Few ND coaches in any sport have had 6 losing seasons

Few ND coaches in any sport have had 6 losing seasons
by ShermanOaksND (2019-05-19 12:53:06)
Edited on 2019-05-19 13:08:44

In reply to: The only glimmer of hope I have this year posted by ndgotrobbedin97

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The only other ND baseball coach to do so was this board's namesake, Jake Kline, who had 14 losing seasons. But those came in a span of 42 years, and were accompanied by 27 winning seasons and one .500 season. The most losing seasons by any ND basketball coach was 5, shared by John Jordan (in 13 seasons) and John MacLeod (in 8 seasons). No ND football coach has had more than 2 losing seasons (Faust and Davie).

Remember how we thought Dave Schrage's tenure was a nightmare? Schrage had one losing season out of four, and an overall record 15 games above .500. Barring a miracle run that would have to include an ACC championship and at least 2 NCAA tournament wins, this will be Aoki's 6th losing season out of 9. His current overall record is 248-251-1.

The only other ND baseball coaches with career losing records were Tom Kelly and Larry Gallo, who coached 5 and 7 seasons, respectively, from 1976-1987. Back then, ND still played at Jake Kline Field, which was on par with local Little League parks of the time and a step below high school fields (which had lights; Jake Kline Field did not). 1987 also was the first time ND opened its season before a spring break road trip. Pat Murphy's first season, 1988, was the first time ND opened its season in February, and marked the beginning of ND's efforts to have a modern major college baseball program.

Neither Murphy nor Paul Mainieri ever had a losing season at ND during their combined, glorious, 19 season run. ND won 40+ games in 17 of those 19 seasons, including 50 and 51-win seasons. Since 2007, ND's peak has been 37 wins in 2015.

WTF would it take for Swarbrick to pull the plug on Aoki? That was a rhetorical question. It almost certainly will take a new Athletic Director.