Texas A&M Aggies baseball
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Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
in NCAA Division I college 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...
. The team belongs to 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...
and plays home games at Olsen Field
Olsen Field
Olsen Field is a baseball stadium in College Station, Texas, that is home to the Texas A&M baseball program. The stadium was dedicated on March 21, 1978, and is named in honor of Pat Olsen, a 1923 graduate of Texas A&M University and a former baseball player in the New York Yankees farm system...
. The Aggies are currently led by head coach Rob Childress
Rob Childress
Robert Alexander Childress is the head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies college baseball team. Before coming to Texas A&M for the 2006 season, he served as an associate head coach and pitching coach for the Nebraska Cornhuskers...
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Stadium
Head coaches
| Years | Coach | Record |
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| 1904–1908 | Wirt Spencer | |
| 1909–1914 | Charley Moran Charley Moran Charles Barthell Moran , nicknamed "Uncle Charley," was an American sportsman who gained renown as both a catcher and umpire in Major League Baseball and as a collegiate and professional football coach.-Early life:... |
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| 1915 | C. C. Lucid | |
| 1916–1919 | D. V. Graves D. V. Graves -External links:* at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com... |
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| 1920–1921 | Dana X. Bible Dana X. Bible Dana Xenophon Bible was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi College , Louisiana State University , Texas A&M University , the University of Nebraska , and the University of Texas... |
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| 1922 | Gene Cochrehan | |
| 1923–1924 | H. H. House | |
| 1925–1927 | Claude Rothgeb Claude Rothgeb -External links:* as College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com... |
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| 1928–1929 | R. D. Countryman | |
| 1930–1935 | Grady Higginbotham Grady Higginbotham Roswell Grady Higginbotham was the first head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team. Leading it to a 14–18–0 record from 1925 to 1927.... |
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| 1936–1937 | Jules V. Sikes Jules V. Sikes -External links:*... |
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| 1938–1941; 1948–1950 | Marty Karow Marty Karow Martin Gregory Karow [born Karowsky] was an All-American college football player and a professional baseball player.... |
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| 1942; 1946–1947 | Lil Dimmit | |
| 1943–1944 | Homer Norton | |
| 1945 | A. E. Jones | |
| 1951–1958 | Beau Bell Beau Bell Roy Chester Bell , born in Bellville, Texas, was an outfielder for the St. Louis Browns , Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians .He was named to the 1937 American League All-Star Team.... |
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| 1959–1984 | Tom Chandler | |
| 1985–2005 | Mark Johnson | |
| 2006–present | Rob Childress Rob Childress Robert Alexander Childress is the head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies college baseball team. Before coming to Texas A&M for the 2006 season, he served as an associate head coach and pitching coach for the Nebraska Cornhuskers... |
Year-by-Year Results
*Through April 22, 2010.Information Source: http://www.aggieathletics.com/index2.php?SID=MBA&pageID=197
| Year-by-Year Results | ||||
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| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"> | Year | Coach | Record | Notes |
| 1894 | Unknown | 3–1 | ||
| No team from 1895 through 1903. | ||||
| 1904 | Wirt Spencer | 9–3 | ||
| 1905 | Wirt Spencer | 11–5 | ||
| 1906 | Wirt Spencer | 12–8 | ||
| 1907 | Wirt Spencer | 8–4–2 | ||
| 1908 | Wirt Spencer | 7–8–1 | ||
