John Yurkow Explained
| John Yurkow |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Penn |
| Current Conference: | Ivy League |
| Current Record: | 227–188–1 |
| Player Years1: | 1995–1999 |
| Player Team1: | Rowan |
| Player Positions: | Second baseman |
| Coach Years1: | 2000–2001 |
| Coach Team1: | Rowan (Asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 2002–2005 |
| Coach Team2: | Duke (Asst.) |
| Coach Years3: | 2007–2013 |
| Coach Team3: | Penn (Asst.) |
| Coach Years4: | 2014–present |
| Coach Team4: | Penn |
| Overall Record: | 227–188–1 |
| Tournament Record: | NCAA: 2–4 |
| Championships: | - 2x Ivy League Tournament: (2023, 2024)
- 2x Ivy League: (2022, 2023)
- 3x Gehrig Division: (2014, 2015, 2017)
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| Awards: | - Ivy League Coach of the Year (2023)
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John Yurkow an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Penn Quakers baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2014 season.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Raised in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, Yurkow attended Gloucester Catholic High School.[5]
Yurkow played second base at Rowan University, and earned his first coaching position with the Profs immediately after graduation. He served two years before moving to Duke for four seasons. He then accepted a position at Penn as the top assistant to head coach John Cole, who had previously coached him at Rowan. Upon Cole's firing after the 2013 seasons, Yurkow was elevated to the head coaching position.
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Yurkow's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[6]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: John Yurkow bio. Penn Quakers. September 6, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140923195951/http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1700&ATCLID=527787. 2014-09-23. dead.
- News: Washington Township native John Yurkow named head coach at Penn. https://archive.today/20130906200817/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local//new-jersey/57310-washington-township-native-john-yurkow-named-head-coach-at-penn. dead. September 6, 2013. South Jersey Times. July 15, 2013. Scott Chappellear. September 6, 2013.
- Web site: Yohn Yurkow Bio. Duke Blue Devils. September 6, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140923195951/http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1700&ATCLID=527787. 2014-09-23. dead.
- News: Lighting The Fire For Rowan John Yurkow Was The Spark Plug For The Profs This Season. Philadelphia Inquirer. Rich Fisher. May 24, 1999. September 6, 2013.
- Chappelear, Scott. "Washington Township native John Yurkow named head coach at Penn", South Jersey Times, July 14, 2013. Accessed December 10, 2018. "'There are recruits who we’ve been working with for months,' said Yurkow, a Gloucester Catholic High School graduate and Washington Township native."
- Web site: 2014 Ivy League Standings . IvyLeagueSports.com . June 4, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140516080843/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/bsb/2013-14/standings-include . 2014-05-16 . dead .
