List of Clemson Tigers head baseball coaches

The Clemson Tigers baseball program is a college baseball team that represents Clemson University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.^[1] The team has had 28 head coaches since it started playing organized baseball in the 1896 season.^[2] The current coach is Erik Bakich, who took over the head coaching position in 2023.

Bill Wilhelm is the all-time leader in games coached (1,707), seasons coached (36), and total wins (1,161).^[2] John Heisman has the highest winning percentage of any Tiger coach with a 28–6–1 record (.814) in his three years in Clemson.^[2] R. T. V. Bowman has the lowest winning percentage (.250 in two seasons).^[2]

In 2011, Wilhelm was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.^[3]

General
#	Number of coaches^{[A 1]}
GC	Games coached
†	Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

Overall
OW	Wins
OL	Losses
OT	Ties
O%	Winning percentage

Conference^{[A 2]}
CW	Wins
CL	Losses
CT	Ties
C%	Winning percentage

Postseason^{[A 3]}
PA	Total Appearances^{[A 4]}
PW	Total Wins
PL	Total Losses
WA	College World Series appearances^{[A 5]}
WW	College World Series wins
WL	College World Series losses

Championships
DC	Division regular season^{[A 6]}
CC	Conference regular season
CT	Conference tournament^{[A 7]}

Coaches

List of head baseball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards
#	Name	Term^{[A 8]}	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PA	PW	PL	WA	WW	WL	DCs	CCs	CTs	Awards^{[A 9]}
1	R. T. V. Bowman	1896, 1898	8	2	6	0	.250	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Unknown	1899–1900	17	12	5	0	.706	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	John Heisman	1901–1903	35	28	6	1	.814	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	John McMakin	1904–1906	46	20	23	3	.467	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Frank Shaughnessy	1907	17	9	7	1	.559	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Robert Lynch	1908	17	6	11	0	.353	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Jesse Reynolds	1909	22	10	12	0	.455	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Joe Holland	1910	21	10	11	0	.476	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Frank Dobson	1911–1913	58	37	21	0	.638	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Thomas Robertson	1914	22	16	6	0	.727	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Vet Sitton	1915–1916	45	26	18	1	.589	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Country Morris	1917, 1920	45	17	28	0	.378	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Edward Donahue	1918–1919	39	17	21	1	.449	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Larry Conover	1921	19	5	14	0	.263	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	L. V. H. Durfee	1922–1924	56	29	26	1	.527	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	T. Everett May	1925	25	11	14	0	.440	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Cul Richards	1926	19	8	11	0	.421	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Tink Gillam	1927	25	11	13	1	.460	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Joe Guyon	1928–1931	81	42	36	3	.537	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Jess Neely	1932–1938	135	67	66	2	.504	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Randy Hinson	1939–1940, 1946–1947	79	58	19	2	.747	13	2	0	.867	1	3	2	0	0	0	—	1	—	—
22	Tom Rogers	1941–1942	34	18	14	2	.558	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Frank Howard	1943	15	12	3	0	.800	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Walter T. Cox	1945, 1948–1951	119	70	48	1	.592	47	18	1	.720	1	0	2	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
25	Robert W. Smith	1952–1957	119	52	65	2	.445	39	50	2	.440^{[A 10]}	2	3	4	—	—	—	—	1	0	—
26	Bill Wilhelm †	1958–1993	1707	1161	536	10	.683	378	158	1	.706	17	42	36	6	4	12	—	20	7	ACC (1988, 91); ^[4] ABCA District III (1991) ^[5]
27	Jack Leggett	1994–2015	1189	812	376	1	.683	304	166	1	.646	17	65	39	6	8	12	2	2	2	ACC (1994, 95, 2006); ^[4] ABCA Atlantic Region (2002, 10) ^[6]^[7]
28	Monte Lee	2016–2022	251	168	83	0	.669	70	50	0	.583	4	8	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	—
29	Erik Bakich	2023–Present	186	133	53	0	.715	58	32	0	.644	3	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	—

v t e Clemson Tigers baseball
Venues	Bowman Field (1896–1915) Riggs Field (1916–1969) Doug Kingsmore Stadium (1970–present)
Rivalries	South Carolina
People	Head coaches Prominent Players
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
College World Series appearances in italics

List of Clemson Tigers head baseball coaches

Coaches

Notes

References

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