Bo Durkac | |
Current Title: | Infield & hitting coach |
Current Team: | South Florida |
Current Conference: | American |
Birth Date: | 12 December 1972 |
Birth Place: | Kittanning, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1992 |
Player Team1: | North Carolina |
Player Years2: | 1993–1995 |
Player Team2: | Virginia Tech |
Player Years3: | 1995 |
Player Team3: | Will County Claws |
Player Years4: | 1995 |
Player Team4: | Adirondack Lumberjacks |
Player Years5: | 1996 |
Player Team5: | Visalia Oaks |
Player Years6: | 1997 |
Player Team6: | High Desert Mavericks |
Player Years7: | 1998–2000 |
Player Team7: | Chico Heat |
Player Years8: | 2001 |
Player Team8: | Long Island Ducks |
Player Years9: | 2001 |
Player Team9: | Sonoma County Crushers |
Player Positions: | Third baseman |
Coach Years1: | 2003–2009 |
Coach Team1: | Charlotte (IF/H) |
Coach Years2: | 2010–2014 |
Coach Team2: | Illinois State (IF/H) |
Coach Years3: | 2015–2018 |
Coach Team3: | Illinois State |
Coach Years4: | 2019 |
Coach Team4: | Miami (FL) (IF/H) |
Coach Years5: | 2020–present |
Coach Team5: | South Florida (IF/H) |
Overall Record: | 82–134 |
Tournament Record: | MVC: 3–8 NCAA: 0–0 |
Gabriel Bo Durkac (born December 12, 1972) is an American college baseball coach and former third baseman. He is the hitting and infield coach at the University of South Florida. Durkac played college baseball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992 and Virginia Tech from 1993 to 1995 and Arizona State University before pursuing a professional career. He served as the head baseball coach at Illinois State University from 2015 to 2018.
Durkac began his college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he hit .226 as a freshman. After being told he would not have much of an opportunity to play much as a sophomore, he transferred to Virginia Tech.[1] While he was at Virginia Tech, he was twice named an All-Metro Conference honoree.
On June 10, 2002, Durkac was hired as an assistant at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[2]
In 2009, he was hired by Illinois State as an assistant coach working primarily with hitters and infielders. On June 23, 2014, Durkac was promoted to head baseball coach.[3] He was fired on May 29, 2018, after compiling a 82–134 record.[4]
On July 26, 2018, Durkac was named the volunteer assistant at the University of Miami, working with infielders and hitters.[5] He was then named the infielder and hitting coach at the University of South Florida, as well as recruiting coordinator on July 16, 2019.[6]