Current position | |
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Title | Recruiting coordinator |
Team | LSU |
Conference | SEC |
Biographical details | |
Born | Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S. | November 29, 1973
Playing career | |
1993 | Davis & Elkins College |
1994–1996 | Radford |
Position(s) | Pitcher |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1997 | George Washington (Asst.) |
1998–1999 | James Madison (Asst.) |
2000–2001 | Old Dominion (Asst.) |
2002–2003 | Stetson (Asst.) |
2004–2006 | Notre Dame (Asst.) |
2007–2008 | LSU (Asst.) |
2009–2016 | UCF |
2017 | Alabama (AHC/Interim HC) |
2018–2021 | Houston (P) |
2022–2023 | Purdue (RC) |
2023–present | LSU (RC) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 261–210 (.554) |
Tournaments | C-USA: 4–7 The American: 1–4 NCAA: 3–4 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
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Terry Rooney is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current recruiting coordinator for the LSU Tigers. He played college baseball at Davis & Elkins College in 1993, transferring to Radford where he played from 1994 to 1996. Rooney then served as the head coach of the UCF Knights (2009–2016) and the interim head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide (2017). [1]
In 2009, Rooney replaced longtime UCF Knights head coach, Jay Bergman. On June 21, 2010, Rooney signed a four-year contract extension with the university, making him the Knights head baseball coach through 2014. [2] In 2011, Rooney led the Knights to a 39–23 (12–12) season and their first NCAA tournament appearance under his leadership. [3] UCF reached the tournament again in 2012. In 2014, the Knights' first year in the American Athletic Conference, Rooney was named conference Coach of the Year. Rooney left following the 2016 season after compiling a record of 261–210 at UCF.
From 1997–2003, Rooney was an assistant coach at George Washington, James Madison, Old Dominion and Stetson. In 1997, he was pitching coach of the Cotuit Kettleers, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod League. [4] [5] In 2004, Rooney joined the staff at Notre Dame under head coach Paul Mainieri. In 2007, he followed Mainieri to LSU before leaving in 2009 to become the head coach of the UCF Knights. In 2017 following his tenure at UCF, he was the associate head coach/interim head coach at Alabama.
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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UCF Knights (Conference USA)(2009–2013) | |||||||||
2009 | UCF | 22–35 | 9–15 | T–7th | |||||
2010 | UCF | 33–22 | 10–14 | T–8th | |||||
2011 | UCF | 39–23 | 12–12 | T–4th | NCAA Regional | ||||
2012 | UCF | 45–17 | 16–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2013 | UCF | 29–30 | 13–11 | T-5th | |||||
C–USA: | 168–127 | 60–60 | |||||||
UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference)(2014–2016) | |||||||||
2014 | UCF | 36–23 | 17–7 | 2nd | |||||
2015 | UCF | 31–27 | 10–14 | 7th | |||||
2016 | UCF | 26–33 | 8–16 | T-7th | |||||
AAC: | 93–83 | 35–37 | |||||||
Total: | 261–210 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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