Southeastern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

The Southeastern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year is an award given to the most outstanding baseball head coach in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), as chosen by the league's head coaches.^[1]

Southeastern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding baseball head coach in the Southeastern Conference
Country	United States
First award	1933–present
Currently held by	Jim Schlossnagle, Texas

Key

	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*	Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active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 Men's College World Series

Winners

Season	Coach	School	National Coach of the Year Awards	Conf. W–L	Conf. St.	Overall W–L	Reference
1933	W.P. White	Georgia	—	8–1	1	12–3	[2]
1934	Jennings B. Whitworth	Alabama	—	13–3	1	13–5	[2]
1935	Tilden Campbell	Alabama	—	8–2	1	12–2	[2]
1936	Tilden Campbell (2)	Alabama	—	7–3–1	1	10–3–1	[2]
1937	Dell Morgan	Auburn	—	8–1	1	8–1	[2]
1938	Tilden Campbell (3)	Alabama	—	10–1	1	13–2	[2]
1939	Harry Rabenhorst	LSU	—	10–2	1	22–6	[2]
1940	Tilden Campbell (4)	Alabama	—	12–1	1	12–1	[2]
1941	Tilden Campbell (5)	Alabama	—	13–2	1	19–2–1	[2]
1942	Tilden Campbell (6)	Alabama	—	9–1	1	10–2	[2]
1943	Red Swanson	LSU	—	11–3	1	13–8	[2]
1944	No competition due to World War II						[2]
1945	No competition due to World War II						[2]
1946	Harry Rabenhorst (2)	LSU	—	11–3	1	11–3	[2]
1947	Tilden Campbell (7)	Alabama	—	11–3	1	20–7	[2]
1948	R.P Patty	Mississippi State	—	12–5	1 (Western)	17–8	[2]
1949	R.P. Patty (2)	Mississippi State	—	13–3	1 (Western)	19–6	[2]
1950	Tilden Campbell (8)	Alabama	—	12–4	1 (Eastern)	22–12	[2]
1951	S. W. Anderson	Tennessee	—	16–1	1	20–3	[2]
1952	Dave Fuller	Florida	—	12–2	1	21–4-2	[2]
1953	Jim Whatley	Georgia	—	12–4	1 (Eastern)	23–5	[2]
1954	Jim Whatley	Georgia	—	11–4	1 (Eastern)	16–09	[2]
1955	Tilden Campbell (9)	Alabama	—	16–2	1 (Western)	23–6	[2]
1956	Dave Fuller (2)	Florida	—	13–3	1 (Eastern)	13–11	[2]
1957	Joe Pittard	Georgia Tech	—	13–3	1 (Eastern)	18–8–1	[2]
1958	Joe Connally	Auburn	—	12–3	1 (Eastern)	17–8	[2]
1959	Tom Swayze	Ole Miss	—	10–3	1 (Western)	18–6	[2]
1960	Tom Swayze (2)	Ole Miss	—	12–2	1 (Western)	22–3	[2]
1961	Ray Didier	LSU	—	11–4	1 (Western)	20–5	[2]
1962	Dave Fuller (3)	Florida	—	14–3	1 (Eastern)	14–3	[2]
1963	Paul Nix	Auburn	—	15–3	1 (Eastern)	17–8	[2]
1964	Tom Swayze (3)	Ole Miss	—	11–1	1 (Western)	19–04	[2]
1965	Paul Gregory	Mississippi State	—	11–4	1 (Western)	13–7	[2]
1966	Paul Gregory (2)	Mississippi State	—	11–4	1 (Western)	17–09	[2]
1967	Paul Nix (2)	Auburn	—	15–2	1 (Eastern)	27–07	[2]
1968	Joe Sewell	Alabama	—	10–8	1 (Western)	22–11	[2]
1969	Tom Swayze (4)	Ole Miss	—	11–5	1 (Western)	27–15	[2]
1970	Paul Gregory (3)	Mississippi State	—	11–4	1 (Western)	11–4	[2]
1971	Paul Gregory (4)	Mississippi State	—	13–5	1 (Western)	32–12	[2]
1972	Jake Gibbs	Ole Miss	—	15–3	1 (Western)	28–16	[2]
1973	Larry Schmittou	Vanderbilt	—	13–3	1 (Eastern)	36–16	[2]
1974	Larry Schmittou (2)	Vanderbilt	—	11–4	1 (Eastern)	37–22–1	[2]
1975	Jim Smith	LSU	—	19–3	1 (Western)	40–16	[2]
1976	Paul Nix (3)	Auburn	—	12–7	1 (Western)	37–15	[2]
1977	Jake Gibbs (2)	Ole Miss	—	15–9	1 (Western)	40–18	[2]
1978	Paul Nix (4)	Auburn	—	15–8	1 (Western)	33–21	[2]
1979	Ron Polk*	Mississippi State	—	17–2	1 (Western)	48–12	[2]
1980	Roy Mewbourne	Vanderbilt	—	13–9	2 (Eastern)	34–21–1	[2]
1981	Jack Rhine	Florida	—	16–7	1 (Eastern)	42–17	[2]
1982	Jack Rhine (2)	Florida	—	14–8	1 (Eastern)	34–24–1	[2]
1983	Barry Shollenberger	Alabama	BA	14–7	1 (Western)	46–11	[2]
1984	Joe Arnold	Florida	—	18–4	1 (Eastern)	43–161	[2]
1985	Ron Polk* (2)	Mississippi State	BA	16–8	1 (Western)	50–15	[2]
