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College  | Story  | 6/16/2016

2016 Coach of the Year Finalists

Mike Rooney     
Photo: TCU Athletics




Perfect Game College Baseball on SiriusXM

SiriusXM’s Braden Gall and Perfect Game’s Mike Rooney will be in Omaha, Neb., for the first four days of the 2016 College World Series. There will be several programs broadcast during this time, including the day before to preview the event, all of which can be access by tuning in to SiriusXM College Sports, channel 84.

Here’s the schedule of the programming (all times Central):

Friday, June 17: 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 18: 11:00 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. and 5:00-6:40 p.m.
Sunday, June 19: 11:00 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. and 5:00-6:40 p.m.
Monday, June 20: 11:00 a.m. - 12:40 p.m. and 5:00-5:40 p.m.
Tuesday, June 21: 2:00-3:40 p.m.


2016 Perfect Game/Rawlings College Coach of the Year Finalists

Perfect Game’s 2016 College Baseball Coach of the Year award will be announced after the completion of the 2016 College World Series. Unlike the Player, Pitcher and Freshman of the Year awards, the honors for the top coach is still contingent on the play on the field, which includes whatever transpires in Omaha.

With that, here are the 13 finalists:

Mike Gambino, Boston College (35-22)
2016 Finish: Coral Gables Super Regional
Gambino took the ACC's northernmost program, and the one with the league's worst facility, to the Super Regional round for the first time in school history. The Eagles advanced to game three of the Super Regional, just one win from Omaha.

Kevin O'Sullivan, Florida (52-14)
2016 Finish: College World Series
In a year with enormous draft pressure for a highly regarded junior class and a bulls eye on his team's back due to an unanimous preseason No. 1 ranking, O'Sullivan guided the Gators to Omaha once again. Florida has advanced to the CWS an astounding five times in the last seven seasons under O'Sullivan.

Tim Tadlock, Texas Tech (46-18)
2016 Finish: College World Series
Prior to Tadlock Texas Tech had never been to Omaha in school history and now they are going for the second time in three years. Tadlock also guided the Red Raiders to a Big 12 title.

John Cohen, Mississippi State (44-18-1)
2016 Finish: Starkville Super Regional
Mississippi State went from 14th place in the SEC to first place (Regular Season Champions) in just one calendar year, despite the loss of highly regarded pitching coach Butch Thompson. The Bulldogs also earned a Top 8 National Seed.

Chad Holbrook, South Carolina (46-18)
2016 Finish: Columbia Super Regional
South Carolina missed the NCAA tournament in 2015 and Holbrook needed to rebuild both his rotation (without the services of injured arms Wil Crowe and Cody Morris) and the middle of the order for 2016. The Gamecocks rebounded to win the SEC East and advance to a Super Regional.

Jim Schlossnagle, Texas Christian (47-16)
2016 Finish: College World Series
Since 2010, Schlossnagle has taken four different teams and two different coaching staffs to the CWS. TCU is the only team in the nation that has been to Omaha in each of the last three seasons.

Andrew Checketts, UC Santa Barbara (42-18-1)
2016 Finish: College World Series
UCSB lost 10 players to the 2015 MLB draft, including the No. 4 overall pick Dillon Tate. In what was supposed to be a rebuilding year, the Gauchos, who finished third in the Big West, are headed to Omaha for the first time in school history.

Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina (49-16)
2016 Finish: College World Series
Gilmore has built the Coastal Carolina program into a mid-major power and the Chants third trip to Super Regionals was the charm. Gilmore's club just missed being a Regional Host and needed a ninth-inning comeback to win a Regional game seven over NC State. Winning a Super Regional in Baton Rouge isn't exactly a lay up either.

Bill Kinneberg, Utah (26-29)
2016 Finish: Oxford Regional
Utah had a difficult transition to the Pac-12, finishing dead last in 11th place in three consecutive seasons. Despite beginning the year 5-12, Kinneberg rallied the Utes to a Pac-12 championship in 2016.

Jay Johnson, Arizona (44-21)
2016 Finish: College World Series
In his first year in Tucson, Johnson took over a program that had not been to Regionals since the National Championship season of 2012. With four seniors having their best years at Arizona, this team won both a road Regional and road Super Regional to advance to Omaha.

Josh Holliday, Oklahoma State (41-20)
2016 Finish: College World Series
In his fourth year as the head coach of his alma mater, Holliday leads the Cowboys back to Omaha for the first time since 1999, which was his senior year in Stillwater. This was not an easy trip however as Oklahoma State suffered four straight walkoff losses early in the year, followed by a four-game home losing streak around the midseason point, and then rebounded to win a Regional at Clemson and a Super Regional at South Carolina.

Monte Lee, Clemson (44-20)
2016 Finish: Clemson Regional
It's never easy taking over for a legend and Lee rallied this club to a Top 8 National Seed despite losing two of the best freshman in the country (Cal Raleigh and Jackson Kowar) in the coaching transition.

Jim Morris, Miami (50-12)
2016 Finish: College World Series
Miami has now made the College World Series for the second year in a row, which also marks Morris’ 13th as the Hurricanes skipper. Last year’s appearance was the first since 2008, and Morris has guided Miami to two of the program’s four CWS titles (1999, 2001).


Others considered:

Rob Childress, Texas A&M
Mark Machtoff, Gonzaga
Eric Valenzuela, Saint Mary’s
Chris Pollard, Duke
Cliff Godwin, East Carolina
Steve Owens, Bryant
John Anderson, Minnesota
Greg Beals, Ohio State
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