List of USC Trojans head baseball coaches

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The USC Trojans baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Southern California in the Pac-12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. [1] The team has seen 17 individuals hold the head coach position since it started playing organized baseball in the 1889 season. During some years, the Trojans had two head coaches, and others had non-consecutive tenures. [2] The current coach is Jason Gill, who will lead his first season in 2020. [3]

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Having served for 45 years, Rod Dedeaux holds the all-time wins mark at 1,332.

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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 [lower-alpha 7] GCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PAPWPLWAWWWLCCsCTsNCsAwards [lower-alpha 8]
1 Harvey Holmes 1908191720.8950
2 Curtiss Bernard 1911131030.7690
3 Len Burrell 191215690.4000
4 George Wheeler 1914, 19232815130.5360
5 Ralph Glaze 1915155100.3330
6 Charles Millikan 191612651.5420
7 Millikan and Phil Koerner 191711560.4550
8 Gus Henderson 192014941.6790
9 Henderson and Willis O. Hunter 192112930.7500
10 Sam Crawford 1924–192910859463.56019180.51400
11 Sam Barry 1930–1941232168631.726123550.69150
12 Barry and Dedeaux 1942, 1946–1950243110280.79767180.788284233521
13 Rod Dedeaux 1943–1945, 1951–19861,7681,2195409.6924802672.6422010031155817231210
14 Mike Gillespie 1987–20061,2377634712.6183272250.592155731497521 Collegiate Baseball COY (1998)
ABCA West Region COY (1996, 1998)
Pac-10 COY (2002)
Pac-10 Southern Division COY (1991, 1995, 1996)
15 Chad Kreuter 2007–20102281111170.48739630.3820000
16 Frank Cruz 2011–201211350630.44221360.3680000
17 Dan Hubbs 2013–20193891882001.485921161.443122000
18 Jason Gill 2020First season in 2020

Notes

  1. A running total of the number of head coaches.
  2. The Trojans joined the California Intercollegiate Baseball Association in 1927, having played their earlier seasons as an independent. This conference was essentially a division within the Pacific Coast Conference and its 1960 baseball season successor, the Athletic Association of Western Universities. This conference, through expansion, became the Pacific-8, Pacific-10, and finally the Pac-12 Conference.
  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 playoffs, which occurred between divisional champions from 1947–1959, and in multiple formats from 1970–1978 and 1995–1998. CIBA also held a championship series between its division winners in 1943. One-game playoffs for the right to advance to these events are also included in the totals.
  7. Southern California did not sponsor a baseball team in 1890–91, 1895, 1897, 1901 or 1919.
  8. National, regional and conference coach of the year awards.

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References

  1. "University of Southern California". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  2. 2019 Baseball Record Book (PDF). USC Trojans. p. 81. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  3. J. Brady McCollough (June 14, 2019). "USC hires Loyola Marymount's Jason Gill as baseball coach". Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles . Retrieved November 24, 2019.