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Terry Rooney
Current position
TitlePitching Coach
TeamHouston
ConferenceThe American
Biographical details
Born (1973-11-29) November 29, 1973 (age 50)
Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
1993Davis & Elkins College
1994–1996Radford
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997George Washington (Asst.)
1998–1999James Madison (Asst.)
2000–2001Old Dominion (Asst.)
2002–2003Stetson (Asst.)
2004–2006Notre Dame (Asst.)
2007–2008LSU (Asst.)
2009–2016UCF
2017Alabama (Associate HC/Interim Head Coach)
2018–presentHouston (Pitching coach)
Head coaching record
Overall235–177 (.570)
TournamentsC-USA: 4–7
The American: 1–4
NCAA: 3–4
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Terry Rooney is an American college baseball coach and former player. He is the former pitching coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team. Rooney was most previously the head coach of the UCF Knights baseball team that represents the University of Central Florida.[1] Rooney was previously an assistant coach at LSU and Notre Dame under head coach Paul Mainieri.

Rooney replaced longtime coach Jay Bergman in 2009. On June 21, 2010, Rooney signed a four-year contract extension with the university, making him the Knights head baseball coach through 2014.[2] In 2011, Rooney led the Knights to a 39–23 (12–12) season and their first NCAA Tournament appearance under his leadership.[3] UCF reached the tournament again in 2012. In 2014, the Knights' first year in the American Athletic Conference, Rooney was named conference Coach of the Year.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
UCF Knights (Conference USA) (2009–2013)
2009 UCF 22–35 9–15 T–7th
2010 UCF 33–22 10–14 T–8th
2011 UCF 39–23 12–12 T–4th NCAA Regional (1–2)
2012 UCF 45–17 16–8 2nd NCAA Regional (2–2)
2013 UCF 29–30 13–11 T-5th
C–USA: 168–127 60–60
UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2014–present)
2014 UCF 36–23 17–7 2nd The American Tournament
2015 UCF 31–27 10–14 7th The American Tournament[a]
2016 UCF 26–33 8–16 T-7th The American Tournament
AAC: 93–83 35–37
Total: 261–210

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. ^ In this season, all members of the American Athletic Conference qualified for its postseason tournament.

See also

References

  1. ^ Rooney to be named UCF baseball coach
  2. ^ UCF baseball coach Terry Rooney inks new contract through 2014 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ UCF Receives NCAA At-Large Spot – Will Travel to Tallahassee
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