Sunny Golloway (born in

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) is the head baseball coach at

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( Ada, Okla.). His most recent stint as head baseball coach of a NCAA Division I institution was at

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. He was fired September 27, 2015. He succeeded coach John Pawlowski. Golloway was hired by Auburn University on June 14, 2013. Prior to becoming the head coach of Auburn, he was the head coach at

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Coaching career

Oral Roberts

Golloway took over the

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baseball program in 1996 and saw their transition from a Division I Independent to a member of the

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in 1998. During his time with the university, the baseball team participated in NCAA Regionals from 1998 to 2003. Also during that same stretch, the Golden Eagles won the Mid-Continent Conference regular season and tournament championships. Golloway was also voted by his coaching peers as the Conference Coach of the Year in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2002. He compiled a 335–156 (.682) total record while with Oral Roberts and averaged 42 wins per season.

Oklahoma

Golloway returned to the

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in 2004 as an assistant, but he was named interim head coach for the Sooners during the 2005 season and eventually was named permanent head coach. Golloway and the Sooners made it to the NCAA Tournament in all but one of his nine seasons, with 2007 being the exception. The Sooners also made it to the Super Regional round of play in 2006. In 2010, the Sooners made it the

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for the first time since 1995 and defeated the

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in the opening round. However, losses to Clemson and South Carolina in later rounds eliminated the Sooners. Golloway and the Sooners returned to the Super Regionals in 2012 and 2013, and they won the 2013

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tournament title, which was only the second one in school history. During his time at Oklahoma, Golloway compiled a total record of 346–181–1 and a record of 116–97–1 in conference play. In his eight full seasons as head coach, Golloway averaged 41.75 wins per season.

Auburn

Auburn University from the

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hired Golloway after the 2013 season to take over their baseball program. His team went 28–28 (10–20 SEC) during the 2014 season, finishing 13th in the 14-team Southeastern Conference and missing the SEC Tournament. His 2015 team finished ninth in the SEC at 36–26 overall (13–17 SEC) and earned a bid to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional. He was fired on September 27, 2015 and Auburn denied him the $1.25 million buyout due under his contract, claiming the firing was

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. Golloway sued for

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and, after being cleared of any NCAA rules violations, he and Auburn reached a settlement in January 2018.

OK Instructs

After leaving Auburn, Golloway operated OK Instructs, a baseball academy, with Oklahoma native

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Moore High School

On May 31, 2019, Moore High School in

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announced that it was hiring Golloway as a history teacher and head baseball coach.

East Central University

of the Div. II

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announced the hiring of Golloway on May 25, 2022.

Head coaching record

Personal

Golloway is of Hawaiian heritage. Born in Springfield, Mo., he grew up in Stillwater, Okla., and graduated from Stillwater High School in 1979. He attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Junior College in Miami, Okla., for one year before transferring to Oklahoma Christian College where he received his bachelor's degree in business in 1984. He has also done graduate work at the University of Central Oklahoma and the University of Oklahoma. He is an Oklahoma history teacher at Moore Highschool (MHS) Golloway's wife Charlotte passed away in 2021 after a battle with cancer. She is survived by their three children: Sunni Kate, Taylor, and Callen.

Notes

References

External links

Official biography at SoonerSports.com
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