| 1909 | Charley Moran Charley Moran Charles Barthell Moran , nicknamed "Uncle Charley," was an American sportsman who gained renown as both a catcher and umpire in Major League Baseball and as a collegiate and professional football coach.-Early life:... |
8–11 | ||
| 1910 | Charley Moran | 7–9–1 | ||
| 1911 | Charley Moran | 7–9–1 | ||
| 1912 | Charley Moran | 14–5–1 | ||
| 1913 | Charley Moran | 6–6 | ||
| 1914 | Charley Moran | 6–6–2 | ||
| 1915 | C. C. Lucid | 16–5 | ||
| 1916 | D. V. Graves D. V. Graves -External links:* at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com... |
17–8 | ||
| 1917 | D. V. Graves | 9–5–3 | ||
| 1918 | D. V. Graves | 14–5 | ||
| 1919 | D. V. Graves | 8–6 | ||
| 1920 | Dana X. Bible Dana X. Bible Dana Xenophon Bible was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi College , Louisiana State University , Texas A&M University , the University of Nebraska , and the University of Texas... |
12–6–1 | ||
| 1921 | Dana X. Bible | 17–4 | ||
| 1922 | Gene Cochrehan | 9–8 | ||
| 1923 | H. H. House | 9–12–2 | ||
| 1924 | H. H. House | 9–13 | ||
| 1925 | Claude Rothgeb Claude Rothgeb -External links:* as College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com... |
6–12 | ||
| 1926 | Claude Rothgeb | 16–4–2 | ||
| 1927 | Claude Rothgeb | 16–7 | ||
| 1928 | R. D. Countryman | 8–9–1 | ||
| 1929 | R. D. Countryman | 14–8–2 | ||
| 1930 | R. G. Higginbotham Grady Higginbotham Roswell Grady Higginbotham was the first head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team. Leading it to a 14–18–0 record from 1925 to 1927.... |
16–6 | ||
| 1931 | R. G. Higginbotham | 12–6 | SWC Champions | |
| 1932 | R. G. Higginbotham | 7–11–1 | ||
| 1933 | R. G. Higginbotham | 9–10 | ||
| 1934 | R. G. Higginbotham | 10–7–1 | SWC Champions | |
| 1935 | R. G. Higginbotham | 10–8–1 | ||
| 1936 | Jules V. Sikes Jules V. Sikes -External links:*... |
10–12–1 | ||
| 1937 | J. V. Sikes | 15–5–1 | SWC Champions | |
| 1938 | Marty Karow Marty Karow Martin Gregory Karow [born Karowsky] was an All-American college football player and a professional baseball player.... |
11–10 | ||
| 1939 | Marty Karow | 9–14–2 | ||
| 1940 | Marty Karow | 11–10 | ||
| 1941 | Marty Karow | 11–10 | ||
| 1942 | Lil Dimmit | 19–3 | SWC Champions | |
| 1943 | Homer Norton | 12–6 | SWC Co-Champions | |
| 1944 | Homer Norton | 6–10 | ||
| 1945 | A.E. "Pete" Jones | 3–11 | ||
| 1946 | Lil Dimmit | 16–7 | ||
| 1947 | Lil Dimmit | 14–8 | ||
| 1948 | Marty Karow | 19–7 | ||
| 1949 | Marty Karow | 17–8 | ||
| 1950 | Marty Karow | 17–11 | ||
| 1951 | Beau Bell Beau Bell Roy Chester Bell , born in Bellville, Texas, was an outfielder for the St. Louis Browns , Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians .He was named to the 1937 American League All-Star Team.... |
21–11 | SWC Co-Champions NCAA Playoffs College World Series 1951 College World Series The 1951 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 13 to June 17. The fifth tournament's champion was the Oklahoma, coached by Jack Baer. The Most Outstanding Player was Sidney Hatfield of Tennessee.... |
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| 1952 | Beau Bell | 10–19–1 | ||
| 1953 | Beau Bell | 10–15 | ||
| 1954 | Beau Bell | 11–13 | ||
| 1955 | Beau Bell | 20–7 | SWC Champions NCAA Playoffs |
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| 1956 | Beau Bell | 10–13 | ||
| 1957 | Beau Bell | 5–15 | ||
| 1958 | Beau Bell | 11–11 | ||
| 1959 | Tom Chandler | 18–9 | SWC Champions NCAA Playoffs |
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| 1960 | Tom Chandler | 5–17–1 | ||
| 1961 | Tom Chandler | 14–10–1 | ||
| 1962 | Tom Chandler | 18–7 | ||
| 1963 | Tom Chandler | 15–10–1 | ||
| 1964 | Tom Chandler | 19–8–1 | SWC Champions NCAA Playoffs College World Series 1964 College World Series The 1964 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 8 to June 18. The eighteenth tournament's champion was the University of Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert... |
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| 1965 | Tom Chandler | 16–7 | ||
| 1966 | Tom Chandler | 20–8–2 | SWC Quad-Champions | |
| 1967 | Tom Chandler | 17–11–1 | ||
| 1968 | Tom Chandler | 21–7 | ||
| 1969 | Tom Chandler | 15–11 | ||
| 1970 | Tom Chandler | 25–9 | ||
| 1971 | Tom Chandler | 31–9 | ||
