Bob Warn
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Bob Warn (born July 31, 1945) is a former college baseball coach and player. He is known for his tenure as the head baseball coach at Indiana State, where he led the Sycamores to six Missouri Valley Conference championships, seven NCAA baseball tournament appearances, and a College World Series appearance in 1986 while compiling a record of 1,079-745-9 (.591).[1] In 2000, he was inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame.[2] In 2009, the Indiana State Sycamores baseball field was named Bob Warn Field in his honor.[3]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 31, 1945 Crystal Lake, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Southern Illinois |
| Playing career | |
| 1966–1967 | Iowa Western |
| 1968 | Southern Illinois |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1972 | Western Illinois (JV) |
| 1973–1975 | Iowa Western |
| 1976–2006 | Indiana State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1,174–779–9 (.601) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Mideast Regional (1986) MVC (1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995) | |
| Awards | |
| Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year (1979, 1983, 1984) | |
Seventeen of Warn's players went on to play in the major leagues, including Zane Smith, Wallace Johnson, Clint Barmes, Mitch Stetter and Joe Thatcher. He was named Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year three times, in 1979, 1983, and 1984.
Warn's Indiana State teams featured 16 All-Americans and 60 First-team All-Conference players, while his Iowa Western teams placed two players on the junior college baseball All-American rolls.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Western Reivers (ICCAC) (1973–1975) | |||||||||
| 1973 | Iowa Western | ||||||||
| 1974 | Iowa Western | ||||||||
| 1975 | Iowa Western | 42-10 | 4th | JUCO World Series | |||||
| Iowa Western: | 104–38 | ||||||||
| Indiana State Sycamores (Independent) (1976) | |||||||||
| 1976 | Indiana State | 25–23 | |||||||
| Indiana State Sycamores (Missouri Valley Conference) (1977–2006) | |||||||||
| 1977 | Indiana State | 34–21 | 1–2 | 3rd | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 1978 | Indiana State | 26-24-3 | 2–0 | 4th | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 1979 | Indiana State | 41–11 | 5–0 | 2nd | Midwestern Regional | ||||
| 1980 | Indiana State | 38–19 | 4–0 | 3rd | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 1981 | Indiana State | 34–26 | 4–8 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 1982 | Indiana State | 40–20 | 12–4 | 1st (East) | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 1983 | Indiana State | 37–14–1 | 7–1 | 1st (East) | Mideast Regional | ||||
| 1984 | Indiana State | 36–23–1 | 7–6 | 3rd | Mideast Regional | ||||
| 1985 | Indiana State | 57–22 | 5–15 | T–1st | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 1986 | Indiana State | 48–21 | 10–10 | 4th | College World Series | ||||
| 1987 | Indiana State | 45–18–1 | 10–10 | T-3rd | Central Regional | ||||
| 1988 | Indiana State | 31–28 | 6–14 | 6th | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 1989 | Indiana State | 48–21–1 | 13–7 | 2nd | South Regional | ||||
| 1990 | Indiana State | 43–21 | 8–12 | 4th | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 1991 | Indiana State | 42–23 | 15–9 | 3rd | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 1992 | Indiana State | 40–19 | 13–8 | 3rd | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 1993 | Indiana State | 35–23 | 12–9 | 4th | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 1994 | Indiana State | 28–28 | 5–16 | T-7th | |||||
| 1995 | Indiana State | 39–23 | 16–15 | 5th | Midwest II Regional | ||||
| 1996 | Indiana State | 22–31 | 10–19 | 8th | |||||
| 1997 | Indiana State | 24–30 | 9–23 | 9th | |||||
| 1998 | Indiana State | 37–18–1 | 23–9 | 2nd | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 1999 | Indiana State | 21–34 | 8–24 | 9th | |||||
| 2000 | Indiana State | 31–28-1 | 16–16 | 4th | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 2001 | Indiana State | 32–28 | 15–16 | 6th | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 2002 | Indiana State | 30–27 | 16–15 | 5th | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 2003 | Indiana State | 36–22 | 15–17 | 5th | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 2004 | Indiana State | 20–37 | 12–20 | 6th | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 2005 | Indiana State | 30–28 | 10–14 | 6th | Missouri Valley Tournament | ||||
| 2006 | Indiana State | 20–33 | 5–19 | 8th | |||||
| Indiana State: | 1,070–741–9 (.590) | 294–338 (.465) | |||||||
| Total: | 1,174–779–9 (.601) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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