Big Ten Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

Award

Big Ten Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

Awarded for| the most outstanding baseball head coach in the Big Ten Conference
Country| United States
First award| 1988
Currently held by| Rob Vaughn, Maryland

The Big Ten Conference Baseball Coach of the Year is a baseball award given to the most outstanding baseball head coach in the Big Ten Conference.

## Key

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| Awarded one of the following National Coach of the Year awards that year:

Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year (CB)
Baseball America Coach of the Year (BA)

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Coach (X) | Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point

| Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active

| Active coach who has been elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame (as a coach)
Conf. W–L | Conference win–loss record for that season
Conf. St.T | Conference standing at year's end (Tdenotes a tie)
Overall W–L | Overall win–loss record for that season
Season‡ | Team won the College World Series

## Winners

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Season  | Coach  | School  | National Coach of
the Year Awards  | Conf.
W–L  | Conf.
St.  | Overall
W–L  | Reference

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1988  | Tom Smith | Michigan State | -- | 16–12 | 3  | 41–20 | [1]
1989  | Bob Todd*  | Ohio State | -- | 16–12 | 4  | 34–27
1990  | Duane Banks | Iowa | -- | 22–6 | 1  | 38–19
1991  | Paul Stevens | Northwestern | -- | 15–12 | 4  | 27–28-1
1992  | Tom Smith (2)  | Michigan State | -- | 17–11 | 3  | 35–19
1993  | Bob Morgan | Indiana | -- | 15–12 | 4  | 38–21
1994  | Bob Todd* (2)  | Ohio State | -- | 25–2 | 1  | 49–09
1995  | Paul Stevens (2)  | Northwestern | -- | 15–13 | 3  | 36–19
1996  | Joe Hindelang | Penn State | -- | 19–8 | 1  | 32–24
1997  | Geoff Zahn | Michigan | -- | 17–9 | 1  | 36–22
1998  | Itch Jones | Illinois | -- | 19–5 | 1  | 39–19
1999  | Bob Todd* (3)  | Ohio State | -- | 25–3 | 1  | 50–14
2000  | John Anderson | Minnesota | -- | 20–8 | 1  | 38–22
2001  | Bob Todd* (4)  | Ohio State | -- | 20–7 | 1  | 43–18
2002  | John Anderson (2)  | Minnesota | -- | 18–10 | 1  | 32–26
2003  | John Anderson (3)  | Minnesota | -- | 24–6 | 1  | 40–22
2004  | John Anderson (4)  | Minnesota | -- | 21–10 | 1  | 38–23
2005  | Itch Jones (2)  | Illinois | -- | 20–12 | 1  | 33–23
2006  | Paul Stevens (3)  | Northwestern | -- | 21–11 | 2  | 26–33
2007  | Rich Maloney | Michigan | -- | 21–7 | 1  | 42–19
2008  | Rich Maloney (2)  | Michigan | -- | 26–5 | 1  | 46–14
2009  | Bob Todd* (5)  | Ohio State | -- | 18–6 | 1  | 42–19
2010  | John Anderson (5)  | Minnesota | -- | 15–9 | 1  | 32–30
2011  | Jake Boss | Michigan State | -- | 15–9 | 1  | 36–21
2012  | Doug Schreiber | Purdue | -- | 17–7 | 1  | 41–12
2013  | Tracy Smith | Indiana | -- | 17–7 | 1  | 49–16 | [2]
2014  | Tracy Smith (2)  | Indiana | -- | 21–3 | 1  | 44–15 | [3]
2015  | Dan Hartleb | Illinois | -- | 21–1 | 1  | 48–8-1 | [4]
2016  | John Anderson (6)  | Minnesota | -- | 16–7 | 1  | 35–21 |
2017  | Darin Erstad | Nebraska | -- | 16–7–1 | 1  | 35–22–1 |
2018  | John Anderson (7)  | Minnesota | -- | 18–4 | 1  | 41–13 |
2019  | Jeff Mercer | Indiana | -- | 17–7 | 1  | 37–23 |
2021  | Will Bolt | Nebraska | -- | 31–12 | 1  | 31–12 | [5]
2022  | Rob Vaughn | Maryland | -- | 18–5 | 1  | 44–10 | [6]
2023  | Rob Vaughn (2)  | Maryland | -- | 17–7 | 1  | 37–19 | [7]

## Winners by school

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School (year joined)  | Winners  | Years

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Minnesota (1906)  | 7  | 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2018
Ohio State (1913)  | 5  | 1989, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2009
Indiana (1906)  | 4  | 1993, 2013, 2014, 2019
Illinois (1896)  | 3  | 1998, 2005, 2015
Michigan (1896)  | 3  | 1997, 2007, 2008
Michigan State (1951)  | 3  | 1988, 1992, 2011
Northwestern (1898)  | 3  | 1991, 1995, 2006
Maryland (2014)  | 2  | 2022, 2023
Nebraska (2012)  | 2  | 2017, 2021
Iowa (1906)  | 1  | 1990
Penn State (1992)  | 1  | 1996
Purdue (1906)  | 1  | 2012

## References

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1. ^ "Big Ten Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
2. ^ "Big Ten Announces All-Conference Baseball Teams and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. ^ "Life of a Skipper". CrimsonQuarry.com. SB Nation. Archived from the original on May 27, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
4. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten and Individual Award Winners". Big Ten Conference. 2015-05-19. Archived from the original on 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
5. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 30, 2021. Archived from the original on May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
6. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 24, 2022. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
7. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball Postseason Awards Recipients". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 22, 2023. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023.

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Big Ten Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

* 1988: To. Smith
* 1989: Todd
* 1990: Banks
* 1991: Stevens
* 1992: To. Smith
* 1993: Morgan
* 1994: Todd
* 1995: Stevens
* 1996: Hindelang
* 1997: Zahn
* 1998: Jones
* 1999: Todd
* 2000: Anderson
* 2001: Todd
* 2002: Anderson
* 2003: Anderson
* 2004: Anderson
* 2005: Jones
* 2006: Stevens
* 2007: Maloney
* 2008: Maloney
* 2009: Todd
* 2010: Anderson
* 2011: Boss
* 2012: Schreiber
* 2013: Tr. Smith
* 2014: Tr. Smith
* 2015: Hartleb
* 2016: Anderson
* 2017: Erstad
* 2018: Anderson
* 2019: Mercer
* 2020: Not awarded
* 2021: Bolt
* 2022: Vaughn
* 2023: Vaughn
* 2024: Hartleb
* 2025: Wasikowski

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Big Ten Conference baseball

Current teams|

* Illinois Fighting Illini
* Indiana Hoosiers
* Iowa Hawkeyes
* Maryland Terrapins
* Michigan Wolverines
* Michigan State Spartans
* Minnesota Golden Gophers
* Nebraska Cornhuskers
* Northwestern Wildcats
* Ohio State Buckeyes
* Oregon Ducks
* Penn State Nittany Lions
* Purdue Boilermakers
* Rutgers Scarlet Knights
* UCLA Bruins
* USC Trojans
* Washington Huskies

Former teams|

* Chicago Maroons (1896–1946)
* Wisconsin Badgers (1900–1991)

Championships & awards|

* List of champions
* Tournament
* Major awards
* Coach of the Year
* Player of the Year
* Pitcher of the Year
* Freshman of the Year

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