List of Texas Tech Red Raiders head baseball coaches
Encyclopedia
The Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
team is a collegiate baseball
program representing Texas Tech University
. The team competes in the Big 12 Conference
, a National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) Division I athletic conference. The program has had 8 head coaches since it began play during the 1926 season.
In 1929, after only four seasons, the program was cut due to a lack of interest in college baseball. In 1953, Texas Tech head football coach and athletic director DeWitt Weaver
suggested the program be revived to strengthen the athletic department as part of a push for Southwest Conference (SWC) membership. The following year, Beattie Feathers
was hired to field the Texas Tech first baseball team in 26 years.
Hays is the only head coach to lead the Red Raiders to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
. Hays is also the only head coach win a conference championship, win a conference tournament championship.
Freeland, the first head coach, has the highest winning percentage
of any Texas Tech baseball head coach with a 15–11 record (.673). Hays is the all time leader in games coached (1295), total wins (479), total losses (479), total ties (3), conference wins (278), conference losses (271), and conference winning percentage (.506%). Hays is also the only Texas Tech head coach to have received any coach of the year accolades, winning the SWC Coach of the Year award in 1995 and Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year in 1997. Since 2009, the current head coach is Dan Spencer
, who was associate head coach since 2007.
Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
The Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represents Texas Tech University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team competes in the Big 12 Conference and plays at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.-Early years:...
team is a collegiate baseball
College baseball
College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...
program representing Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...
. The team competes in the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
, a National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
(NCAA) Division I athletic conference. The program has had 8 head coaches since it began play during the 1926 season.
In 1929, after only four seasons, the program was cut due to a lack of interest in college baseball. In 1953, Texas Tech head football coach and athletic director DeWitt Weaver
DeWitt Weaver
DeWitt Thompson Weaver, Sr. was the head football coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders from 1951 to 1960.He was the first head football coach at Texas Tech to win a bowl game during his first season—an accomplishment unmatched at Texas Tech until Tommy Tuberville's first season, in 2010-2011.In...
suggested the program be revived to strengthen the athletic department as part of a push for Southwest Conference (SWC) membership. The following year, Beattie Feathers
Beattie Feathers
William Beattie "Big Chief" Feathers was an American football running back in the NFL. He played for the Chicago Bears, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Green Bay Packers during his seven year career. He was the first player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in one season...
was hired to field the Texas Tech first baseball team in 26 years.
Hays is the only head coach to lead the Red Raiders to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....
. Hays is also the only head coach win a conference championship, win a conference tournament championship.
Freeland, the first head coach, has the highest winning percentage
Winning percentage
In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win...
of any Texas Tech baseball head coach with a 15–11 record (.673). Hays is the all time leader in games coached (1295), total wins (479), total losses (479), total ties (3), conference wins (278), conference losses (271), and conference winning percentage (.506%). Hays is also the only Texas Tech head coach to have received any coach of the year accolades, winning the SWC Coach of the Year award in 1995 and Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year in 1997. Since 2009, the current head coach is Dan Spencer
Dan Spencer
Dan Spencer is the head coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team. On April 29, 2008, Texas Tech Athletic Director Gerald Myers designated Spencer to become the head coach of the team once former head coach Larry Hays retired...
, who was associate head coach since 2007.
Key
| # | Number of coaches |
| GC | Games coached |
| OW | Wins |
| OL | Losses |
| OT | Ties |
| O% | Winning percentage Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... |
| CW | Wins |
| CL | Losses |
| CT | Ties |
| C% | Winning percentage |
| PA | Appearances |
| PW | Wins |
| PL | Losses |
| CC | Conference regular season |
| CT | Conference tournament |
Coaches
- Statistics correct as of the end of the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball season2010 NCAA Division I baseball seasonThe 2010 NCAA Division I baseball season began on February 19, 2010, and concluded with the 2010 College World Series. The South Carolina Gamecocks won the CWS, its first ever men's national title in any sport.-Preseason:...
| # | Name | Seasons | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PA | PW | PL | CC | CT | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1926–1927 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | — | ||
| 2 | 1928–1929 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | — | ||
| 3 | 1954–1960 | 98 | 40 | 57 | 1 | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0 | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | — | ||
| 4 | 1961–1967 | 167 | 80 | 87 | 0 | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0 | 0— | 0— | 0— | 0— | — | ||
| 5 | 1968–1983 | 643 | 317 | 324 | 2 | 135 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 0— | 0— | 0 | 0 | — | |||
| 6 | 1984–1986 | 165 | 85 | 80 | 0 | 18 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0— | 0— | 0 | 0 | — | |||
| 7 | 1987–2008 | 1295 | 813 | 479 | 3 | 278 | 271 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 2 | SWC Coach of the Year (1995) Big 12 Coach of the Year (1997) |
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| 8 | 2009–present | 114 | 53 | 61 | 0 | 25 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0— | 0— | 0 | 0 | — |