Terry Rooney (baseball coach)

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Terry Rooney
Current position
TitlePitching Coach
Team South Carolina
Conference SEC
Biographical details
Born (1973-11-29) November 29, 1973 (age 50)
Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
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)
2024 LSU (RC)
2025–present South Carolina (P)
Head coaching record
Overall261–210 (.554)
TournamentsC-USA: 4–7
The American: 1–4
NCAA: 3–4
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Terry Rooney is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current pitching coach for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. [1] 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). [2]

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Head coaching career

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. [3] In 2011, Rooney led the Knights to a 39–23 (12–12) season and their first NCAA tournament appearance under his leadership. [4] 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.

Assistant coaching career

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. [5] [6] 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.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
UCF Knights (Conference USA)(2009–2013)
2009 UCF 22–359–15T–7th
2010 UCF 33–2210–14T–8th
2011 UCF 39–2312–12T–4th NCAA Regional
2012 UCF 45–1716–82nd NCAA Regional
2013 UCF 29–3013–11T-5th
C–USA:168–12760–60
UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference)(2014–2016)
2014 UCF 36–2317–72nd
2015 UCF 31–2710–147th
2016 UCF 26–338–16T-7th
AAC:93–8335–37
Total:261–210

      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

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