List of Nebraska Cornhuskers head baseball coaches

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The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. The program began play in 1889.

Nebraska has been to 17 NCAA baseball tournaments and advanced to four super regionals and three College World Series (2001, 2002, 2005).[1] The Cornhuskers have won eight regular season conference championships and four conference tournament championships. They have had eighteen 40-win seasons, including nine since 1999, as well as three 50-win seasons. The Cornhuskers won the program's first Big Ten championship in 2017, and its second in 2021.

Coaching history[]

No. Coach[A 1][A 2] Tenure Overall Accomplishments
1 C. D. Chandler 1889–91 4–5 (.444)
2 Charles Stroman 1892–93 3–2–1 (.583)
3 Eddie N. Robinson 1897 8–5–1 (.607)
4 F. B. Ryons 1898 6–4 (.600)
5 Mike Henderson 1901 9–11 (.450)
6 Geo P. Shidler 1902 17–8 (.680)
7 J. H. Bell 1904 10–3 (.769)
8 S. S. Eager 1906 5–12–1 (.306)
9 Ducky Holmes 1907 5–11–1 (.324)
10 Billy Fox 1908–09 16–26–2 (.386)
11 Paul J. Schissler 1919–21 20–14 (.588)
12 Owen Frank 1922 12–4 (.750)
13 Scotty Dye 1923 4–4 (.500)
14 Earl Carr 1923 2–8 (.200)
15 William G. Kline 1924–25 18–15 (.545)
16 John Rhodes 1929–30 12–12–1 (.500) Big Six champion (1929)
17 W. H. Browne 1931 2–10 (.167)
18 W. W. Knight 1933–41 38–92 (.292)
19 Adolph J. Lewandowski 1942 3–11 (.214)
20 Frank Smagacz 1946 9–7 (.563)
21 Tony Sharpe 1947–77 394–388–6 (.504) Big Seven champion (1948,1950)
22 John Sanders 1978–97 767–453–1 (.629) NCAA Tournament (1979,1980,1985)
Big Eight champion (1980)
23 Dave Van Horn 1998–2002 214–92 (.699) College World Series (2001,2002)
NCAA Tournament (1999–2002)
Big 12 champion (2001)
Big 12 Tournament champion (1999–2001)
Baseball America National Coach of the Year (2001)
24 Mike Anderson 2003–11 337–196–2 (.632) College World Series (2005)
NCAA Tournament (2003,2005–08)
Big 12 champion (2003,2005)
Big 12 Tournament champion (2005)
25 Darin Erstad 2012–19 267–193–1 (.580) NCAA Tournament (2014,2016,2017,2019)
Big Ten champion (2017)
26 Will Bolt 2019– 38–20 (.467) Big Ten champion (2021)

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Notes[]

  1. ^ Coaching information not available from 1899, 1900, 1905, 1907, and 1912[2]
  2. ^ Nebraska did not field a team in 1903, 1913–18, 1926–28, 1932, and 1943–45

References[]

  1. ^ "Nebraska in the College World Series". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  2. ^ 2008 Nebraska Baseball Media and Recruiting Guide: Records Archived 2009-05-12 at WebCite
  3. ^ "Media Guide 2020" (PDF). Huskers.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
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