Terry Rooney is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current pitching coach for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks.[1] He played college baseball at Davis & Elkins College in 1993, transferring to Radford where he played from 1994 to 1996. Rooney then served as the head coach of the UCF Knights (2009–2016) and the interim head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide (2017).[2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Pitching Coach |
| Team | South Carolina |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 29, 1973 Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1993 | Davis & Elkins College |
| 1994–1996 | Radford |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1997 | George Washington (Asst.) |
| 1998–1999 | James Madison (Asst.) |
| 2000–2001 | Old Dominion (Asst.) |
| 2002–2003 | Stetson (Asst.) |
| 2004–2006 | Notre Dame (Asst.) |
| 2007–2008 | LSU (Asst.) |
| 2009–2016 | UCF |
| 2017 | Alabama (AHC/Interim HC) |
| 2018–2021 | Houston (P) |
| 2022–2023 | Purdue (RC) |
| 2024 | LSU (RC) |
| 2025–present | South Carolina (P) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 261–210 (.554) |
| Tournaments | C-USA: 4–7 The American: 1–4 NCAA: 3–4 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| |
Head coaching career
editIn 2009, Rooney replaced longtime UCF Knights head coach, Jay Bergman. On June 21, 2010, Rooney signed a four-year contract extension with the university, making him the Knights head baseball coach through 2014.[3] In 2011, Rooney led the Knights to a 39–23 (12–12) season and their first NCAA tournament appearance under his leadership.[4] UCF reached the tournament again in 2012. In 2014, the Knights' first year in the American Athletic Conference, Rooney was named conference Coach of the Year. Rooney left following the 2016 season after compiling a record of 261–210 at UCF.
Assistant coaching career
editFrom 1997–2003, Rooney was an assistant coach at George Washington, James Madison, Old Dominion and Stetson. In 1997, he was pitching coach of the Cotuit Kettleers, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod League.[5][6] In 2004, Rooney joined the staff at Notre Dame under head coach Paul Mainieri. In 2007, he followed Mainieri to LSU before leaving in 2009 to become the head coach of the UCF Knights. In 2017 following his tenure at UCF, he was the associate head coach/interim head coach at Alabama.
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCF Knights (Conference USA) (2009–2013) | |||||||||
| 2009 | UCF | 22–35 | 9–15 | T–7th | |||||
| 2010 | UCF | 33–22 | 10–14 | T–8th | |||||
| 2011 | UCF | 39–23 | 12–12 | T–4th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2012 | UCF | 45–17 | 16–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2013 | UCF | 29–30 | 13–11 | T-5th | |||||
| C–USA: | 168–127 | 60–60 | |||||||
| UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2014–2016) | |||||||||
| 2014 | UCF | 36–23 | 17–7 | 2nd | |||||
| 2015 | UCF | 31–27 | 10–14 | 7th | |||||
| 2016 | UCF | 26–33 | 8–16 | T-7th | |||||
| AAC: | 93–83 | 35–37 | |||||||
| Total: | 261–210 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
editExternal links
edit- Official Bio at UCFKnights.com Archived 2014-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Official Bio @ LSUSports.net Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
References
edit- ^ "Monte Lee to remain with Gamecocks; here's who joins him on new baseball staff". 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Rooney to be named UCF baseball coach". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ^ UCF baseball coach Terry Rooney inks new contract through 2014 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "UCF Receives NCAA At-Large Spot – Will Travel to Tallahassee". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Price, Chris (February 13, 1997). "Cape League Rundown". Barnstable Patriot. Barnstable, MA. p. 8.
- ^ "Terry Rooney". nmnathletics.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
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