1986	Skip Bertman*	LSU	BA	22–5	1 (Western)	49–09	[2]
1987	Steve Webber	Georgia	—	18–8	1 (Eastern)	42–21	[2]
1988	Joe Arnold (2)	Florida	—	21–6	1 (Eastern)	48–19–1	[2]
1989	Ron Polk* (3)	Mississippi State	—	20–5	1 (Western)	54–14	[2]
1990	Skip Bertman* (2)	LSU	—	20–7	1 (Western)	54–19‡	[2]
1991	Skip Bertman* (3)	LSU	CB	19–7	1 (Western)	55–18‡	[2]
1992	Skip Bertman* (4)	LSU	—	18–6	1 (Western)	50–16	[2]
1993	Skip Bertman* (5)	LSU	CB	18–8–1	1 (Western)	53–17–1‡	[2]
1994	Rod Delmonico	Tennessee	—	24–5	1 (Eastern)	52–14	[2]
1995	Rod Delmonico (2)	Tennessee	—	22–8	1 (Eastern)	54–16	[2]
1996	Skip Bertman* (6) Andy Lopez Jim Wells	LSU Florida Alabama	BA, CB CB —	20–10 20–10 20–10	1 (Western) 1 (Eastern)T 1 (Eastern)T	52–15‡ 50–18 50–19	[2]
1997	Skip Bertman* (7)	LSU	CB	22–7	1 (Western)	57–13‡	[2]
1998	Ray Tanner	South Carolina	—	19–10	2 (Eastern)	44–18	[2]
1999	Norm DeBriyn	Arkansas	—	22–8	1 (Western)	42–23	[2]
2000	Ray Tanner (2)	South Carolina	BA	25–5	1 (Eastern)	56–10	[2]
2001	Ron Polk* (4)	Georgia	—	20–10	1 (Eastern)	47–22	[2]
2002	Jim Wells (2)	Alabama	—	20–10	1 (Western)	51–15	[2]
2003	Smoke Laval	LSU	—	20–9–1	1 (Western)	45–22–1	[2]
2004	Dave Van Horn David Perno	Arkansas Georgia	— BA	19–11 19–11	1 (Western) 1 (Eastern)	45–24 45–23	[2]
2005	Pat McMahon	Florida	—	20–10	1 (Eastern)	48–23	[2]
2006	John Cohen	Kentucky	—	20–10	1 (Eastern)	44–17	[2]
2007	Tim Corbin	Vanderbilt	—	22–8	1 (Eastern)	54–13	[2]
2008	David Perno (2)	Georgia	—	20–9–1	1 (Eastern)	45–25–1	[2]
2009	Paul Mainieri	LSU	BA, CB	20–10	1 (Western)	56–17‡	[2]
2010	Kevin O'Sullivan	Florida	—	22–8	1 (Eastern)	43–21	[2]
2011	Ray Tanner (3)	South Carolina	CB	22–8	1 (Eastern)	55–14‡	[2]
2012	Gary Henderson	Kentucky	—	45–18	3 (Eastern)	45–18	[2]
2013	Tim Corbin (2)	Vanderbilt	—	26–3	1 (Eastern)	54–12	[3]
2014	Kevin O'Sullivan (2)	Florida	—	21–9	1 (Eastern)	40–23	[4]
2015	Paul Mainieri (2)	LSU	BA, CB	20–10	1 (Western)	56–17
2016	John Cohen (2)	Mississippi State	-	21–9	1 (Western)	46–16–1
2017	Nick Mingione	Kentucky	-	19–11	2 (Eastern)	43–23	[5]
2018	Kevin O'Sullivan (3)	Florida	-	20–10	1 (Eastern)	49–21
2019	Tim Corbin (3)	Vanderbilt	-	23–7	1 (Eastern)	49–10	[6]
2021	Dave Van Horn (2)	Arkansas	-	22–8	1 (West)	50–13	[7]
2022	Tony Vitello	Tennessee	–	22–5	1 (East)	57–9
2023	Dave Van Horn (3)	Arkansas	–	20–10	1 (West)	43–18	[8]
2024	Nick Mingione (2)	Kentucky	–	22–8	1 (East)	39–12	[9]
2025	Jim Schlossnagle	Texas	–	22–8	1	–	[10]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
LSU (1932)	15	1939, 1943, 1946, 1961, 1975, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2009, 2015
Alabama (1932)	14	1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1950, 1955, 1968, 1983, 1996, 2002
Florida (1932)	12	1952, 1956, 1962, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2005, 2010, 2014, 2018
Mississippi State (1932)	10	1948, 1949, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1985, 1989, 2016
Georgia (1932)	7	1933, 1953, 1954, 1987, 2001, 2004, 2008
Auburn (1932)	6	1937, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1976, 1978
Ole Miss (1932)	6	1959, 1960, 1964, 1969, 1972, 1977
Vanderbilt (1932)	6	1973, 1974, 1980, 2007, 2013, 2019
Arkansas (1991)	4	1999, 2004, 2021, 2023
Kentucky (1932)	4	2006, 2012, 2017, 2024
Tennessee (1932)	4	1951, 1994, 1995, 2022
South Carolina (1991)	3	1998, 2000, 2011
Georgia Techa (1932)	1	1957
Texas (2024)	1	2025

Footnotes

• ^a Georgia Tech left the Southeastern Conference in 1964.
• ^b Tulane left the Southeastern Conference in 1966.

See also

• Southeastern Conference Baseball Player of the Year
• Southeastern Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year
• Southeastern Conference Baseball Freshman of the Year