BYU Cougars baseball

BYU Cougars baseball
BYU Cougars baseball
2024 BYU Cougars baseball team
Founded	1909
University	Brigham Young University
Athletic director	Tom Holmoe
Head coach	Trent Pratt (3rd season)
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Location	Provo, Utah
Home stadium	Larry H. Miller Field ; (Capacity: 2,204)
Nickname	Cougars
Colors	Blue and white;
College World Series appearances
	1968, 1971
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1958, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2017
Conference tournament champions
	Western Athletic Conference; 1983, 1985, 1988, 1994; Mountain West Conference; 2001, 2002; West Coast Conference; 2017
Regular season conference champions
	Mountain States Conference; 1949, 1952, 1958, 1961; Western Athletic Conference; 1968, 1971, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994; Mountain West Conference; 2001; West Coast Conference; 2016, 2017, 2019

The BYU Cougars baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, United States.^[2] The team is a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. BYU's first baseball team was fielded in 1908. The team plays its home games at Larry H. Miller Field in Provo, Utah. The Cougars are coached by Trent Pratt.

Head coaches

Year(s)	Coach	Seasons	Overall record	Pct
1908	Clayton Teetzel	1
1909, 11–12	Fred Bennion	3
1914–15	Dell Webb	2
1918, 20	E.L. Roberts	2
1948	Stan Watts	1	3–0	1.000
1949–51	Wayne Soffe	3	19–13–1	.591
1952–55	Dave Crowton	4	33–28	.541
1956	Wayne Tucker	1	9–8	.529
1957–59	Jay VanNoy	3	50–24–1	.673
1960–76	Glen Tuckett	17	445–256–4	.634
1977–99	Gary Pullins	23	913–462–6	.663
2000–12	Vance Law	13	397–348–2	.539
2013–2022	Mike Littlewood	10	262–208	.557
2022–present	Trent Pratt	3	61–68	.473

