Rusty Stroupe

Rusty Stroupe is an American college baseball coach and former shortstop. Stroupe was the head coach of the Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs baseball team from 2003 to 2019.

Rusty Stroupe

Biographical details
Born	Cherryville, North Carolina
Playing career
1983–1986	Appalachian State
Position(s)	Shortstop
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990	Appalachian State (asst)
1991–1992	North Greenville College
1993–1997	Brevard College
1998–2002	Lander
2003–2019	Gardner–Webb
Head coaching record
Overall	812–678–2
Tournaments	A-SUN: 4–4 Big South: 11–16 NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Big South Coach of the Year (2019)

Playing career

Stroupe played shortstop at Cherryville High School, and earned a scholarship to play at Appalachian State University for the Mountaineers baseball program from 1983 to 1986.[1]

Coaching career

After taking a teaching position after college graduation, Stroupe began to coach middle school baseball.[2] In 1990, Stroupe was an assistant coach at Appalachian State.[1] Stroupe took his first coaching position at North Greenville College in 1991.[3] In 1993, Stroupe became the head coach at Brevard College.[4] From 1998 to 2002, Stroupe was the head coach at Lander University, where he started the baseball program.[5]

In the summer of 2002, Stroupe to the head coaching position at Gardner–Webb. On April 17, 2019, Stroupe announced that he would be retiring at the end of the 2019 season.[6]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2003–2008)
2003	Gardner–Webb	33–23	18–15		A-SUN Tournament
2004	Gardner–Webb	32–25
2005	Gardner–Webb	28–30	15–15	5th	A-SUN Tournament
2006	Gardner–Webb	24–31	12–18	8th
2007	Gardner–Webb	26–32	12–15	7th	A-SUN Tournament
2008	Gardner–Webb	29–30	15–18	8th	A-SUN Tournament
Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (Big South Conference) (2009–2019)
2009	Gardner–Webb	25–25	13–14	5th	Big South Tournament
2010	Gardner–Webb	25–30	12–15	8th	Big South Tournament
2011	Gardner–Webb	32–28	14–13	5th	Big South Tournament
2012	Gardner–Webb	32–28	14–10	4th	Big South Tournament
2013	Gardner–Webb	29–27	21–3	2nd (South)	Big South Tournament
2014	Gardner–Webb	24–31	11–15	4th (South)	Big South Tournament
2015	Gardner–Webb	22–31	7–17	9th
2016	Gardner–Webb	37–21	14–10	4th	Big South Tournament
2017	Gardner–Webb	25–30	11–13	7th	Big South Tournament
2018	Gardner–Webb	31–27	14–13	5th	Big South Tournament
2019	Gardner–Webb	25–26	14–13	T-5th	Big South Tournament
Gardner–Webb:		479–475	236–143
Total:		812–678–2
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. "Diamond 'Dogs Set to Host Appalachian State This Weekend". www.gwusports.com. Gardner-Webb University. February 23, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
2. Bill Ballew (January 27, 2017). "Rusty Stroupe, Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldog". www.collegebaseballnow.com. College Baseball Now. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
3. Alan Ford (February 11, 2015). "GWU coach: Big changes in college baseball this year". www.shelbystar.com. GateHouse Media, LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
4. "The clarion : the Brevard College weekly". www.newspapers.digitalnc.org. North Carolina Newspapers is powered by Chronam. December 7, 1994. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
5. David Roberts (January 23, 2018). "Looking back: Successful start set Lander baseball program on right path". www.indexjournal.com. BLOX Content Management System. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
6. "Gardner-Webb Baseball Coach Rusty Stroupe Announces Retirement". www.gwusports.com. Gardner-Webb University. April 17, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.

External links

• Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs bio