Scott Stricklin (baseball)

Scott Stricklin (born February 17, 1972)^[1] is an American college baseball coach. Stricklin was the head coach at Georgia from 2014–2023 and at Kent State from 2005–2013. Before serving as Kent State's head coach, Stricklin played for Kent State from 1991–1993 and played minor league baseball from 1993–1997. He began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant under former Kent State head coach Danny Hall at Georgia Tech from 1998–1999. In 2000–2001, he served as an assistant at Vanderbilt, and he returned to Georgia Tech as an assistant from 2002–2004.

Scott Stricklin

Stricklin in 2014
Biographical details
Born	(1972-02-17) February 17, 1972 (age 53) Athens, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	Kent State University
Playing career
1991–1993	Kent State Golden Flashes
1993	Elizabethton Twins
1993–1994	Fort Wayne Wizards
1994	Nashville Xpress
1994	Salt Lake Buzz
1995	Fort Myers Miracle
1996	Greenville Braves
1997	St. Petersburg Devil Rays
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–1999	Georgia Tech (vol. asst.)
2000–2001	Vanderbilt (asst.)
2002–2004	Georgia Tech (asst.)
2005–2013	Kent State
2014–2023	Georgia
Head coaching record
Overall	649–424–1 (.605)
Tournaments	NCAA: 9–11
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
7× Mid-American Conference East Division championships (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) 5× Mid-American Conference Regular season championships (2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013) 5× Mid-American Conference Tournament championships (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) 5× NCAA Regional appearances (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) NCAA Super Regional appearance (2012) College World Series appearance (2012)
Awards
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Co-National Coach of the Year Award (2012) 2× ABCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year Awards (2011, 2012) 3× Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year Awards (2006, 2011, 2012)

Coaching career

Kent State

As the head coach of Kent State, Scott Stricklin head coaching record was 350–188 (.651).^[2][3] Under him, Kent State won five Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament championships, reaching the NCAA Regionals in each of those seasons. The team also reached one Super Regional, in 2012. After defeating Oregon in that Super Regional, the team advanced to the 2012 College World Series. Stricklin won three Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year Awards and one ABCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year Award.^[2]

Following Kent State's performance in the 2012 postseason, several news outlets, including the Detroit News, speculated that Michigan was interested in hiring Stricklin to replace former head coach Rich Maloney, whose contract was not extended at the end of the 2012 season.^[4][5][6] Stricklin later confirmed that Michigan had contacted him, but that he elected to stay at Kent State.^[7] Michigan instead hired then-Maryland head coach Erik Bakich.^[8]

Georgia

Following the 2013 season, Stricklin was hired to replace David Perno as the head coach of Georgia.^[9] He was fired following the 2023 season after compiling a record of 299–236–1 with three NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Regionals appearances.^[10]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Stricklin's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Kent State Golden Flashes (Mid-American Conference) (2005–2013)
2005	Kent State	33–20	9–10	4th (East)
2006	Kent State	38–19	17–5	1st (East)
2007	Kent State	33–26	19–8	1st (East)	NCAA Regional
2008	Kent State	36–21	16–8	1st (East)
2009	Kent State	43–17	17–9	3rd (East)	NCAA Regional
2010	Kent State	39–25	28–9	1st (East)	NCAA Regional
2011	Kent State	45–17	21–5	1st (East)	NCAA Regional
2012	Kent State	47–20	24–3	1st (East)	College World Series
2013	Kent State	36–23	20–7	1st (East)
Kent State:		350–188	171–64
Georgia Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (2014–2023)
2014	Georgia	26–29–1	11–18–1	6th (East)
2015	Georgia	26–28	10–19	7th (East)
2016	Georgia	27–30	11–19	5th (East)
2017	Georgia	25–32	11–19	6th (East)
2018	Georgia	39–21	18–12	2nd (East)	NCAA Regional
2019	Georgia	46–17	21–9	2nd (East)	NCAA Regional
2020	Georgia	14–4	0–0		Season suspended due to COVID-19
2021	Georgia	31–25	13–17	5th (East)
2022	Georgia	36–23	15–15	T–2nd (East)	NCAA Regional
2023	Georgia	29–27	11–19	6th (East)
Georgia:		299–236–1	121–146–1
Total:		649–424–1
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion