List of The Citadel Bulldogs head baseball coaches

The Citadel Bulldogs baseball program is a college baseball team that represents The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the Southern Conference. The Bulldogs compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I.

The Citadel did not begin keeping complete records for its baseball program until 1954, after seven schools left the SoCon to form the Atlantic Coast Conference. Known records for full seasons are listed below. Partial season records are not included.

There have been 29 head baseball coaches at The Citadel, many of whom also coached football and/or basketball. Of coaches with known records, Fred Jordan has won the most games with 831. "Rip" Simpson recorded the highest winning percentage, at .833 in 1908. Of coaches with more than one season at the helm, Mack Erwin's .672 winning percentage is the highest. Chal Port coached for 27 seasons, the longest of any coach.^[1]

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]}^[2]
1	Unknown	1899–1904, 1906, 1913, 1939–1940	16	8	8	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Mr. Gunner	1905	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	J. W. Moore	1907	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	O. B. "Rip" Simpson	1908	6	5	1	0	.833	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Babe Brothers	1909	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	George A. Schmick	1910	10	4	6	0	.400	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Barney Legge	1911	8	2	5	1	.313	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Ralph McLaurin	1912	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	George C. Rogers	1914–1915, 1921–1924	62	26	36	0	.419	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Thomas S. McMillan	1916, 1919	20	8	12	0	.400	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Harry J. O'Brien	1917–1918	12	3	9	0	.250	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Ed Sabre	1920	4	3	1	0	.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Bulldog Drummond	1925	9	2	7	0	.222	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	H. L. "Matty" Matthews	1926–1930, 1937–1938	36	10	25	1	.292	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Jimmy Floyd	1931	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Tatum Gressette	1935	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Red Smith	1936	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Dusty Rhodes	1947	7	2	5	0	.286	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—
19	Bunzy O'Neal	1948	13	6	7	0	.462	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—
20	Jeff Clark	1949,1951	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
21	Jim Bailey	1950	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
22	John D. McMillan	1952–1953	20	9	11	0	.450	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
23	Fred Montsdeoca	1954–1956	64	31	33	0	.484	13	10	0	.565	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—
24	Mack Erwin	1957–1960	93	62	30	1	.672	24	12	1	.662	1	1	2	0	—	—	—	1	—	—
25	Jim Newsome	1961–1964	80	37	43	0	.463	15	30	0	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Chal Port	1965–1991	1092	641	386	2	.624	240	156	1	.606	5	9	10	1	1	2	—	7	1	SN (1990); SoCon (1975, 79, 82, 83, 90, 91)
27	Fred Jordan	1992–2017	1537	831	706	0	.541	399	306	0	.566	7	4	14	0	0	0	—	5	7	SoCon (1995, 99, 2003, 10)
28	Tony Skole	2018–2024	339	123	216	0	.363	22	76	0	.229	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
29	Russell Triplett	2025	57	31	26	0	.544	12	9	0	.571	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

v t e The Citadel Bulldogs baseball
Venues	WLI Field (?–1966) College Park (1967–1996) Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park (1997–present)
Rivalries	Furman VMI Wofford
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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 1932–1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–1946 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 The Citadel Bulldogs head baseball coaches

Coaches

Notes

References

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