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The Citadel Bulldogs baseball program is a college baseball team that represents The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the Southern Conference . The Bulldogs compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I .
The Citadel did not begin keeping complete records for its baseball program until 1954, after seven schools left the SoCon to form the Atlantic Coast Conference . Known records for full seasons are listed below. Partial season records are not included.
There have been 27 head baseball coaches at The Citadel, many of whom also coached football and/or basketball . Of coaches with known records, Fred Jordan has won the most games with 831. "Rip" Simpson recorded the highest winning percentage, at .833 in 1908. Of coaches with more than one season at the helm, Mack Erwin 's .672 winning percentage is the highest. Chal Port coached for 27 seasons, the longest of any coach.[ 1]
Key
Conference[ A 2]
CW
Wins
CL
Losses
CT
Ties
C%
Winning percentage
Postseason[ A 3]
PA
Total Appearances[ A 4]
PW
Total Wins
PL
Total Losses
WA
College World Series Appearances[ A 5]
WW
College World Series Wins
WL
College World Series Losses
Championships
DC
Division regular season[ A 6]
CC
Conference regular season
CT
Conference tournament[ A 7]
Coaches
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
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Name
Term[ A 8]
Awards[ A 9] [ 2]
1
Unknown
1899–1904, 1906, 1913, 1939–1940
16
8
8
0
.500
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0
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2
Mr. Gunner
1905
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0
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3
J. W. Moore
1907
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0
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4
O. B. "Rip" Simpson
1908
6
5
1
0
.833
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0
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5
Babe Brothers
1909
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0
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6
George A. Schmick
1910
10
4
6
0
.400
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0
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7
Barney Legge
1911
8
2
5
1
.313
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0
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8
Ralph McLaurin
1912
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0
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9
George C. Rogers
1914–1915, 1921–1924
62
26
36
0
.419
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0
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10
Thomas S. McMillan
1916, 1919
20
8
12
0
.400
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0
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11
Harry J. O'Brien
1917–1918
12
3
9
0
.250
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0
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12
Ed Sabre
1920
4
3
1
0
.750
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0
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13
Bulldog Drummond
1925
9
2
7
0
.222
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0
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14
H. L. "Matty" Matthews
1926–1930, 1937–1938
36
10
25
1
.292
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0
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15
Jimmy Floyd
1931
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0
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16
Tatum Gressette
1935
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0
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17
Red Smith
1936
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0
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18
Dusty Rhodes
1947
7
2
5
0
.286
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0
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0
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19
Bunzy O'Neal
1948
13
6
7
0
.462
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0
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0
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20
Jeff Clark
1949,1951
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0
0
0
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21
Jim Bailey
1950
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0
0
0
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22
John D. McMillan
1952–1953
20
9
11
0
.450
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0
0
0
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23
Fred Montsdeoca
1954–1956
64
31
33
0
.484
13
10
0
.565
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0
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0
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24
Mack Erwin
1957–1960
93
62
30
1
.672
24
12
1
.662
1
1
2
0
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1
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0
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25
Jim Newsome
1961–1964
80
37
43
0
.463
15
30
0
.333
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0
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26
Chal Port
1965–1991
1092
641
386
2
.624
240
156
1
.606
5
9
10
1
1
2
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7
1
0
SN (1990); SoCon (1975, 79, 82, 83, 90, 91)
27
Fred Jordan
1992–2017
1537
831
706
0
.541
399
306
0
.566
7
4
14
0
0
0
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5
7
0
SoCon (1995, 99, 2003, 10)
28
Tony Skole
2018–present
108
31
77
0
.287
13
35
0
.271
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
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Notes
^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
^ The Citadel was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1908 until 1936, but the conference did not sponsor baseball. The Southern Conference did not sponsor baseball until 1947.
^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship .
^ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1947.
^ College World Series appearances include seasons with CWS bids since the tournament began in 1947.
^ The Southern Conference used divisions from 1969 to 1970 and 1984 to 1988.
^ The Southern Conference held a tournament from 1950 until 1953 and resumed the tournament in 1984.
^ The Citadel did not sponsor a baseball team from 1932 to 1934 or 1941 to 1946.
^ National, regional and conference coach of the year awards.
References
Venues Rivalries People Seasons College World Series appearances in italics