Southern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

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Southern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year
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Awarded forthe most outstanding baseball Coach in the Southern Conference
Country United States
First awarded1972
Currently held by Casey Dunn, Samford

The Southern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year is a baseball award given to the Southern Conference's most outstanding coach. The award was first given after the 1972 season, but was not awarded in 1973 or 1974. The Southern Conference began sponsoring baseball in 1947.

Contents

Key

Coach (X)Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point
Conf. W–LConference win–loss record for that season
Conf. St.TConference standing at year's end (Tdenotes a tie)
Overall W–LOverall win–loss record for that season

Winners

SeasonCoachSchoolConf.
W–L		Conf.
St.		Overall
W–L		Reference
1972 Chuck Boone Richmond 13–1121–8 [1]
1975 Chal Port The Citadel 11–3121–9 [1]
1976 Tom Wall Furman 11–2123–16 [1]
1977 Monte Little East Carolina 15–1130–12 [1]
1978 Jack Cook Marshall 11–1127–13 [1]
1979 Chal Port (2) The Citadel 13–3127–15 [1]
1980 Charley Lodes East Tennessee State 14–1139–7 [1]
1981 Bill Hayward Western Carolina 12–41T25–14 [1]
1982 Chal Port (3)
Donny White 		The Citadel
VMI 		12–4
6–10		1T
6		40–8
11–29		 [1]
1983 Chal Port (4) The Citadel 12–2134–10 [1]
1984 Jim Morris Appalachian State 12–21 (Northern)35–7 [1]
1985 George Greer Davidson 11–51 (Southern)24–19 [1]
1986 Harold Stout East Tennessee State 9–92 (Northern)21–21 [1]
1987 Jack Leggett Western Carolina 13–31 (Southern)25–20 [1]
1988 Paul Maini VMI 11–71 (Northern)20–20 [1]
1989 Jack Cook (2) Marshall 8–5116–14 [1]
1990 Chal Port (5) The Citadel 13–1146–14 [1]
1991 Chal Port (6) The Citadel 16–2134–19 [1]
1992 Keith LeClair Western Carolina 17–4144–21 [1]
1993 Jack Stallings Georgia Southern 18–5138–21 [1]
1994 Keith LeClair (2) Western Carolina 19–4145–18 [1]
1995 Fred Jordan The Citadel 19–5139–19 [1]
1996 Jack Stallings (2) Georgia Southern 17–3146–14 [1]
1997 Keith LeClair (3) Western Carolina 18–6142–20 [1]
1998 Mike Gaski UNC Greensboro 22–5140–18 [1]
1999 Fred Jordan (2) The Citadel 24–5141–20 [1]
2000 Rodney Hennon Georgia Southern 23–71T38–22 [1]
2001 Rodney Hennon (2) Georgia Southern 21–9142–20 [1]
2002 Todd Raleigh Western Carolina 20–10233–23 [1]
2003 Tom Slater VMI 16–14724–28 [1]
2004 John Pawlowski College of Charleston 25–5147–16 [1]
2005 John Pawlowski (2) College of Charleston 27–3148–15 [1]
2006 Mike Kennedy Elon 21–6145–18 [1]
2007 John Pawlowski (3) College of Charleston 20–71T39–19 [1]
2008 Mike Kennedy (2) Elon 19–8144–18 [1]
2009 Mike Kennedy (3) Elon 23–4141–18 [1]
2010 Fred Jordan (3) The Citadel 24–6143–22 [1]
2011 Mike Gaski (2) UNC Greensboro 22–8234–20 [1]
2012 Chris Pollard Appalachian State 21–91T38–14 [1]
2013 Bobby Moranda Western Carolina 23–7139–20 [1]
2014 Dick Cooke Davidson 17–8229–19 [1]
2015 Craig Gibson Mercer 16–7135–22 [2]
2016 Link Jarrett UNC Greensboro 15–92T38–21
2017 Craig Gibson (2) Mercer 17–6139–17
2018 Link Jarrett (2) UNC Greensboro 18–3139–15
2019 Casey Dunn Samford 19–5141–19

Winners by school

School (year joined)WinnersYears
The Citadel (1947)91975, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2010
Western Carolina (1977)71981, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2013
Georgia Southern [lower-alpha 1] (1993)41993, 1996, 2000, 2001
UNC Greensboro (1998)41998, 2011, 2016, 2018
College of Charleston [lower-alpha 2] (1998)32004, 2005, 2007
Elon [lower-alpha 3] (2003)32006, 2008, 2009
VMI [lower-alpha 4] (1947)31982, 1988, 2003
Appalachian State [lower-alpha 5] (1972)21984, 2012
Davidson [lower-alpha 6] (1947)21985, 2014
East Tennessee State [lower-alpha 7] (1979)21980, 1986
Marshall [lower-alpha 8] (1977)21978, 1989
Mercer (2015)22015, 2017
East Carolina [lower-alpha 9] (1965)11977
Furman (1947)11976
Richmond [lower-alpha 10] (1947)11972
Samford (2009)12019
  1. ↑ Georgia Southern departed the SoCon for the Sun Belt Conference after the 2014 season.
  2. ↑ College of Charleston departed the SoCon for the Colonial Athletic Association after the 2013 season.
  3. ↑ Elon departed the SoCon for the Colonial Athletic Association after the 2014 season.
  4. ↑ VMI departed the SoCon for the Big South Conference after the 2003 season, but returned beginning with the 2015 season.
  5. ↑ Appalachian State departed the SoCon for the Sun Belt Conference after the 2014 season.
  6. ↑ Davidson was not a member of the SoCon from 1989 through 1992, and departed for the Atlantic 10 Conference after the 2014 season.
  7. ↑ East Tennessee State departed the SoCon for the Atlantic Sun Conference after the 2005 season, but returned beginning with the 2015 season.
  8. ↑ Marshall departed the SoCon for the Mid-American Conference after the 1998 season.
  9. ↑ East Carolina departed the SoCon to become an Independent after the 1978 season.
  10. ↑ Richmond departed the SoCon to become an Independent after the 1976 season.

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References

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  2. ↑ "SoCon coaches select all-conference baseball teams". Southern Conference. May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
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