Southern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year explained

Southern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year
Awarded For:the most outstanding baseball Coach in the Southern Conference
Country:United States
Year:1972
Holder:Casey Dunn, Samford

The Southern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year is a baseball award given to the Southern Conference's most outstanding coach. The award was first given after the 1972 season, but was not awarded in 1973 or 1974. The Southern Conference began sponsoring baseball in 1947.

Key

Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point
Conference win–loss record for that season
Conference standing at year's end (Tdenotes a tie)
Overall win–loss record for that season

Winners

SeasonCoachSchoolConf.
W–L
Conf.
St.
Overall
W–L
Reference
1972Richmond1[1]
1975The Citadel1
1976Furman1
1977East Carolina1
1978Marshall1
1979 (2)The Citadel1
1980East Tennessee State1
1981Western Carolina1T
1982 (3)
The Citadel
VMI

6–10
1T
6

11–29
1983 (4)The Citadel1
1984Appalachian State1 (Northern)
1985Davidson1 (Southern)
1986East Tennessee State2 (Northern)
1987Western Carolina1 (Southern)
1988VMI1 (Northern)
1989 (2)Marshall2
1990 (5)The Citadel1
1991 (6)The Citadel1
1992Western Carolina1
1993Georgia Southern1
1994 (2)Western Carolina1
1995The Citadel1
1996 (2)Georgia Southern1
1997 (3)Western Carolina1
1998UNC Greensboro1
1999 (2)The Citadel1
2000Georgia Southern1T
2001 (2)Georgia Southern1
2002Western Carolina2
2003VMI7
2004College of Charleston1
2005 (2)College of Charleston1
2006Elon1
2007 (3)College of Charleston1T
2008 (2)Elon1
2009 (3)Elon1
2010 (3)The Citadel1
2011 (2)UNC Greensboro2
2012Appalachian State1T
2013Western Carolina1
2014Davidson2
2015Mercer1[2]
2016UNC Greensboro2T
2017 (2)Mercer1
2018 (2)UNC Greensboro1
2019Samford1

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners class=unsortableYears
The Citadel (1947)9 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2010
Western Carolina (1977)7 1981, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2013
Georgia Southern (1993)4 1993, 1996, 2000, 2001
UNC Greensboro (1998) 4 1998, 2011, 2016, 2018
College of Charleston (1998)3 2004, 2005, 2007
Elon (2003)3 2006, 2008, 2009
VMI (1947)3 1982, 1988, 2003
Appalachian State (1972)2 1984, 2012
Davidson (1947)2 1985, 2014
East Tennessee State (1979)2 1980, 1986
Marshall (1977)2 1978, 1989
Mercer (2015) 2 2015, 2017
East Carolina (1965)1 1977
Furman (1947) 1 1976
Richmond (1947)1 1972
Samford (2009) 1 2019

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2015 SoCon Baseball Media Guide. 13 February 2015 . 65. May 21, 2015. Southern Conference.
  2. Web site: SoCon coaches select all-conference baseball teams. Southern Conference. May 18, 2015. May 21, 2015.