Terry Rooney (baseball coach)
Terry Rooney is an American college baseball coach and former player. He is currently the pitching coach for the Houston Cougars.
Current position | |
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Title | Pitching Coach |
Team | Houston |
Conference | The American |
Biographical details | |
Born | Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S. | November 29, 1973
Playing career | |
1993 | Davis & Elkins College |
1994–1996 | Radford |
Position(s) | Pitcher |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1997 | George Washington (Asst.) |
1998–1999 | James Madison (Asst.) |
2000–2001 | Old Dominion (Asst.) |
2002–2003 | Stetson (Asst.) |
2004–2006 | Notre Dame (Asst.) |
2007–2008 | LSU (Asst.) |
2009–2016 | UCF |
2017 | Alabama (Assoc. HC/Interim HC) |
2018–present | Houston (Pitching coach) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 261–210 (.554) |
Tournaments | C-USA: 4–7 The American: 1–4 NCAA: 3–4 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
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Rooney was previously the head coach of the UCF Knights baseball team from 2009–2016.[1]
Head coaching career
In 2009, Rooney replaced longtime UCF Knights head coach, Jay Bergman. On June 21, 2010, Rooney signed a four-year contract extension with the university, making him the Knights head baseball coach through 2014.[2] In 2011, Rooney led the Knights to a 39–23 (12–12) season and their first NCAA Tournament appearance under his leadership.[3] UCF reached the tournament again in 2012. In 2014, the Knights' first year in the American Athletic Conference, Rooney was named conference Coach of the Year. Rooney left following the 2016 season after compiling a record of 261–210 at UCF.
Assistant coaching career
From 1997–2003, Rooney was an assistant coach at George Washington, James Madison, Old Dominion and Stetson. In 1997, he was pitching coach of the Cotuit Kettleers, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod League.[4][5] In 2004, Rooney joined the staff at Notre Dame under head coach Paul Mainieri. In 2007, he followed Mainieri to LSU before leaving in 2009 to become the head coach of the UCF Knights. In 2017 following his tenure at UCF, he was the associate head coach/interim head coach at Alabama.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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UCF Knights (Conference USA) (2009–2013) | |||||||||
2009 | UCF | 22–35 | 9–15 | T–7th | |||||
2010 | UCF | 33–22 | 10–14 | T–8th | |||||
2011 | UCF | 39–23 | 12–12 | T–4th | NCAA Regional | ||||
2012 | UCF | 45–17 | 16–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2013 | UCF | 29–30 | 13–11 | T-5th | |||||
C–USA: | 168–127 | 60–60 | |||||||
UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2014–2016) | |||||||||
2014 | UCF | 36–23 | 17–7 | 2nd | |||||
2015 | UCF | 31–27 | 10–14 | 7th | |||||
2016 | UCF | 26–33 | 8–16 | T-7th | |||||
AAC: | 93–83 | 35–37 | |||||||
Total: | 261–210 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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External links
References
- Rooney to be named UCF baseball coach
- UCF baseball coach Terry Rooney inks new contract through 2014 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- UCF Receives NCAA At-Large Spot – Will Travel to Tallahassee
- Price, Chris (February 13, 1997). "Cape League Rundown". Barnstable Patriot. Barnstable, MA. p. 8.
- "Terry Rooney". nmnathletics.com. Retrieved September 25, 2019.