Big Ten Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

Big Ten Conference Baseball Coach of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding baseball head coach in the Big Ten Conference
CountryUnited States
First award1988
Currently held byRob Vaughn, Maryland

The Big Ten Conference Baseball Coach of the Year is a baseball award given to the most outstanding baseball head coach in the Big Ten Conference.

Key

Awarded one of the following National Coach of the Year awards that year:

Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year (CB)
Baseball America Coach of the Year (BA)

Coach (X) Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point
*
Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active
*^
Active coach who has been elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame (as a coach)
Conf. W–L Conference win–loss record for that season
Conf. St.T Conference standing at year's end (Tdenotes a tie)
Overall W–L Overall win–loss record for that season
Season‡ Team won the College World Series

Winners

Season Coach School National Coach of
the Year Awards
Conf.
W–L
Conf.
St.
Overall
W–L
Reference
1988 Tom Smith Michigan State — 16–12 3 41–20 [1]
1989 Bob Todd* Ohio State — 16–12 4 34–27
1990 Duane Banks Iowa — 22–6 1 38–19
1991 Paul Stevens Northwestern — 15–12 4 27–28-1
1992 Tom Smith (2) Michigan State — 17–11 3 35–19
1993 Bob Morgan Indiana — 15–12 4 38–21
1994 Bob Todd* (2) Ohio State — 25–2 1 49–09
1995 Paul Stevens (2) Northwestern — 15–13 3 36–19
1996 Joe Hindelang Penn State — 19–8 1 32–24
1997 Geoff Zahn Michigan — 17–9 1 36–22
1998 Itch Jones Illinois — 19–5 1 39–19
1999 Bob Todd* (3) Ohio State — 25–3 1 50–14
2000 John Anderson Minnesota — 20–8 1 38–22
2001 Bob Todd* (4) Ohio State — 20–7 1 43–18
2002 John Anderson (2) Minnesota — 18–10 1 32–26
2003 John Anderson (3) Minnesota — 24–6 1 40–22
2004 John Anderson (4) Minnesota — 21–10 1 38–23
2005 Itch Jones (2) Illinois — 20–12 1 33–23
2006 Paul Stevens (3) Northwestern — 21–11 2 26–33
2007 Rich Maloney Michigan — 21–7 1 42–19
2008 Rich Maloney (2) Michigan — 26–5 1 46–14
2009 Bob Todd* (5) Ohio State — 18–6 1 42–19
2010 John Anderson (5) Minnesota — 15–9 1 32–30
2011 Jake Boss Michigan State — 15–9 1 36–21
2012 Doug Schreiber Purdue — 17–7 1 41–12
2013 Tracy Smith Indiana — 17–7 1 49–16 [2]
2014 Tracy Smith (2) Indiana — 21–3 1 44–15 [3]
2015 Dan Hartleb Illinois — 21–1 1 48–8-1 [4]
2016 John Anderson (6) Minnesota — 16–7 1 35–21
2017 Darin Erstad Nebraska — 16–7–1 1 35–22–1
2018 John Anderson (7) Minnesota — 18–4 1 41–13
2019 Jeff Mercer Indiana — 17–7 1 37–23
2021 Will Bolt Nebraska — 31–12 1 31–12 [5]
2022 Rob Vaughn Maryland — 18–5 1 44–10 [6]
2023 Rob Vaughn (2) Maryland — 17–7 1 37–19 [7]

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
Minnesota (1906) 7 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2018
Ohio State (1913) 5 1989, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2009
Indiana (1906) 4 1993, 2013, 2014, 2019
Illinois (1896) 3 1998, 2005, 2015
Michigan (1896) 3 1997, 2007, 2008
Michigan State (1951) 3 1988, 1992, 2011
Northwestern (1898) 3 1991, 1995, 2006
Maryland (2014) 2 2022, 2023
Nebraska (2012) 2 2017, 2021
Iowa (1906) 1 1990
Penn State (1992) 1 1996
Purdue (1906) 1 2012

References

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  2. ^ "Big Ten Announces All-Conference Baseball Teams and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Life of a Skipper". CrimsonQuarry.com. SB Nation. Archived from the original on May 27, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten and Individual Award Winners". Big Ten Conference. 2015-05-19. Archived from the original on 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  5. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 30, 2021. Archived from the original on May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  6. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 24, 2022. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  7. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball Postseason Awards Recipients". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 22, 2023. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023.