Todd Ross Whitting (born June 13, 1972) is an American
college baseball
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coach and former player who currently serves as the head coach of the
Houston Cougars baseball team. Prior to his current position, Whitting served as associate head coach for the
TCU Horned Frogs
The TCU Horned Frogs are the athletic teams that represent Texas Christian University. The 18 varsity teams participate in NCAA Division I and in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for football, competing mostly in the Big 12 Conference. The sc ...
under
Jim Schlossnagle
Jim Schlossnagle (born August 12, 1970) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Texas A&M Aggies. He played college baseball at Elon from 1986 to 1989 for head coach Rick Jones. He then se ...
, where the team made their first
College World Series
The College World Series (CWS), officially the NCAA Men's College World Series (MCWS), is an annual baseball tournament held in June in Omaha, Nebraska. The MCWS is the culmination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divisi ...
appearance.
Whitting spent all but one of the first 12 years of his adult life at Houston as a player or coach. From 1991 to 1995 (except for 1993, which was spent at
Navarro Junior College
Navarro College is a public community college in Texas with its main campus in Corsicana and branches in Fairfield, Mexia, Midlothian, and Waxahachie. The college has an annual student enrollment of more than 9,000 students.
The Corsican ...
), he played second base under Bragg Stockton and
Rayner Noble
James Rayner Noble (born August 7, 1961) is an American former baseball coach and player. He last served as NCAA Division I college baseball head coach at the University of Houston. In 13 years of coaching Houston Cougars baseball, he is the winn ...
. He graduated from Houston with a degree in
kinesiology
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.
He served as an assistant at Houston under Noble until 2003, when he left for TCU.
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Whitting's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.
See also
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List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches
The following is a list of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches. Currently, 297 programs compete at the Division I level in NCAA college baseball. Each program employs a head coach. The longest-tenured head coach is Tony Rossi, who has been ...
References
External links
Houston Cougars profile
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1972 births
Living people
Houston Cougars baseball players
Houston Cougars baseball coaches
Navarro Bulldogs baseball players
TCU Horned Frogs baseball coaches
Baseball coaches from Texas
Baseball players from Houston