List of Oklahoma Sooners head baseball coaches

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The Oklahoma Sooners baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Oklahoma. The team has had eleven head coaches since organized baseball began 1898. The current head coach is Skip Johnson who was hired in 2018.

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In those seasons, five coaches have won conference championships with the Sooners: Bill Owen, Lawrence Haskell, Jack Baer, Enos Semore and Larry Cochell. Two coaches have won national championships: Baer and Cochell. Semore is the all-time leader in games coached, years coached and wins. Owen is the overall leader in winning percentage. Baer has the lowest winning percentage.

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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%PAPWPLWAWWWLDCsCCsCTsNCsAwards [A 7]
1No coach1898–1900, 1904–052410131.438
2 Bennie Owen 1906–19222501421044.576
3 Bill Owen 1923–19265542130.7641850.7832 – 1925, 1926
4 Lawrence Haskell 1927–1941252176742.70289291.7528 – 1927, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940
5 Jack Baer 1942–19675312812500.5291921360.585516 – 1946, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1955, 19561 – 1951 National (1951)
6 Enos Semore 1968–198912228513701.6972971290.69755 – 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 19862 – 1977, 1979
7 Stan Meek 19905731260.5449150.375
8 Larry Cochell 1991–20058485113361.6032231631.5789003001 – 19971 – 1994 National (1994)
9 Sunny Golloway 2005–20135103341751.65661551.526800100
10 Pete Hughes 2014–20172361281071.54444511.464100
11 Skip Johnson 2018–present11971480.59725230.521100000000

Notes

  1. A running total of the number of coaches of the Oklahoma Sooners. 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 Eight Conference began a baseball tournament in 1976. The Big 12 Conference began a baseball tournament in 1997.
  6. Oklahoma did not sponsor a baseball team in 1901–1903, 1908, 1917 and 1943–1945.
  7. National, regional and conference coach of the year awards.

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