List of Nebraska Cornhuskers head baseball coaches
The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. The program began play in 1889.
Nebraska has been to 17 NCAA baseball tournaments and advanced to four super regionals (2000–02, 2005) and three College World Series (2001, 2002, 2005). The Cornhuskers have won seven regular season conference championships (1929, 1948, 1950, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2017) and four conference tournament championships (1999–2001, 2005). They have had eighteen 40-win seasons, including nine since 1999, as well as three 50-win seasons. The Cornhuskers won the program's first Big Ten championship in 2017.
Coaching history
| No. | Coach[A 1][A 2] | Tenure | Overall | Accomplishments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C. D. Chandler | 1889–91 | 4–5 (.444) | |
| 2 | Charles Stroman | 1892–93 | 3–2–1 (.583) | |
| 3 | Eddie N. Robinson | 1897 | 8–5–1 (.607) | |
| 4 | F. B. Ryons | 1898 | 6–4 (.600) | |
| 5 | Mike Henderson | 1901 | 9–11 (.450) | |
| 6 | Geo P. Shidler | 1902 | 17–8 (.680) | |
| 7 | J. H. Bell | 1904 | 10–3 (.769) | |
| 8 | S. S. Eager | 1906 | 5–12–1 (.306) | |
| 9 | Ducky Holmes | 1907 | 5–11–1 (.324) | |
| 10 | Billy Fox | 1908–09 | 16–26–2 (.386) | |
| 11 | Paul J. Schissler | 1919–21 | 20–14 (.588) | |
| 12 | Owen Frank | 1922 | 12–4 (.750) | |
| 13 | Scotty Dye | 1923 | 4–4 (.500) | |
| 14 | Earl Carr | 1923 | 2–8 (.200) | |
| 15 | William G. Kline | 1924–25 | 18–15 (.545) | |
| 16 | John Rhodes | 1929–30 | 12–12–1 (.500) | Big Six champion (1929) |
| 17 | W. H. Browne | 1931 | 2–10 (.167) | |
| 18 | W. W. Knight | 1933–41 | 38–92 (.292) | |
| 19 | Adolph J. Lewandowski | 1942 | 3–11 (.214) | |
| 20 | Frank Smagacz | 1946 | 9–7 (.563) | |
| 21 | Tony Sharpe | 1947–77 | 394–388–6 (.504) | Big Seven champion (1948,1950) |
| 22 | John Sanders | 1978–97 | 767–453–1 (.629) | NCAA Tournament (1979,1980,1985) Big Eight champion (1980) |
| 23 | Dave Van Horn | 1998–2002 | 214–92 (.699) | College World Series (2001,2002) NCAA Tournament (1999–2002) Big 12 champion (2001) Big 12 Tournament champion (1999–2001) Baseball America National Coach of the Year (2001) |
| 24 | Mike Anderson | 2003–11 | 337–196–2 (.632) | College World Series (2005) NCAA Tournament (2003,2005–08) Big 12 champion (2003,2005) Big 12 Tournament champion (2005) |
| 25 | Darin Erstad | 2012–19 | 267–193–1 (.580) | NCAA Tournament (2014,2016,2017,2019) Big Ten champion (2017) |
| 26 | Will Bolt | 2019– | 7–8 (.467) |