This is a list of Arizona Wildcats head baseball coaches. The Arizona Wildcats baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Arizona in the Pac-12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has seen 17 individuals hold the head coach position since it started playing organized baseball in the 1904 season. 3 of these coaches had non-consecutive tenures.
Since 1950 - which the university considers the beginning of its modern baseball program - only six people have held the position.
The current coach is Chip Hale, who helmed his first season in 2022.
Having served for 33 seasons, J.F. "Pop" McKale is the longest tenured coach in program history. Jerry Kindall holds the record for wins at 860. Kindall won 3 College World Series titles while in Tucson, and Andy Lopez won 1. Frank Sancet, Jerry Kindall and Andy Lopez have all been inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.
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+General # Number of coaches GC Games coached † Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
+ Overall OW Wins OL Losses OT Ties O% Winning percentage
+ Conference CW Wins CL Losses CT Ties C% Winning percentage
+ Postseason PA Total Appearances PW Total Wins PL Total Losses WA College World Series appearances WW College World Series wins WL College World Series losses
+Championships CC Conference regular season CT Conference tournament
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#NameTermAwards1B.L. Cosgrave19047610.857——————————————2R. Newton1905, 190713760.538——————————————3B.R. Hatcher1906, 1908141220.857——————————————4Dan Farrish190912840.667——————————————5R. Rigg19107250.286——————————————6William Honley19116240.333——————————————7Joe Collins191211740.636——————————————8R.L. Quigley191311001.000——————————————9C.R. Stewart19148440.500——————————————10Pop McKale1915–1919, 1922–19493842571198.669————————————0—11W.A. Porter1920–1921231850.783——————————————12Frank Sancet†1950–19721,1228312838.74183620.57216413591718430—13Jerry Kindall†1973–19961,4468605797.5953263201.50412392151574431976, 1980, 1986 National Coach of the Year 1980, 1989, 1992 Pac-10 South Coach of the Year14Jerry Stitt1997–20012821571250.55758740.4391020000—0—15Andy Lopez†2002–20158154903241.6011861830.504828152621—12012 National Coach of the Year 2012 Pac-12 Coach of the Year16Jay Johnson2016–20213222081140.64682670.55031792551—02016 National Coach of the Year 2021 Pac-12 Coach of the Year17Chip Hale2022– Present12172490.59528320.467222000000—
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