Season results

Year	Coach	Overall record	Conference record	Conference standing	Postseason
1956	Wayne Tucker	9–8
1957	Jay VanNoy	7–10
1958	Jay VanNoy	13–5			CWS*
1959	Jay VanNoy	14–6
1960	Glen Tuckett	12–13
1961	Glen Tuckett	27–6–1
1962	Glen Tuckett	26–10			NCAA First Round
		108-58-1
Western Athletic Conference 1963–1999
1963	Glen Tuckett	22–12–1	7–1	1st Northern	—
1964	Glen Tuckett	16–16	5–5	2nd Northern	—
1965	Glen Tuckett	23–15	4–8	3rd Northern	—
1966	Glen Tuckett	22–16–1	6–6	2nd Northern	—
1967	Glen Tuckett	33–14	8–4	1st Northern	—
1968	Glen Tuckett	31–17	8–4	1st Northern	CWS Elite Eight
1969	Glen Tuckett	30–15	13–5	1st Northern	—
1970	Glen Tuckett	31–14–1	14–3	1st Northern	—
1971	Glen Tuckett	32–16	12–4	1st Northern	CWS Elite Eight
1972	Glen Tuckett	33–15	12–6	1st Northern	—
1973	Glen Tuckett	30–20	13–5	1st Northern	—
1974	Glen Tuckett	19–17	12–5	1st Northern	—
1975	Glen Tuckett	22–19	15–1	1st Northern	—
1976	Glen Tuckett	26–21	15–3	1st Northern	—
1977	Gary Pullins	35–17	16–2	1st Northern	—
1978	Gary Pullins	37–15	16–2	1st Northern	—
1979	Gary Pullins	50–25–1	16–1	1st Northern	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1980	Gary Pullins	41–18	14–3	1st Northern	NCAA Second Round
1981	Gary Pullins	46–24	21–3	1st Northern	NCAA First Round
1982	Gary Pullins	43–16	20–4	1st Northern	—
1983	Gary Pullins	54–11	23–1	1st Northern	NCAA First Round
1984	Gary Pullins	42–17	18–5	1st Northern	—
1985	Gary Pullins	44–29	18–5	1st Northern	NCAA Second Round
1986	Gary Pullins	34–18–2	14–10	3rd Western	—
1987	Gary Pullins	42–22	20–4	1st Eastern	—
1988	Gary Pullins	41–18–1	20–5–1	2nd	NCAA Second Round
1989	Gary Pullins	47–20	21–7	1st	NCAA First Round
1990	Gary Pullins	43–25–1	20–7–1	2nd	NCAA Third Round
1991	Gary Pullins	35–15	16–7	3rd	—
1992	Gary Pullins	38–19	17–9	3rd	—
1993	Gary Pullins	39–18	16–6	1st East	—
1994	Gary Pullins	37–20	16–7	1st East	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1995	Gary Pullins	36–25–1	22–8	1st East	—
1996	Gary Pullins	38–19	20–8	1st East	—
1997	Gary Pullins	37–18	21–9	2nd North	—
1998	Gary Pullins	29–24	13–17	2nd North	—
1999	Gary Pullins	26–31	12–17	9th	—
		1164-691-9
Mountain West Conference 2000–2011
2000	Vance Law	29–29	15–15	3rd	—
2001	Vance Law	38–22	21–8	1st	NCAA First Round
2002	Vance Law	31–31–1	15–14	3rd	NCAA Regional Finals
2003	Vance Law	30–24	18–12	2nd	—
2004	Vance Law	28–30	18–12	4th	—
2005	Vance Law	39–19–1	21–9	2nd	—
2006	Vance Law	33–28	14–8	2nd	—
2007	Vance Law	37–20	17–7	2nd	—
2008	Vance Law	22–36	10–14	4th	—
2009	Vance Law	30–24	14–8	3rd	—
2010	Vance Law	27–31	12–12	4th	—
2011	Vance Law	31–27	11–12	3rd	—
		375-321-2
West Coast Conference (2012–2023)
2012	Vance Law	22–27	10–14	7th	—
2013	Mike Littlewood	33–21	15–9	2nd	—
2014	Mike Littlewood	22–31	12–15	7th	—
2015	Mike Littlewood	28–26	16–11	3rd	—
2016	Mike Littlewood	37–17	18–10	1st	—
2017	Mike Littlewood	38–21	20–7	1st	NCAA Second Round
2018	Mike Littlewood	22–28	11–16	10th	—
2019	Mike Littlewood	36–17	19–8	1st	—
2020	Mike Littlewood	7–9	0–0	—	—
2021	Mike Littlewood	23–27	15–12	4th	—
2022	Mike Littlewood	17–12	6–6	—	—
2022	Trent Pratt	16–9	10–5	4th	—
2023	Trent Pratt	24–28	13–14	7th	—
		301–245
Big 12 Conference (2024–)
2024	Trent Pratt	21-31	7-23	13th	—
		0–0
Totals		1969–1346–12

BYU advanced to the 1958 College World Series but withdrew due to the university's no-Sunday play policy.^[3]

Notable former players

References

^ "Colors". Brigham Young University Publications and Graphics. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^ "BYU Cougars". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
^ "BYU Cougars". magazine.byu.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-07.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Colors". Brigham Young University Publications and Graphics. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[baseball-2] "BYU Cougars". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2014-02-18.

[3] "BYU Cougars". magazine.byu.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-07.

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v t e BYU Cougars baseball
Venue	Larry H. Miller Field (2001–present)
People	Head Coaches
Seasons	1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921–1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
College World Series appearances in italics

v t e Big 12 Conference baseball
Current teams	Arizona Wildcats Arizona State Sun Devils Baylor Bears BYU Cougars Cincinnati Bearcats Houston Cougars Kansas Jayhawks Kansas State Wildcats Oklahoma State Cowboys TCU Horned Frogs Texas Tech Red Raiders UCF Knights Utah Utes West Virginia Mountaineers
Championships & awards	Tournament Major awards Player of the Year Pitcher of the Year Coach of the Year Freshman of the Year Newcomer of the Year