Jim Schlossnagle (born August 12, 1970) is an American

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coach and former

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, who is the current head baseball coach of the

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. He played

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at Elon from 1986 to 1989 for head coach Rick Jones. He then served as the head coach of the

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(2002–2003) and the

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(2004–2021). Schlossnagle has been named a National Coach of the Year by the

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in 2010 and by

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in 2016, and he has won 8 conference Coach of the Year awards in his 16-year head coaching career.

Early life and career

Schlossnagle grew up in

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, and attended Smithsburg schools. Schlossnagle graduated magna cum laude from

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, where he pitched for the Fightin' Christians' 1989 NAIA

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team and also began his coaching career in 1990 as a pitching coach. After three seasons on the staff at Elon, Schlossnagle spent 1993 on the staff at Clemson before accepting the Associate Head Coach position at

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in 1994. He spent eight years at Tulane, including a trip to the

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in 2001.

UNLV

In 2002, Schlossnagle was hired as the head coach at

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. A year later, he led the Rebels to a 47–17 record, which included winning both the regular season title and conference tournament in the

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, as well as the Rebel's first

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Tournament bid since 1996.

TCU

On August 9, 2003, Schlossnagle was named the head coach at TCU, whose baseball program had just completed its first year in the brand-new

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. During his first season in Fort Worth, 2004, he led the Horned Frogs to a then-school record 39 wins and a

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Tournament Championship, clinching their first NCAA bid since 1994. In 2005 and 2006, the Horned Frogs won their second and third consecutive conference tournament championships (2006 was in the Mountain West), which went along with two more NCAA Regional appearances. Only to finish behind Jack Connell in all-time wins. In his first three years at TCU, Schlossnagle coached four players who appeared on All-America teams: Robbie Findlay (Honorable Mention in 2004),

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(1st Team in 2005),

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(2nd Team in 2006) and Chad Huffman (3rd Team in 2006). Schlossnagle became the winningest coach in TCU baseball history on February 21, 2016, with his 518th win. He is the only coach to lead TCU to the College World Series, having led them to Omaha five times (2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017). During his tenure in Fort Worth, Schlossnagle has won three National Coach of the Year Awards, two in 2010 and one in 2016.

Texas A&M

On June 9, 2021, Schlossnagle was named the head baseball coach of the

. In his first season, he led the Aggies to the SEC West division championship and the College World Series.

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Schlossnagle's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.

References

External links

TCU profile
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