Gene McArtor

Gene McArtor was the head baseball coach at Missouri from 1974-1994 and has been the NCAA National Coordinator of Baseball Umpires since 2008.[1][2]

Gene McArtor

McArtor from The Savitar, 1974
Playing career
1961–1963	Missouri
Position(s)	First Base
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1969–1973	Missouri (Asst.)
1974–1994	Missouri
Head coaching record
Overall	733-430-3
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1976 Big 8 Champions 1980 Big 8 Champions
Awards
Big 8 Coach of the Year (1976) Big 8 Coach of the Year (1980) ABCA Hall of Fame (1993)

Early life

A native of St. Louis, MO, McArtor graduated from Webster Groves High School in 1958.[3]

Playing career

McArtor was a first baseman at the University of Missouri from 1961 to 1963 under head coach Hi Simmons.[1] In 1963, McArtor earned first-team All-Big 8 Conference honors and All-District V honors.[1] McArtor helped lead Missouri to back-to-back Big 8 Conference Championships and to appearances in the 1962 and 1963 College World Series.[1]

Coaching career

After teaching and coaching in St. Louis, in 1969, McArtor returned to Missouri as an assistant baseball coach under Hi Simmons.[1] Upon Simmons' retirement after the 1973 season, McArtor took over as head coach in 1974, a position he would hold for the next 21 seasons.[1] In 21 seasons, McArtor suffered just one losing season.[1]

McArtor led Missouri to Big 8 Conference championships in 1976 and 1980 and to appearances in the NCAA tournament in 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1988, and 1991.[1]

McArtor coached 41 All-Big 8 Conference players and 13 All-Americans.[1] He coached a number of players who went on to play Major League Baseball, including Jeff Cornell, Tim Laudner, Ron Mathis, Phil Bradley, Scott Little, Dave Otto, Dave Silvestri, and John Dettmer.[1]

Legacy

McArtor was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1993.[4]

In 1997 McArtor received the Lefty Gomez Award from the American Baseball Coaches Association for his contributions to the game of baseball.[5]

In 1999 McArtor was inducted into the University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.[6]

In 2007 McArtor was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.[2]

In 2010 the new indoor baseball facility at the University of Missouri was named McArtor Baseball Facility in his honor.[7]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Missouri Tigers (Big 8 Conference) (1974–1994)
1974	Missouri	28-14	12-9	3rd
1975	Missouri	17-20	8-10	6th
1976	Missouri	46-22	4-1	1st	Midwest Regional
1977	Missouri	36-15	9-1	2nd
1978	Missouri	35-18	7-3	2nd	Mideast Regional
1979	Missouri	45-12	16-4	3rd
1980	Missouri	45-15-1	15-5	1st	Midwest Regional
1981	Missouri	43-18	17-6	3rd	South Regional
1982	Missouri	39-17	12-9	4th
1983	Missouri	25-16	7-8	3rd
1984	Missouri	27-20-1	7-8	4th
1985	Missouri	36-27	7-17
1986	Missouri	33-27-1	12-12	3rd
1987	Missouri	36-26	14-10	3rd
1988	Missouri	42-22	14-10	3rd	South Regional
1989	Missouri	35-27	12-12	2nd
1990	Missouri	28-27	11-13	5th
1991	Missouri	41-20	12-12	3rd	East Regional
1992	Missouri	34-22	12-12	4th
1993	Missouri	30-19	15-10	3rd
1994	Missouri	32-26	9-19	6th
Total:		733–430–3
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

References

1. "2012 Missouri Baseball Media Guide". mutigers.com. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
2. Clark, Bill (August 4, 2008). "NCAA post gets McArtor back into college baseball". Columbia Daily Tribune. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
3. "Gene McArtor, Class of 1958". Webster Groves School District. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
4. "List of Hall of Fame Inductees" (PDF). ABCA. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
5. "Lefty Gomez Award". ABCA. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
6. "Player Bio: Gene McArtor". mutigers.com. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
7. Nestor, Matt. "MU legend gets his due". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2 April 2012.

External links

• Missouri Tigers Bio