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John Vrooman (baseball coach)

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John Vrooman
Playing career
?-1964Wesleyan University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1977USC Coastal
1987-1994Coastal Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall366–276
TournamentsNCAA: 0–2
Big South: 14–8
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Regular Season Big South Champion (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
Big South Tournament Champion (1991, 1992)
Awards
NAIA Southeastern Region Coach (1977)
Big South Coach of the Year (1988, 1990)
Sasser Hall of Fame Member
Big South Conference Hall of Fame[1]

John Vrooman is an American college baseball coach who was the first head coach of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. He first held the position at the start of the 1974 season until 1977.[2] He was then hired again 1987 season. He would hold stay head coach until the 1995 season, being replaced by Gary Gilmore after retiring in 1995.[3]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
USC Coastal (NAIA) (1974–1977)
1974 USC Coastal 20–10
1975 USC Coastal 21–19
1976 USC Coastal 14–20
1977 USC Coastal 32-13
NAIA: 87–62
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (Big South Conference) (1987–1995)
1987 Coastal Carolina 27-23 7-6 2nd (West)
1988 Coastal Carolina 35-12 15-0 1st
1989 Coastal Carolina 33-13 15-3 1st
1990 Coastal Carolina 40-19 14-2 1st
1991 Coastal Carolina 36-29 15-5 1st NCAA regional
1992 Coastal Carolina 33-27 13-5 1st
1993 Coastal Carolina 28-28 15-8 1st
1994 Coastal Carolina 30-26 18-9 2nd
1995 Coastal Carolina 17-37 6-17 8th
NCAA Division 1: 252–214 118-55
Total: 366–276

      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

References

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  1. ^ "Big South Inducts 2004 Hall of Fame Class". bigsouthsports.com.
  2. ^ "John Vrooman | Coastal Carolina". www.coastal.edu.
  3. ^ Kadlec, Kit (August 2, 2016). "Celebrating the Chanticleers together". Wednesday Journal.
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