tournament—featuring 64 teams in the first round—which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight participating teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets, with the winners of each bracket playing in a best-of-three championship series.

J. Orlean Christian American football, basketball, baseball coach, college athletics administrator

Joseph Orlean Christian was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut from 1934 to 1949 and as the head baseball coach there from 1936 to 1961. Christian was also the school's athletic director from 1950 to 1966 and filled in as interim head basketball coach during the 1935–36 season. He served as the first commissioner of the Yankee Conference, from 1966 to 1971. Christian died on October 21, 1979 at the age of 81 in a convalescent home in Willimantic, Connecticut. The University of Connecticut's home baseball field, J. O. Christian Field, is named in his honor. Christian's 66 wins as head football coach at Connecticut were the most in program history until Randy Edsall surpassed him in 2010.

Larry Panciera was a college baseball coach at the University of Connecticut where he led the Huskies to three College World Series appearances in eighteen seasons. Panciera coached the Huskies from 1962 through 1979, finishing with a 297–160–5 overall record.

Panciera holds the highest winning percentage in Connecticut baseball history, with a .648 mark over his eighteen seasons. James Nicholas and Charles A. Reed both failed to win a game and share the mark for lowest winning percentage. Christian coached the longest, staying for 26 seasons, while nine coaches served only one season. Baylock delivered both Husky Big East Conference Baseball Tournament championships in 1990 and 1994, along with the only divisional championship (1985) of the seven seasons the Big East played in a two division format. Penders won the only conference regular season championship in 2011.^[1]

The Big East Conference Baseball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Big East Conference. It is a double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular-season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Big East Tournament champion is separate from the conference champion. The conference championship is determined solely by regular-season record.

The 1990 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT. This was the sixth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The fourth seeded Connecticut Huskies won their first tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

The 1994 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT. This was the tenth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Connecticut Huskies won their second tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Key

General
#	Number of coaches^{[lower-alpha 1]}
GC	Games coached

Overall
OW	Wins
OL	Losses
OT	Ties
O%	Winning percentage

Conference^{[lower-alpha 2]}
CW	Wins
CL	Losses
CT	Ties
C%	Winning percentage

Postseason^{[lower-alpha 3]}
PA	Total Appearances^{[lower-alpha 4]}
PW	Total Wins
PL	Total Losses
WA	College World Series Appearances^{[lower-alpha 5]}
WW	College World Series Wins
WL	College World Series Losses

Championships
DC	Division regular season^{[lower-alpha 6]}
CC	Conference regular season
CT	Conference tournament^{[lower-alpha 7]}

Coaches

List of head baseball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards^{[lower-alpha 8]}
#	Name	Term^{[lower-alpha 9]}	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PA	PW	PL	WA	WW	WL	DCs	CCs	CTs	Awards
1	No Coach	1896!1896–1898, 1912	27	12	15	0	.444	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
2	Knowles, T. D. T. D. Knowles	1899!1899–1901	21	12	8	1	.595	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
3	Smith, Edwin O. Edwin O. Smith	1902!1902–1905	22	12	9	1	.568	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
4	Lamson, George E. George E. Lamson	1906!1906–1908	26	12	13	1	.481	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
5	Sullivan, John John Sullivan	1909!1909–1910	16	9	7	0	.563	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
6	Nicholas, James James Nicholas	1911!1911	9	0	9	0	.000	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
7	Edger, Robert Robert Edger	1913!1913	10	4	6	0	.400	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
8	Reed, Charles A. Charles A. Reed	1914!1914	4	0	4	0	.000	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
9	Donovan, J. J. J. J. Donovan	1915!1915	8	1	7	0	.125	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
10	Chase, D. E. D. E. Chase	1916!1916	9	1	8	0	.111	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
11	Donahue, John J. John J. Donahue	1917!1917	2	1	1	0	.500	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
12	Guyer, Roy J. Roy J. Guyer	1919!1919	12	6	6	0	.500	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
13	Mellor, William William Mellor	1920!1920	11	3	8	0	.273	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
14	Swartz, Ross Ross Swartz	1921!1921	14	2	11	1	.179	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
15	Tasker, J. Wilder J. Wilder Tasker	1922!1922–1923	30	12	18	0	.400	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
16	Dole, Sumner Sumner Dole	1924!1924–1935	156	64	90	2	.417	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	—
17	Christian, J. Orlean J. Orlean Christian	1936!1936–1961	431	254	170	7	.597	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5	8	9	2	1	4	5000000000000000000♠—	7	5000000000000000000♠—	—
18	Panciera, Larry Larry Panciera	1962!1962–1979	462	297	160	5	.648	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	7	15	16	3	2	6	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	NCAA Northeast Region Coach of the Year (1979)
19	Baylock, Andy Andy Baylock	1980!1980–2003	1056	556	492	8	.530	185	200	0	.481	3	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	5000000000000000000♠—
20	Penders, Jim Jim Penders	2004!2004–present	837	488	345	4	.585	188	162	1	.537	4	7	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	Big East Coach of the Year (2006, 2010, 2011)

Notes

↑ A running total of the number of head coaches.
↑ UConn's joined the Eastern College Athletic Conference in 1980, but conference records are incomplete. The Big East Conference began sponsoring baseball in 1985.
↑ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
↑ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1947.
↑ College World Series appearances include seasons with CWS bids since the tournament began in 1947.
↑ The Big East Conference used a divisional format for seven seasons: 1985–1989 and 1996–1997. Regular season conference championships were not recognized in those seasons.
↑ The Big East Conference Baseball Tournament began in 1985.
↑ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2013 college baseball season.
↑ Connecticut did not sponsor a baseball team in 1918.

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[2] A running total of the number of head coaches.

[3] UConn's joined the Eastern College Athletic Conference in 1980, but conference records are incomplete. The Big East Conference began sponsoring baseball in 1985.

[4] Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

[5] Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1947.

[6] College World Series appearances include seasons with CWS bids since the tournament began in 1947.

[7] The Big East Conference used a divisional format for seven seasons: 1985–1989 and 1996–1997. Regular season conference championships were not recognized in those seasons.

[8] The Big East Conference Baseball Tournament began in 1985.

[9] Statistics correct as of the end of the 2013 college baseball season.

[10] Connecticut did not sponsor a baseball team in 1918.

[media-1] 2012 Baseball Online Media Guide. uconnhuskies.com. p. 46. Retrieved January 5, 2013.

List of Connecticut Huskies head baseball coaches

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