Terry Rooney (baseball coach)
Sport(s) | Baseball |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | UCF |
Conference | The American |
Record | 235–177 (.570) |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S. | November 29, 1973
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 |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 235–177 (.570) |
Tournaments |
C-USA: 4–7 The American: 1–4 NCAA: 3–4 |
Terry Rooney is an American college baseball coach and former player. Rooney was most recently the head coach of the UCF Knights baseball team that represents the University of Central Florida.[1] Rooney was previously an assistant coach at LSU and Notre Dame under head coach Paul Mainieri.
Rooney replaced longtime coach Jay Bergman in 2009. On June 21, 2010, Rooney signed a four-year contract extension with the university, making him the Knights head baseball coach through 2014.[2] In 2011, Rooney led the Knights to a 39–23 (12–12) season and their first NCAA Tournament appearance under his leadership.[3] 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.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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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 (1–2) | ||||
2012 | UCF | 45–17 | 16–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional (2–2) | ||||
2013 | UCF | 29–30 | 13–11 | T-5th | |||||
C–USA: | 168–127 | 60–60 | |||||||
UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2014–present) | |||||||||
2014 | UCF | 36–23 | 17–7 | 2nd | The American Tournament | ||||
2015 | UCF | 31–27 | 10–14 | 7th | The American Tournament[lower-alpha 1] | ||||
2016 | UCF | 26-33 | 8-16 | T-7th | The American Tournament | ||||
AAC: | 93–83 | 35–37 | |||||||
Total: | 261–210 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- ↑ In this season, all members of the American Athletic Conference qualified for its postseason tournament.