George Edward Horton (born October 5, 1953) is an American baseball coach. He was head coach of the

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and

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programs.

Playing career

Horton was born and raised in

Downey, California Downey is a city located in Southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is considered part of the Gateway Cities. The city is the birthplace of the Apollo space program. It is also the home of ...

and graduated from

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in 1971. He played on the

Cerritos College Cerritos College is a public community college in Norwalk, California. It offers degrees and certificates in 87 areas of study in nine divisions. History The college was founded in 1955. It was named after Rancho Los Cerritos, a local r ...

baseball team in 1972 and 1973 under coach Wally Kincaid. Horton then played two seasons under head coach

Augie Garrido August Edmun "Augie" Garrido Jr. (February 6, 1939 – March 15, 2018) was an American professional baseball player and coach in NCAA Division I college baseball, best known for his stints with the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball, Cal State ...

Cal State Fullerton California State University, Fullerton (CSUF or Cal State Fullerton) is a public university in Fullerton, California. With a total enrollment of more than 41,000, it has the largest student body of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) ...

in 1975 and 1976. He was on the Fullerton team that made the school's first appearance in the College World Series in

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Coaching career

Horton began his coaching career the same place he began his collegiate playing career,

. He coached there for two seasons before moving onto

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. From there he went back to Cerritos College as an assistant before eventually becoming the head coach. He was later hired by his former coach,

, to be an assistant at Cal State Fullerton. When Garrido left in 1996, Horton was hired to replace him. In 2003, Horton was named 2003 National Coach of the Year by Baseball America. In 2004, Horton would face off against his old boss in the 2004 College World Series championship series. The Fullerton Titans won the series and the national championship. In September 2007, Horton was named the head coach of the

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, which reinstated its baseball program starting in the 2009 season after being a club sport since 1982. In his first season at the helm of the Ducks the team was 14–42. In 2010, Horton led the Ducks to the

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Division I baseball Tournament for the first time since 1964. The 2010 Ducks baseball team finished the season with a 40–24 overall record. On May 28, 2019, Horton and Oregon mutually agreed to part ways.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Cal State Fullerton profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Horton, George 1953 births Living people Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball coaches Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball players Cerritos Falcons baseball coaches Cerritos Falcons baseball players Oregon Ducks baseball coaches People from Downey, California