The Southern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year is a baseball award given to the Southern Conference's most outstanding coach. The award was first given after the 1972 season, but was not awarded in 1973 or 1974. The Southern Conference began sponsoring baseball in 1947.
Key Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that pointConference win–loss record for that seasonConference standing at year's end (Tdenotes a tie)Overall win–loss record for that season
Winners SeasonCoachSchoolConf.W–LConf.St.OverallW–LReference 1972 Richmond 1 1975 The Citadel 1 1976 Furman 1 1977 East Carolina 1 1978 Marshall 1 1979 (2) The Citadel 1 1980 East Tennessee State 1 1981 Western Carolina 1T 1982 (3) The CitadelVMI 6–10 1T6 11–29 1983 (4) The Citadel 1 1984 Appalachian State 1 (Northern) 1985 Davidson 1 (Southern) 1986 East Tennessee State 2 (Northern) 1987 Western Carolina 1 (Southern) 1988 VMI 1 (Northern) 1989 (2) Marshall 2 1990 (5) The Citadel 1 1991 (6) The Citadel 1 1992 Western Carolina 1 1993 Georgia Southern 1 1994 (2) Western Carolina 1 1995 The Citadel 1 1996 (2) Georgia Southern 1 1997 (3) Western Carolina 1 1998 UNC Greensboro 1 1999 (2) The Citadel 1 2000 Georgia Southern 1T 2001 (2) Georgia Southern 1 2002 Western Carolina 2 2003 VMI 7 2004 College of Charleston 1 2005 (2) College of Charleston 1 2006 Elon 1 2007 (3) College of Charleston 1T 2008 (2) Elon 1 2009 (3) Elon 1 2010 (3) The Citadel 1 2011 (2) UNC Greensboro 2 2012 Appalachian State 1T 2013 Western Carolina 1 2014 Davidson 2 2015 Mercer 1 2016 UNC Greensboro 2T 2017 (2) Mercer 1 2018 (2) UNC Greensboro 1 2019 Samford 1 2021 Wofford 1 2022 (2) Wofford 1 2023 Samford 1 2024 UNC Greensboro 1 2025 East Tennessee State 1 2026 (3) Mercer 1
Winners by school School (year joined) Winners YearsThe Citadel (1947)9 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2010Western Carolina (1977)7 1981, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2013UNC Greensboro (1998) 5 1998, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2024Georgia Southern (1993)4 1993, 1996, 2000, 2001College of Charleston (1998)3 2004, 2005, 2007East Tennessee State (1979)3 1980, 1986, 2025Elon (2003)3 2006, 2008, 2009Mercer (2015) 3 2015, 2017, 2026VMI (1947)3 1982, 1988, 2003Appalachian State (1972)2 1984, 2012Davidson (1947)2 1985, 2014Marshall (1977)2 1978, 1989Samford (2009) 2 2019, 2023Wofford (1998) 2 2021, 2022East Carolina (1965)1 1977Furman (1947) 1 1976Richmond (1947)1 1972
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