Spencer Allen (baseball)
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Northwestern |
Conference | Big Ten |
Record | 86–131 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Olympia, Washington | December 10, 1977
Playing career | |
1997–1998 | Green River College |
1999–2001 | Iowa State |
Position(s) | Second baseman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2002 | Edmonds Community College (assistant) |
2004 | Iowa (volunteer assistant) |
2005–2006 | Creighton (assistant) |
2008–2009 | Purdue (assistant) |
2010–2012 | Washington State (assistant) |
2013–2014 | Creighton (assistant) |
2015 | Illinois (assistant) |
2016–present | Northwestern |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 86–131 |
Spencer Allen is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats baseball team.[1]
Playing career
Allen attended Capital High School in Olympia, Washington. Allen played for the school's varsity baseball team for three years. He was named a First Team All-Conference selection as a sophomore while playing the outfield.[2] Allen then enrolled at the Green River College, to play college baseball for the Green River Gators baseball team.
As a redshirt freshman in 1998, Allen was named a 2nd Team All-Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges.[3]
In the 2000 season as a junior, Allen had a .258 batting average, a .333 on-base percentage (OBP), and a .315 SLG, with ten RBIs.
Allen had his best season as a senior in 2001, hitting career highs in doubles (10), home runs (1), RBIs (17), batting average (.267) and slugging (.360).
Coaching career
Allen was hired by Northwestern after serving as an assistant for Illinois.[4]
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Northwestern Wildcats (Big Ten Conference) (2016–present) | |||||||||
2016 | Northwestern | 15–39 | 7–17 | 10th | |||||
2017 | Northwestern | 24–28 | 13–11 | 7th | Big Ten Tournament | ||||
2018 | Northwestern | 17–32 | 6–18 | 13th | |||||
2019 | Northwestern | 24–26 | 11–12 | 9th | |||||
2020 | Northwestern | 6–6 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
Northwestern: | 86–131 | 37–58 | |||||||
Total: | 86–131 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
References
- ^ "Spence Allen Head Baseball Coach". www.nusports.com. Northwestern University. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ "BHL". Centralia Chronicle. May 25, 1994. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.com.
- ^ "Men's Baseball NWAACC and Divisional Awards". www.greenriver.edu. Green River College. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
- ^ Alex Putterman (June 14, 2015). "Baseball: Northwestern hires Illinois' Spencer Allen as next coach". www.dailynorthwestern.com. The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
External links
- Living people
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- Purdue Boilermakers baseball coaches
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- Sportspeople from Olympia, Washington
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- Edmonds Tritons baseball coaches