Bob Hannah

Bob Hannah

• School University of Delaware

Biographical Information

Bob Hannah was 1,053-463-6 as head coach of the University of Delaware from 1965-2000. He set the school record for wins (regardless of sport), won 22 conference titles, 9 conference Coach of the Year honors and took the team to the 1970 College World Series. He was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (1991), University of Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame (2003) and Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame (2019). He coached several future major leaguers, including Kevin Mench and Tommy Herr.

Hannah was the head coach of Delaware's freshman team in 1963-1964, and he co-authored "University of Delaware Baseball Notebook" with Tubby Raymond in 1964. The 85 page book has chapters on fundamentals for hitting pitching and fielding at each position.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1965	University of Delaware	12-9-1
1966	University of Delaware	10-13
1967	University of Delaware	10-9
1968	University of Delaware	15-8
1969	University of Delaware	15-9	7-3
1970	University of Delaware	22-6	9-1	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1971	University of Delaware	16-6	7-3
1972	University of Delaware	15-13	4-6
1973	University of Delaware	25-6	9-1
1974	University of Delaware	25-8-1	8-2
1975	University of Delaware	28-6	7-1
1976	University of Delaware	31-19	9-1
1977	University of Delaware	32-18	9-3	ECC
1978	University of Delaware	33-17	10-3	ECC / CWS Regionals
1979	University of Delaware	38-14	10-2	ECC / CWS Regionals
1980	University of Delaware	33-13	11-1	ECC / CWS Regionals
1981	University of Delaware	33-16	12-1	ECC
1982	University of Delaware	38-9-1	10-3	ECC / CWS Regionals
1983	University of Delaware	37-16	12-2	ECC / CWS Regionals
1984	University of Delaware	24-16-1	7-5	ECC
1985	University of Delaware	37-11-1	12-2	ECC
1986	University of Delaware	28-12-1	10-4	ECC
1987	University of Delaware	24-18	11-3	ECC
1988	University of Delaware	35-12	11-3	ECC
1989	University of Delaware	20-21	11-3	ECC
1990	University of Delaware	26-11	12-2	ECC
1991	University of Delaware	34-8	15-3	ECC
1992	University of Delaware	39-14	20-8	CWS Regionals
1993	University of Delaware	28-21	14-12	North Atlantic
1994	University of Delaware	41-13	20-2	North Atlantic
1995	University of Delaware	45-14	19-3	North Atlantic
1996	University of Delaware	44-12	19-5	North Atlantic / CWS Regionals
1997	University of Delaware	45-10	19-3	America East
1998	University of Delaware	43-10	22-2	America East / CWS Regionals
1999	University of Delaware	35-25	19-9	America East / CWS Regionals
2000	University of Delaware	37-20	19-5	America East / CWS Regionals