| 1972 | Tom Chandler | 27–13 | ||
| 1973 | Tom Chandler | 19–9 | ||
| 1974 | Tom Chandler | 31–13 | ||
| 1975 | Tom Chandler | 32–15–1 | NCAA Regional | |
| 1976 | Tom Chandler | 40–13 | NCAA Regional | |
| 1977 | Tom Chandler | 37–16 | SWC Champions NCAA Regional |
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| 1978 | Tom Chandler | 39–16 | SWC Champions NCAA Regional |
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| 1979 | Tom Chandler | 30–20 | ||
| 1980 | Tom Chandler | 38–14 | ||
| 1981 | Tom Chandler | 35–16–1 | ||
| 1982 | Tom Chandler | 33–19–1 | ||
| 1983 | Tom Chandler | 24–21 | ||
| 1984 | Tom Chandler | 41–21 | NCAA Regional | |
| 1985 | Mark Johnson | 39–16 | ||
| 1986 | Mark Johnson | 45–23 | SWC Co-Champions NCAA Regional |
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| 1987 | Mark Johnson | 44–22–1 | NCAA Regional | |
| 1988 | Mark Johnson | 52–15 | NCAA Regional | |
| 1989 | Mark Johnson | 58–7 | SWC Co-Champions NCAA Regional |
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| 1990 | Mark Johnson | 43–17 | ||
| 1991 | Mark Johnson | 44–23 | NCAA Regional | |
| 1992 | Mark Johnson | 41–20 | NCAA Regional | |
| 1993 | Mark Johnson | 53–11 | SWC Champions NCAA Regional Champions College World Series 1993 College World Series The 1993 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 4 to June 12. The forty-seventh tournament's champion was Louisiana State University, coached by Skip Bertman. The Most Outstanding Player was Todd Walker of Louisiana State University.Texas and Texas A&M... |
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| 1994 | Mark Johnson | 31–22 | ||
| 1995 | Mark Johnson | 44–22–1 | NCAA Regional | |
| 1996 | Mark Johnson | 37–21 | ||
| 1997 | Mark Johnson | 39–22 | NCAA Regional | |
| 1998 | Mark Johnson | 46–20 | Big 12 Champions NCAA Regional |
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| 1999 | Mark Johnson | 52–18 | Big 12 Champions NCAA Regional Champions NCAA Super Regional Champions College World Series 1999 College World Series The 1999 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 19. The fifty-third tournament's champion was the University of Miami, coached by Jim Morris... |
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| 2000 | Mark Johnson | 23–35 | ||
| 2001 | Mark Johnson | 33–27 | ||
| 2002 | Mark Johnson | 35–24 | ||
| 2003 | Mark Johnson | 45–19 | NCAA Regional | |
| 2004 | Mark Johnson | 42–22 | NCAA Regional Champions NCAA Super Regional |
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| 2005 | Mark Johnson | 30–25–1 | ||
| 2006 | Rob Childress Rob Childress Robert Alexander Childress is the head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies college baseball team. Before coming to Texas A&M for the 2006 season, he served as an associate head coach and pitching coach for the Nebraska Cornhuskers... |
25-30-1 | ||
| 2007 | Rob Childress | 48-19 | Big 12 Tournament Champions NCAA Regional Champions NCAA Super Regional |
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| 2008 | Rob Childress | 46-19 | Big 12 Champions NCAA Regional Champions NCAA Super Regional |
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| 2009 | Rob Childress | 37-24 | NCAA Regional | |
| 2010 | Rob Childress | 43-20-1 | Big 12 Tournament Champions NCAA Regional |
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| 2011 | Rob Childress | 42-18* | Big 12 co-Champions Big 12 Tournament Champions NCAA Regional Champions NCAA Super Regional Champions College World Series |
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Texas A&M in the NCAA Tournament
- The NCAA Division I Baseball TournamentNCAA Division I Baseball ChampionshipThe 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....
started in 1947. - The format of the tournament has changed through the years.
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- Note: In 1951, Texas A&M participated in the district playoffs, which they won, and moved onto the College World Series. Prior to 1954, district playoff games were not considered a part of the National Collegiate Baseball Championship, and thus are not counted in Texas A&M's NCAA tournament record.
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