Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

The Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Coach of the Year is a baseball award given to the Atlantic Coast Conference's most outstanding coach. The award was first given after the 1981 season.

Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Coach of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding baseball Coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference
CountryUnited States
First awarded1981
Currently held byTom Walter, Wake Forest

Eight coaches have won the award more than once, with Mike Martin of Florida State having the most with seven. Of these coaches, four have won in consecutive years, with Brian O'Connor having done so on two occasions with Virginia, but only Dan McDonnell of Louisville has won three consecutive awards. McDonnell won these awards in Louisville's first three seasons as an ACC member.

Of the 15 schools that have played baseball in the ACC since the award was first presented, 10 have had a coach win the award. Among current members, all four exceptions joined the ACC in the 21st century. Virginia Tech joined in 2004 and Boston College joined in 2005, triggering a significant conference realignment in NCAA Division I. A later realignment in 2013 saw Notre Dame and Pittsburgh join the ACC. Maryland, a charter member of the ACC that left for the Big Ten Conference in 2014, never won the award. (Current ACC member Syracuse dropped the sport in 1972, decades before it joined the ACC alongside Notre Dame and Pittsburgh; the other former ACC member, South Carolina, left the ACC in 1971, a decade before the award was established.)

Awarded one of the following National Coach of the Year awards that year:

Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year (CB)
Baseball America Coach of the Year (BA)

Coach (X) Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point
* Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active
*^ Active coach who has been elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame (as a coach)
Conf. W–L Conference win–loss record for that season
Conf. St.T Conference standing at year's end (Tdenotes a tie)
Overall W–L Overall win–loss record for that season
Season Team won the College World Series

Winners

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Season Coach School National Coach of
the Year Awards
Conf.
W–L
Conf.
St.
Overall
W–L
Reference
1981 Tom D'Armi Duke 6–6 5 29–10 [1]
1982 Marvin Carter Wake Forest 6–5 3 26–12–1 [1]
1983 Jim Morris Georgia Tech 6–8 5 38–15 [1]
1984 Sam Esposito NC State 9–3 3 32–8 [1]
1985 Dennis Womack Virginia 9–4 2 38–16 [1]
1986 Sam Esposito (2) NC State 11–2 1 35–15 [1]
1987 Jim Morris (2) Georgia Tech 17–4 1 51–14 [1]
1988 Bill Wilhelm* Clemson 18–2 1 54–14 [1]
1989 Mike Roberts North Carolina 15–4 1 41–18–1 [1]
1990 Ray Tanner NC State 14–7 3 48–20 [1]
1991 Bill Wilhelm* (2) Clemson 18–3 1 60–10 [1]
1992 Steve Traylor Duke 12–12 5 38–16 [1]
1993 Jim Morris (3) Georgia Tech 16–6 1 47–14 [1]
1994 Jack Leggett Clemson 20–4 1 57–18 [1]
1995 Jack Leggett (2) Clemson 20–4 1 54–14 [1]
1996 Mike Martin Florida State 19–5 1 52–17 [1]
1997 Danny Hall Georgia Tech 19–4 1 46–15 [1]
1998 Mike Martin (2) Florida State 18–4 1 53–20 [1]
1999 Mike Martin (3) Florida State 22–2 1 57–14 [1]
2000 Danny Hall (2) Georgia Tech 18–6 1 50–16 [1]
2001 Mike Martin (4) Florida State 20–4 1 47–19 [1]
2002 George Greer Wake Forest 17–6 2 47–13 [1]
2003 Elliott Avent NC State 15–9 3 45–18 [1]
2004 Brian O'Connor Virginia 18–6 2 44–15 [1]
2005 Danny Hall (3) Georgia Tech 22–8 1 45–19 [1]
2006 Jack Leggett (3) Clemson 24–6 1 (Atlantic) 53–16 [1]
2007 Mike Martin (5) Florida State 24–6 1 (Atlantic) 49–13 [1]
2008 Jim Morris (4) Miami (FL) 23–5 1 (Coastal) 53–11 [1]
2009 Mike Martin (6) Florida State 19–9 1 (Atlantic) 45–18 [1]
2010 Brian O'Connor (2) Virginia 23–7 1 (Coastal) 51–14 [1]
2011 Brian O'Connor (3) Virginia 22–8 1 (Coastal) 56–12 [1]
2012 Mike Martin (7) Florida State BA 24–6 1 (Atlantic) 50–17 [1]
2013 Brian O'Connor (4) Virginia 22–8 2 (Coastal) 50–12 [2]
2014 Brian O'Connor (5) Virginia 22–8 2 (Coastal) 53–16 [3]
2015 Dan McDonnell Louisville 25–5 1 (Atlantic) 47–18 [4]
2016 Dan McDonnell (2) Louisville 22–8 1 (Atlantic) 50–14 [5]
2017 Dan McDonnell (3) Louisville BA 23–6 1 (Atlantic) 50–10 [6]
2018 Mike Fox NC State 19–11 2 (Atlantic) 42–18 [7]
2019 Danny Hall (4) Georgia Tech 19–11 1 (Atlantic) 41–17 [8]
2020 Season canceled due the COVID-19 pandemic, no awards given
2021 Link Jarrett Notre Dame 25–10 1 (Atlantic) 34–13 [9]
2022 John Szefc Virginia Tech 19–9 1 (Coastal) 45–14 [10]
2023 Tom Walter Wake Forest 22–7 1 (Atlantic) 51–10 [11]

Winners by school

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Because NCAA baseball is a spring sport, the "year joined" is the calendar year before the first season of competition.

School (year joined)[12] Winners Years
Florida State (1992) 7 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2012
Georgia Tech (1980) 7 1983, 1987, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2019
Virginia (1955) 6 1985, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
Clemson (1954) 5 1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2006
NC State (1954) 4 1984, 1986, 1990, 2003
Louisville (2014) 3 2015, 2016, 2017
Wake Forest (1954) 3 1982, 2002, 2023
Duke (1954) 2 1981, 1992
North Carolina (1954) 2 1989, 2018
Miami (FL) (2005) 1 2008
Notre Dame (2013) 1 2021
Virginia Tech (2004) 1 2022

Footnotes

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  • a The University of Maryland left the ACC in 2014 to join the Big Ten.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). theacc.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  2. ^ "UVa's O'Connor Named ACC Coach of the Year; McCarthy Freshman of the Year". WVIR. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Giannotto, Mark (May 29, 2014). "Coach Brian O'Connor Leads Virginia Baseball Into NCAA Regionals". WashingtonPost.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "2015 ACC Baseball Honors Announced" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. May 18, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  5. ^ "ACC Announces 2016 Baseball Honors" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. May 23, 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-06-05. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  6. ^ "ACC Announces 2017 Baseball Season Honors" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. May 22, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-06-01. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  7. ^ "ACC Announces 2018 Baseball Honors" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. May 21, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  8. ^ "2019 ACC Baseball Season Honors Announced" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  9. ^ "2021 All-ACC Baseball Teams Announced" (Press release). May 24, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  10. ^ "Season Award Winners Headline All-ACC Baseball Team" (Press release). May 23, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  11. ^ "ACC Announces Baseball Season Awards, All-Conference Teams" (Press release). May 22, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  12. ^ "About the ACC". theACC.com. 2009. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  13. ^ "University Of Maryland To Join The Big Ten Conference" (Press release). Big Ten Conference. November 19, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-05-18. Retrieved November 26, 2012.