List of Texas Longhorns head baseball coaches

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The Texas Longhorns baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Texas in the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. [1] The team has seen 14 individuals hold the head coach position since it started playing organized baseball in the 1895 season. Two of these coaches had non-consecutive tenures. Since 1911, only six people have held the position. [2]

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Having served for 29 seasons, Cliff Gustafson holds the record for wins at 1,466 and winning percentage at .795. Gustafson, Bibb Falk, and Augie Garrido each won 2 College World Series titles while in Austin.

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Coaches

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
#NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PAPWPLWAWWWLCCsCTsNCsAwards [lower-alpha 7]
1 H. B. Beck 1896Incomplete records
2 F. Weikart 189711650.54500—
3 A. C. Ellis 1898–1899, 1901–1903, 19099461312.66010—
4 Maurice Gordon Clarke 1900171421.85300—
5 Ralph Hutchinson 1904–19067345271.62310—
6 H. R. Schenker 1907241680.66710—
7 Brooks Gordon 190816121.56910—
8 Charles A. Keith 1910208111.42500—
9 Billy Disch †1911–193970551318012.736284704.799220—
10 Bibb Falk †1940–1942, 1946–196766447817610.727276847.762153526102017202—
11 Blair Cherry 1943–19455330230.5662240.84620—
12 Cliff Gustafson †1968–19961,8451,4663772.7954721511.7572713252175427221121982, 1983 National Coach of the Year
13 Augie Garrido †1997–201612548244282.6583212101.604156435820127522002, 2005 National Coach of the Year
14 David Pierce 2017–20244592971620.647101710.58762514336300(2018, 2021) National Coach of the Year
(2018,2021) Big 12 Coach of the year
15 Jim Schlossnagle 2025–present0000–000–000000000

Notes

  1. ↑ A running total of the number of head coaches.
  2. ↑ The Longhorns played as part of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from their first years until joining the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1907. Texas led the creation of the Southwest Conference in 1915, which became the Big 12 Conference after a merger in 1997.
  3. ↑ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
  4. ↑ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1947.
  5. ↑ College World Series appearances include seasons with CWS bids since the tournament began in 1947.
  6. ↑ Includes Conference Tournaments, which began in 1976.
  7. ↑ National, regional and conference coach of the year awards.

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References

  1. ↑ "University of Texas". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  2. ↑ 2019 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 52. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
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