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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

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Coaches

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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 .747 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 123 88 35 0 .715 40 20 0 .667 2 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 —

Notes

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  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

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General
  • Hennessy, Brian. "2011 Clemson Baseball Media Guide". Clemson University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
Specific
  1. ^ "Clemson University". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 17 August 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. 4 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 27 August 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 12 November 2012. Retrieved 27 August 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 1 October 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
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