They hired their Knute Rockne of baseball

One person can make a big difference. They had one decent run in the 20th Century from 1924 to 1950. They had only three winning seasons in 35 years of SEC scholarship play. They hired Tim Corbin in 2003, were in the NCAA in 2004 and have been there ever since. Now, they are known as a big time baseball school.

Tenure Coach Years G W L T Winning %
1904 T. W. Davis 1 25 19 6 0 .760
1908 Grantland Rice 1 22 11 9 2 .538
1909–1910 E. J. Hamilton 2 38 19 18 1 .513
1911 Drew Fann 1 15 8 7 0 .533
1912–1913 Herbert Charles Sanborn 2 40 21 17 2 .550
1914 Dick Lyle 1 23 13 8 2 .609
1917, 24–40&52 Bill Schwartz 19 268 155 112 1 .580
1918 John Palmer 1 13 5 8 0 .384
1919 Ray Morrison 1 6 3 3 0 .500
1920–1921 Byrd Douglas 2 50 31 19 0 .620
1922–1923 Wallace Wade 2 39 26 13 0 .667
1942&1947 James A. Scoggins 2 40 20 19 1 .513
1948 Tommy Harrison 1 22 11 9 2 .545
1949–51&54–56 Dave Scobey 6 118 43 75 0 .364
1953 Woody Johnson 1 18 5 13 0 .278
1957–1959&61 Dick Richardson 4 87 24 63 0 .276
1960 Harley Boss 3 63 21 42 0 .333
1962 Jerry Elliot 1 22 2 18 2 .136
1965–1967 George Archie 3 60 18 42 0 .300
1968–1978 Larry Schmittou 11 559 306 252 1 .548
1979–2002 Roy Mewbourne 24 1272 655 608 9 .518
2003–present Tim Corbin 17 1,076 723 352 1 .672
Totals 23 coaches 101 3567 1933 1611 23 .540

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