Chris Sperry

Christopher P. Sperry is a former American college baseball coach, formerly the head coach of the Portland Pilots baseball team from 1998 to 2015.[1][2][3]

Chris Sperry
Sperry with Portland in 2009
Biographical details
Born (1965-11-11) November 11, 1965
Vancouver, Washington
Playing career
1985–1987, 1989Portland
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997Centralia (asst.)
1998–2015Portland
Head coaching record
Overall346–602–1

Sperry played four seasons at Portland as an infielder and catcher, earning All-Pac-10 honors in 1987 and helping the Pilots to the Conference Tournament title in 1989. He played a single season in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He later served as an assistant coach at A.C. Davis High School in Yakima, Washington from 1993 through 1995, while also assisting area American Legion Baseball teams. Sperry became an assistant at Centralia, serving for two seasons, and was the head coach of the 1997 Oregon team at the Olympic Trials. He earned a spot as top assistant at Portland State in September 1997, but left before seeing a game played to become head coach at Portland. He held the position for 18 seasons before the school fired him at the end of the 2015 season.[1][2]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Portland Pilots (West Coast Conference) (1998–2015)
1998 Portland 10–395–228th (8)
1999 Portland 23–2816–142nd Coast (4)
2000 Portland 24–2713–173rd West (4)
2001 Portland 20–349–214th West (4)
2002 Portland 24–3016–142nd West (4)
2003 Portland 9–45–15–24–14th West (4)
2004 Portland 12–446–244th West (4)
2005 Portland 17–367–234th West (4)
2006 Portland 15–373–188th (8)
2007 Portland 21–307–147th (8)
2008 Portland 21–333–188th (8)
2009 Portland 25–267–147th (8)
2010 Portland 34–1814–72nd (8)
2011 Portland 23–3111–10T-3rd (8)
2012 Portland 27–2512–126th (9)
2013 Portland 18–368–168th (9)
2014 Portland 11–415–2210th (10)
2015 Portland 12–427–2010th
Portland: 346–602–1154–310–1
Total:346–602–1

      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

References
  1. "2013 Baseball Coaching Staff". Portland Pilots. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  2. "University of Portland baseball coach Chris Sperry knew early he wanted to coach". The Oregonian. April 27, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  3. "'Bald-Faced Truth' with John Canzano: Portland Pilots baseball head coach Chris Sperry (audio)". The Oregonian. March 2, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
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