Spencer Allen (baseball)
Spencer Allen is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats baseball team.[1]
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Northwestern |
Conference | Big Ten |
Record | 86–131 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Olympia, Washington | December 10, 1977
Playing career | |
1997–1998 | Green River College |
1999–2001 | Iowa State |
Position(s) | Second baseman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2002 | Edmonds Community College (assistant) |
2004 | Iowa (volunteer assistant) |
2005–2006 | Creighton (assistant) |
2008–2009 | Purdue (assistant) |
2010–2012 | Washington State (assistant) |
2013–2014 | Creighton (assistant) |
2015 | Illinois (assistant) |
2016–present | Northwestern |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 86–131 |
Playing career
Allen attended Capital High School in Olympia, Washington. Allen played for the school's varsity baseball team for three years. He was named a First Team All-Conference selection as a sophomore while playing the outfield.[2] Allen then enrolled at the Green River College, to play college baseball for the Green River Gators baseball team.
As a redshirt freshman in 1998, Allen was named a 2nd Team All-Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges.[3]
In the 2000 season as a junior, Allen had a .258 batting average, a .333 on-base percentage (OBP), and a .315 SLG, with ten RBIs.
Allen had his best season as a senior in 2001, hitting career highs in doubles (10), home runs (1), RBIs (17), batting average (.267) and slugging (.360).
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Northwestern Wildcats (Big Ten Conference) (2016–present) | |||||||||
2016 | Northwestern | 15–39 | 7–17 | 10th | |||||
2017 | Northwestern | 24–28 | 13–11 | 7th | Big Ten Tournament | ||||
2018 | Northwestern | 17–32 | 6–18 | 13th | |||||
2019 | Northwestern | 24–26 | 11–12 | 9th | |||||
2020 | Northwestern | 6–6 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
Northwestern: | 86–131 | 37–58 | |||||||
Total: | 86–131 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- "Spence Allen Head Baseball Coach". www.nusports.com. Northwestern University. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- "BHL". Centralia Chronicle. May 25, 1994. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.com.
- "Men's Baseball NWAACC and Divisional Awards". www.greenriver.edu. Green River College. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
- Alex Putterman (June 14, 2015). "Baseball: Northwestern hires Illinois' Spencer Allen as next coach". www.dailynorthwestern.com. The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved June 27, 2016.