SIU Edwardsville Cougars baseball

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SIU Edwardsville Cougars baseball
Baseball current event.svg 2024 SIU Edwardsville Cougars baseball team
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Founded1968
University Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Head coach Sean Lyons (8th season)
Conference Ohio Valley
Location Edwardsville, Illinois
Home stadium Roy E. Lee Field
at Simmons Baseball Complex
(Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname Cougars
ColorsRed and white [1]
   
College World Series appearances
DII – 1972, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1985,1991, 1997, 2001
NCAA Tournament appearances
DII – 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2007
Conference tournament champions
GLVC – 1997, 1998
Regular season conference champions
GLVC – 2007
GLVC South – 1997, 1998, 2001

The SIU Edwardsville Cougars baseball team represents Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in NCAA Division I college baseball. They compete as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. SIUE plays its home games at Roy E. Lee Field at Simmons Baseball Complex, located in the northwest corner of the campus. [2]

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History

The Cougars baseball program was started in 1967–68 by Roy Lee, who headed it for its first eleven years. In that time, his teams built a record of 237–144–3, going to 8 consecutive NCAA Division II playoffs and 3 Division II College World Series, with a runner-up finish in 1976.

After Coach Lee's retirement, the program was led for 34 years by SIUE alumnus Gary Collins. Collins' teams won 1028 games (with 766 loses & 7 ties). While still in Division II, his teams made 14 NCAA appearances and went to the Division II College World Series 5 times. He led them into Division I and the Ohio Valley Conference, where the Cougars completed their first season in the OVC in 2012 with an overall record of 27–28 and a conference record of 13–14, which tied for fifth place in the ten-team league. [3]

In 2012, Gary Collins moved from coaching to become SIUE's first Director of Development for Intercollegiate Athletics. [4]

With Collins' job change, after thirteen seasons as Collins' assistant, SIUE alumnus Tony Stoecklin was named acting head coach for 2013 and continued as head coach from 2014. [5]

The 2014 squad became the first to qualify for the OVC Baseball Tournament, earning the No. 4 seed in the six team field. [6]

Stoecklin was reassigned within the athletic department in mid-April 2016, with assistant Danny Jackson named as interim coach and a national search for a new coach to be launched after the season. [7]

On June 24, 2016, Sean Lyons, the associate head coach at Bradley, was named the fourth head coach in Cougars' history. [8]

Record by year

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
SIU Edwardsville (Division II Independent [9] )(1968–1995)
1968 Roy E. Lee 8–5
1969Roy E. Lee 11–14
1970Roy E. Lee 23–5Regional 2nd
1971Roy E. Lee 23–13Regional 2nd
1972Roy E. Lee 31–5–23rd DII CWS
1973Roy E. Lee 26–8Regional 6th
1974Roy E. Lee 25–12Regional 4th
1975Roy E. Lee 23–13Regional 4th
1976Roy E. Lee 30–212nd DII CWS
1977Roy E. Lee 25–18–18th DII CWS
1978Roy E. Lee 12–20
Roy E. Lee:237–144–3 .621
1979 Gary Collins 15–26
1980Gary Collins 26–27
1981Gary Collins 33–27
1982Gary Collins 34–21Regional 4th
1983Gary Collins 35–154th DII CWS
1984Gary Collins 22–23
1985Gary Collins 36–15–16th DII CWS
1986Gary Collins 39–21Regional 4th
1987Gary Collins 40–15–1Regional 2nd
1988Gary Collins 28–20
1989Gary Collins 31–18Regional 2nd
1990Gary Collins 36–14Regional 2nd
1991Gary Collins 43–175th DII CWS
1992Gary Collins 36–20–1Regional 3rd
1993Gary Collins 19–18
1994Gary Collins 23–27–2
1995Gary Collins 31–17–1
SIU Edwardsville (Great Lakes Valley Conference (Div. II) [10] )(1996–2008)
1996Gary Collins 29–2217–113rd
1997Gary Collins 37–1917–9South 1st5th DII CWS
1998Gary Collins 38–1516–4South 1stRegional 2nd
1999Gary Collins 35–1917–8South 2nd
2000Gary Collins 33–2319–8South 2nd
2001Gary Collins 41–2719–8South 1st5th DII CWS
2002Gary Collins 30–2416–124th
2003Gary Collins 24–2617–132nd
2004Gary Collins 20–3217–227th
2005Gary Collins 28–2719–217th
2006Gary Collins 40–19–130–14–14thRegional 3rd
2007Gary Collins 37–1726–101stRegional 5th
2008Gary Collins 25–2618–14West 2nd
SIU Edwardsville (Division I Independent)(2009–2010)
2009Gary Collins 15–39
2010Gary Collins 14–38
SIU Edwardsville (Ohio Valley Conference [11] )(2011–present)
2011Gary Collins 28–24Not eligible
2012Gary Collins 27–2814–136th
Gary Collins:1028 –766–7 .573
2013 Tony Stoecklin 16–3510–20t-8th
2014Tony Stoecklin 21–3316–14t-4th
2015Tony Stoecklin 20–3019–113rd
2016Tony Stoecklin 7–274–1411th
Tony Stoecklin:64–125 .339
2016Danny Jackson (Interim)2–132–1011th
Danny Jackson:2–13 .133
2017Sean Lyons 23–2911–1910th
2018Sean Lyons 15–376–2411th
2019Sean Lyons 19–3211–199th
2020Sean Lyons 8–73–1t-1st
2021Sean Lyons 23-2713-179th
2022Sean Lyons 27-2812-125th
2023Sean Lyons 21-145-4
Sean Lyons:132–171 .436
Total:1439-1040-10 .580

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

¶ = season ended early by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notable former players

Through the years, many Cougars have gone on to play professionally, and twenty-one have been named All-Americans for their play at SIUE.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Ohio Valley Conference Style Guide" (PDF). June 20, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  2. ↑ SIUE
  3. ↑ "SIUE Cougars Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ SIUE : Collins Transitions from Head Coach to Development
  5. ↑ SIUE : Stoecklin Named Acting Head Baseball Coach
  6. ↑ "Field Set for 2014 OVC Baseball Championship".
  7. ↑ "SIU-Edwardsville Opening Provides Potential, Challenges in Equal Measure". College Baseball Central. April 20, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Lyons Selected as Head Baseball Coach". Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. June 21, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  9. ↑ "SIUE Baseball Coaching Records". Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Baseball GLVC Records Book" (PDF). Great Lakes Valley Conference. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Baseball Archives". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
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