List of Clemson Tigers head baseball coaches

The Clemson Tigers baseball program is a college baseball team that represents Clemson University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[1] The team has had 28 head coaches since it started playing organized baseball in the 1896 season.[2] The current coach is Erik Bakich, who took over the head coaching position in 2023.

Bill Wilhelm is the all-time leader in games coached (1,707), seasons coached (36), and total wins (1,161).[2] John Heisman has the highest winning percentage of any Tiger coach with a 28–6–1 record (.814) in his three years in Clemson.[2] R. T. V. Bowman has the lowest winning percentage (.250 in two seasons).[2]

In 2011, Wilhelm was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.[3]

Key

Coaches

List of head baseball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards *Statistics correct as of the end of the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season
# Name Term[A 8] GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PA PW PL WA WW WL DCs CCs CTs NCs Awards[A 9]
1 R. T. V. Bowman 1896, 1898 8 2 6 0 .250 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
2 Unknown 1899–1900 17 12 5 0 .706 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
3 John Heisman 1901–1903 35 28 6 1 .814 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
4 John McMakin 1904–1906 46 20 23 3 .467 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
5 Frank Shaughnessy 1907 17 9 7 1 .559 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
6 Robert Lynch 1908 17 6 11 0 .353 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
7 Jesse Reynolds 1909 22 10 12 0 .455 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
8 Joe Holland 1910 21 10 11 0 .476 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
9 Frank Dobson 1911–1913 58 37 21 0 .638 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
10 Thomas Robertson 1914 22 16 6 0 .727 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
11 Vet Sitton 1915–1916 45 26 18 1 .589 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
12 Country Morris 1917, 1920 45 17 28 0 .378 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
13 Edward Donahue 1918–1919 39 17 21 1 .449 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
14 Larry Conover 1921 19 5 14 0 .263 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
15 L. V. H. Durfee 1922–1924 56 29 26 1 .527 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
16 T. Everett May 1925 25 11 14 0 .440 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
17 Cul Richards 1926 19 8 11 0 .421 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
18 Tink Gillam 1927 25 11 13 1 .460 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
19 Joe Guyon 1928–1931 81 42 36 3 .537 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
20 Jess Neely 1932–1938 135 67 66 2 .504 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
21 Randy Hinson 1939–1940, 1946–1947 79 58 19 2 .747 13 2 0 .867 1 3 2 0 0 0 — 1 — 0 —
22 Tom Rogers 1941–1942 34 18 14 2 .558 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
23 Frank Howard 1943 15 12 3 0 .800 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
24 Walter T. Cox 1945, 1948–1951 119 70 48 1 .592 47 18 1 .720 1 0 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 —
25 Robert W. Smith 1952–1957 119 52 65 2 .445 39 50 2 .440[A 10] 2 3 4 — — — — 1 0 0 —
26 Bill Wilhelm † 1958–1993 1707 1161 536 10 .683 378 158 1 .706 17 42 36 6 4 12 — 20 7 0 ACC (1988, 91); [4] ABCA District III (1991) [5]
27 Jack Leggett 1994–2015 1189 812 376 1 .683 304 166 1 .646 17 65 39 6 8 12 2 2 2 0 ACC (1994, 95, 2006); [4] ABCA Atlantic Region (2002, 10) [6][7]
28 Monte Lee 2016–2022 251 168 83 0 .669 70 50 0 .583 4 8 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 —
29 Erik Bakich 2023–Present 186 133 53 0 .715 58 32 0 .644 3 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 —

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
  2. ^ Clemson was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1900 until 1923, but the conference did not sponsor baseball. The Southern Conference, of which Clemson was a member from 1924 until 1953, did not sponsor baseball until 1947. Since 1954, Clemson has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
  3. ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
  4. ^ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1947.
  5. ^ College World Series appearances include seasons with CWS bids since the tournament began in 1947.
  6. ^ The Atlantic Coast Conference split into two divisions in 2006. Since then, regular season conference championships are no longer awarded.
  7. ^ The Southern Conference held a tournament from 1950 until 1953. The Atlantic Coast Conference began a baseball tournament in 1974. The tournament was not held in 1979.
  8. ^ Clemson did not sponsor a baseball team in 1897 or 1944.
  9. ^ National, regional and conference coach of the year awards.
  10. ^ 21–16 (.568) against SoCon opponents and 18–34–2 (.352) against ACC opponents.

References

General
  • Hennessy, Brian. "2011 Clemson Baseball Media Guide". Clemson University. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 7, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
Specific
  1. ^ "Clemson University". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d 2011 Media Guide, p. 141
  3. ^ "Clemson legend Bill Wilhelm inducted into National College Baseball Hall of Fame". The Times and Democrat. Orangeburg, S.C. July 4, 2011. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Phillips, Steve (ed.). "ACC Year-By-Year" (PDF). 2011 ACC Baseball Media Guide. Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  5. ^ 2011 Media Guide, p. 140
  6. ^ 2011 Media Guide, p. 15
  7. ^ "2010 Diamond/ABCA NCAA Division I Regional Coaches of the Year" (PDF). American Baseball Coaches Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
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