List of Michigan Wolverines head baseball coaches

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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 current head coach is Tracy Smith who was hired in 2022. [2]

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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]

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List of head baseball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards*Statistics correct as of the end of the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season
#NameTerm [A 6] GCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PAPWPLWAWWWLCCsCTsNCsAwards [A 7]
1 Pete Conway 1891–1892322291.703
2No coach1893–18956044151.742
3 Frank Sexton 1896, 1901–19026138221.63115120.5561
4 Charles F. Watkins 1897–1898, 19003416171.4858110.4210
5 Henry Clarke 1898–1899191450.737520.7141
6 Skel Roach 1903171250.706730.7000
7 Jerome Utley 1904151050.667450.4440
8 Sport McAllister 1905–1906, 1908–19097658171.7701460.7001
9 Bobby Lowe 1907161141.719
10 Branch Rickey 1910–191310468324.673
11 Carl Lundgren 1914–192014293436.6762720.9313
12 Ray Fisher 1921–19589406362959.6812831350.575141141151
13 Don Lund 1959–196213680533.59934190.642210414111
14 Moby Benedict 1963–19796243672525.592168800.67741271123
15 Bud Middaugh 1980–19896124651461.761142380.78992519438105
16 Bill Freehan 1990–19953341661671.49976890.46100
17 Geoff Zahn 1996–20013341631692.49178800.49412211 Big Ten (1997)
18 Chris Harrison 20025321320.39614170.45200
19 Rich Maloney 2003–20125853412440.5831601170.57846932 Big Ten (2007, 2008)
20 Erik Bakich 2013–20225453282161.603140930.6015131214202 NCBWA (2019)
21 Tracy Smith 2023–present0000000

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
  3. Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1947.
  4. College World Series appearances include seasons with CWS bids since the tournament began in 1947.
  5. The Big Ten Conference began a baseball tournament in 1981.
  6. Michigan did not sponsor a baseball team in 1917.
  7. National and conference coach of the year awards.

References

  1. "Michigan Baseball Coaching History". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  2. Svoboda, Kurt (July 3, 2022). "Tracy Smith Announced as Michigan Baseball Coach". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive . Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  3. "University of Michigan Baseball Record Book" (PDF). MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 1, 2019.