Butch McBroom

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Marvin W. McBroom

Biographical Information[edit]

Butch McBroom was National Baseball Congress player of the year in 1966 and an all Southwest Conference catcher at Baylor. After graduation he an assistant coach at Baylor and coached at various Texas high schools. [1] He was then 48-17 as head coach of Union University (1972-1973) then was 756–686–1 at the University of Texas at Arlington from 1974-1999. He coached John Lackey, Dave Owen and Steve Foster at Arlington. His number 30 was the first one to be retired by Texas-Arlington's baseball program. He then moved into an administrative role with UTA, serving as the department's Director of Development until 2004.

McBroom was previously a cancer survivor who had his leg amputated due to the disease in 1983.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record[edit]

Year School Overall Record Conference Record Notes
1972 Union University 27-8 Division II Regionals
1973 Union University 21-9 NAIA District Tournaments
1974 University of Texas at Arlington 23-28 3-12
1975 University of Texas at Arlington 22-27 6-9
1976 University of Texas at Arlington 29-21 7-8
1977 University of Texas at Arlington 14-39 4-10
1978 University of Texas at Arlington 34-27-1 9-11
1979 University of Texas at Arlington 21-28 7-13
1980 University of Texas at Arlington 35-25 10-5
1981 University of Texas at Arlington 38-23 9-4
1982 University of Texas at Arlington 37-20 4-8
1983 University of Texas at Arlington 30-23 8-8
1984 University of Texas at Arlington 30-20 10-2
1985 University of Texas at Arlington 35-26 8-9
1986 University of Texas at Arlington 30-26 12-5
1987 University of Texas at Arlington 32-26
1988 University of Texas at Arlington 33-22 10-9
1989 University of Texas at Arlington 33-23 11-7
1990 University of Texas at Arlington 31-30 11-5 CWS Regionals
1991 University of Texas at Arlington 32-22 8-6
1992 University of Texas at Arlington 40-15 16-5 CWS Regionals
1993 University of Texas at Arlington 34-20 17-6 Southland
1994 University of Texas at Arlington 25-29 13-11
1995 University of Texas at Arlington 27-32 14-10 Southland
1996 University of Texas at Arlington 23-35 13-17 Southland
1997 University of Texas at Arlington 22-35 12-17 Southland
1998 University of Texas at Arlington 20-29 9-13
1999 University of Texas at Arlington 26-35 14-13 Southland


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