List of Michigan Wolverines head baseball coaches
The Michigan Wolverines baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Michigan in the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had nineteen head coaches since organized baseball began in 1891.[1] The current head coach is Erik Bakich who was hired in 2013.[2]
In those seasons, ten coaches have won conference championships with the Wolverines, four coaches have won conference tournament championships, and two coaches have won national championships: Ray Fisher and Don Lund. Fisher is the all-time leader in games coached (940), wins (636) and years coached (38). Bud Middaugh is the all-time leader in postseason appearances (9) and wins (25). Sport McAllister is the overall leader in winning percentage, while Chris Harrison has the lowest winning percentage.[3]
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# | Name | Term[A 6] | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PA | PW | PL | WA | WW | WL | CCs | CTs | NCs | Awards[A 7] |
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1 | Pete Conway | 1891–92 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 1 | .703 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | No coach | 1893–95 | 60 | 44 | 15 | 1 | .742 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Frank Sexton | 1896, 1901–02 | 61 | 38 | 22 | 1 | .631 | 15 | 12 | 0 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
4 | Charles F. Watkins | 1897–98, 1900 | 34 | 16 | 17 | 1 | .485 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .421 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — |
5 | Henry Clarke | 1898–99 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .737 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
6 | Skel Roach | 1903 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — |
7 | Jerome Utley | 1904 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .667 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — |
8 | Sport McAllister | 1905–06, 1908–09 | 76 | 58 | 17 | 1 | .770 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
9 | Bobby Lowe | 1907 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .719 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Branch Rickey † | 1910–13 | 104 | 68 | 32 | 4 | .673 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Carl Lundgren | 1914–20 | 142 | 93 | 43 | 6 | .676 | 27 | 2 | 0 | .931 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
12 | Ray Fisher | 1921–58 | 940 | 636 | 295 | 9 | .681 | 283 | 135 | 0 | .575 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | — | 1 | — |
13 | Don Lund | 1959–62 | 136 | 80 | 53 | 3 | .599 | 34 | 19 | 0 | .642 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
14 | Moby Benedict | 1963–79 | 624 | 367 | 252 | 5 | .592 | 168 | 80 | 0 | .677 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
15 | Bud Middaugh | 1980–89 | 612 | 465 | 146 | 1 | .761 | 142 | 38 | 0 | .789 | 9 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | — | — |
16 | Bill Freehan | 1990–95 | 334 | 166 | 167 | 1 | .499 | 76 | 89 | 0 | .461 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
17 | Geoff Zahn | 1996–2001 | 334 | 163 | 169 | 2 | .491 | 78 | 80 | 0 | .494 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | Big Ten (1997) |
18 | Chris Harrison | 2002 | 53 | 21 | 32 | 0 | .396 | 14 | 17 | 0 | .452 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
19 | Rich Maloney | 2003–12 | 585 | 341 | 244 | 0 | .583 | 160 | 117 | 0 | .578 | 4 | 6 | 9 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | Big Ten (2007, 2008) |
20 | Erik Bakich | 2013–present | 422 | 259 | 162 | 1 | .615 | 101 | 64 | 0 | .612 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | NCBWA (2019) |
Notes
- A running total of the number of coaches of the Michigan Wolverines. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.
- Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
- Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1947.
- College World Series appearances include seasons with CWS bids since the tournament began in 1947.
- The Big Ten Conference began a baseball tournament in 1981.
- Michigan did not sponsor a baseball team in 1917.
- National and conference coach of the year awards.
References
- "Michigan Baseball Coaching History". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- "Meet the New Staff: Erik Bakich". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. February 14, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- "University of Michigan Baseball Record Book" (PDF). MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 1, 2019.