Adam Lane Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 I thought this was timely given our recruiting bonanza given how he is turning the program around. Did not see a previous thread on this. If I missed it, please delete. AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Baseball Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle is one of eight coaches named to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class, the organization announced Wednesday. Schlossnagle and the seven other members of the ABCA Hall of Fame Class of 2025 will be honored and inducted at the ABCA Hall of Fame Banquet, which will be held Friday, January 3, 2025, during the 81st annual ABCA Convention at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Induction to the ABCA Hall of Fame is the highest honor bestowed by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Schlossnagle is joined by four other Longhorn greats in receiving the honor. Billy Disch, Bibb Falk, Cliff Gustafson and Augie Garrido were all inducted into the ABCA Halll of Fame. For his career, Schlossnagle has amassed a 946-455 (.675) record over 23 seasons as a head coach, which included an 18-year stint at TCU, three seasons at Texas A&M and two seasons at UNLV. In addition to leading the Aggies to their best-ever finish in Omaha in 2024, Schlossnagle guided his A&M teams to a combined 135-62 (.685) record, capturing the SEC Western Division title and leading his team to the College World Series in 2022 during his first year at the helm. Previously, Schlossnagle skippered TCU's baseball program from 2004 to 2021, amassing a 734-346 (.680) record and becoming the all-time winningest coach in the program's history. Under his leadership, TCU made 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, reached seven Super Regionals, and advanced to the College World Series five times. Before TCU, he coached at UNLV for two seasons, achieving a 77-47 (.621) record and securing an NCAA Tournament berth. Schlossnagle's accolades include being named National Coach of the Year by the NCBWA in 2010, Baseball America's National Coach of the Year in 2016, Big 12 Coach of the Year in 2015, and seven times earning Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year honors. The 33-year ABCA member also served as ABCA President in 2023 and remains an active member of the Association's Board of Directors. He also serves on several ABCA Committees including the Competition Committee, College Playing Rules Committee and Executive Committee. Schlossnagle's early career included successful stints as an associate head coach at Tulane, where he helped the team to six NCAA Regional appearances, and assistant coaching roles at Clemson and Elon. He also coached the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in 2013 and served as an assistant coach for Team USA in 2016. ABCA Hall of Fame Class of 2025 Rich Alday, University of New Mexico Dave Jarvis, Belmont University (Tenn.) Dave Johnson, Ephrata (Wash.) High School Costa "Pop" Kittles, Florida A&M University Charlie Migl, St. Mary's University (Texas) Dunn Muramaru, Mid-Pacific Institute (Hawaii) Jim Schlossnagle, University of Texas Larry Turner, Owasso (Okla.) High School 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaHorn Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Thank you for posting this. This graphic is wildly out of date, but he also has a pretty stellar coaching tree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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