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Casey Dunn

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Casey Dunn
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUAB
ConferenceThe American
Record74–91 (.448)
Biographical details
Born (1976-10-03) October 3, 1976 (age 48)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Alma materAuburn University
Playing career
1996–1999Auburn
1999Spokane Indians
2000Wilmington Blue Rocks
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2003Hoover (AL) Spain Park
2004Auburn (assistant)
2005–2021Samford
2022–presentUAB
Head coaching record
Overall607–513 (.542)
TournamentsOhio Valley: 5–6
Southern: 18–12
American Athletic: 0–2
NCAA: 3–6
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • Ohio Valley Regular season (2006)
  • Southern Tournament (2021, 2018)
  • Southern Regular season (2019)
Awards
  • Ohio Valley Coach of the Year (2006)
  • SoCon Coach of the Year (2019)

Casey Brent Dunn (born October 3, 1976) is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the UAB Blazers.[1]

Career

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He played college baseball at Auburn for coach Hal Baird from 1996 to 1999 and played in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) for 2 seasons from 1999 to 2000. He then served as the head coach of the Samford Bulldogs (2005–2021).[2]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Samford Bulldogs (Ohio Valley Conference) (2005–2008)
2005 Samford 20–36 13–14 8th
2006 Samford 34–25 21–3 1st Ohio Valley tournament
2007 Samford 32–28 14–13 4th Ohio Valley tournament
2008 Samford 33–22 19–7 2nd Ohio Valley tournament
Samford Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (2009–2021)
2009 Samford 17–35 9–21 9th
2010 Samford 31–25 17–12 5th Southern tournament
2011 Samford 37–23 18–12 T-3rd Southern tournament
2012 Samford 41–23 19–11 4th NCAA Regionals
2013 Samford 27–30 12–17 8th Southern tournament
2014 Samford 35–25 15–12 3rd Southern tournament
2015 Samford 32–26 14-10 2nd Southern tournament
2016 Samford 35–26 13–11 4th Southern tournament
2017 Samford 33–26 11–13 6th Southern tournament
2018 Samford 37–26 16–8 2nd NCAA Regionals
2019 Samford 41–19 19–5 1st Southern tournament
2020 Samford 13–2 0–0 Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Samford 35–24 20–10 1st (Blue) NCAA Regionals
Samford: 533–422 (.558) 254–181 (.584)
UAB Blazers (Conference USA) (2022–2023)
2022 UAB 31–25 13–17 8th
2023 UAB 17–37 8–22 10th
UAB Blazers (American Athletic Conference) (2024–present)
2024 UAB 26–29 13–14 5th AAC Tournament
UAB: 74–91 (.448) 34–53 (.391)
Total: 607–513 (.542)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ingram Names Casey Dunn as New UAB Baseball Head Coach". UABsports.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Samford Hires Casey Dunn as Head Baseball Coach". www.ovcsports.com. The Ohio Valley Conference. August 10, 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2018.