List of Michigan Wolverines head baseball coaches

Last updated July 04, 2022

The Michigan Wolverines baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Michigan in the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had nineteen head coaches since organized baseball began in 1891.^[1] The most recent head coach was Erik Bakich who served as coach from 2013 to 2022.^[2]

In those seasons, ten coaches have won conference championships with the Wolverines, four coaches have won conference tournament championships, and two coaches have won national championships: Ray Fisher and Don Lund. Fisher is the all-time leader in games coached (940), wins (636) and years coached (38). Bud Middaugh is the all-time leader in postseason appearances (9) and wins (25). Sport McAllister is the overall leader in winning percentage, while Chris Harrison has the lowest winning percentage.^[3]

Key

General
#	Number of coaches^{[A 1]}
GC	Games coached
†	Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

Overall
OW	Wins
OL	Losses
OT	Ties
O%	Winning percentage

Conference
CW	Wins
CL	Losses
CT	Ties
C%	Winning percentage

Postseason^{[A 2]}
PA	Total Appearances^{[A 3]}
PW	Total Wins
PL	Total Losses
WA	College World Series appearances^{[A 4]}
WW	College World Series wins
WL	College World Series losses

Championships
CC	Conference regular season
CT	Conference tournament^{[A 5]}
NC	National championship

Coaches

List of head baseball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards
#	Name	Term^{[A 6]}	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PA	PW	PL	WA	WW	WL	CCs	CTs	NCs	Awards^{[A 7]}
1	Pete Conway	1891–1892	32	22	9	1	.703	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	No coach	1893–1895	60	44	15	1	.742	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Frank Sexton	1896, 1901–1902	61	38	22	1	.631	15	12	0	.556	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
4	Charles F. Watkins	1897–1898, 1900	34	16	17	1	.485	8	11	0	.421	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—
5	Henry Clarke	1898–1899	19	14	5	0	.737	5	2	0	.714	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
6	Skel Roach	1903	17	12	5	0	.706	7	3	0	.700	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—
7	Jerome Utley	1904	15	10	5	0	.667	4	5	0	.444	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—
8	Sport McAllister	1905–1906, 1908–1909	76	58	17	1	.770	14	6	0	.700	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
9	Bobby Lowe	1907	16	11	4	1	.719	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Branch Rickey †	1910–1913	104	68	32	4	.673	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Carl Lundgren	1914–1920	142	93	43	6	.676	27	2	0	.931	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—
12	Ray Fisher	1921–1958	940	636	295	9	.681	283	135	0	.575	1	4	1	1	4	1	15	—	1	—
13	Don Lund	1959–1962	136	80	53	3	.599	34	19	0	.642	2	10	4	1	4	1	1	—	1	—
14	Moby Benedict	1963–1979	624	367	252	5	.592	168	80	0	.677	4	12	7	1	1	2	3	—	—	—
15	Bud Middaugh	1980–1989	612	465	146	1	.761	142	38	0	.789	9	25	19	4	3	8	10	5	—	—
16	Bill Freehan	1990–1995	334	166	167	1	.499	76	89	0	.461	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—
17	Geoff Zahn	1996–2001	334	163	169	2	.491	78	80	0	.494	1	2	2	—	—	—	1	1	—	Big Ten (1997)
18	Chris Harrison	2002	53	21	32	0	.396	14	17	0	.452	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—
19	Rich Maloney	2003–2012	585	341	244	0	.583	160	117	0	.578	4	6	9	—	—	—	3	2	—	Big Ten (2007, 2008)
20	Erik Bakich	2013–2022	545	328	216	1	.603	140	93	0	.601	5	13	12	1	4	2	0	2	—	NCBWA (2019)
21	Tracy Smith	2023–present	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	–	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Notes

↑ A running total of the number of coaches of the Michigan Wolverines. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.
↑ 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 Ten Conference began a baseball tournament in 1981.
↑ Michigan did not sponsor a baseball team in 1917.
↑ National and conference coach of the year awards.

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References

↑ "Michigan Baseball Coaching History". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 1, 2019.
↑ "Meet the New Staff: Erik Bakich". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. February 14, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
↑ "University of Michigan Baseball Record Book" (PDF). MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 1, 2019.

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[4] A running total of the number of coaches of the Michigan Wolverines. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.

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

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

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

[8] The Big Ten Conference began a baseball tournament in 1981.

[9] Michigan did not sponsor a baseball team in 1917.

[10] National and conference coach of the year awards.

[1] "Michigan Baseball Coaching History". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 1, 2019.

[2] "Meet the New Staff: Erik Bakich". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. February 14, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2019.

[3] "University of Michigan Baseball Record Book" (PDF). MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 1, 2019.

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v t e Michigan Wolverines baseball
Venues	Regents Field (1893–1905) Ray Fisher Stadium (1923–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

List of Michigan Wolverines head baseball coaches

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