Gary Vaught

Gary Vaught

• School Central State University
• High School Norman High School

Biographical Information

Gary Vaught has been a longtime coach.

Vaught began his college career at Connors State Junior College, going 305-57 from 1980-1984. They finished 9th in the country in 1984. He was head coach at Kansas State University in 1985-1986 and was named Big Eight Conference Coach of the Year in '85. He coached Oral Roberts University to a 114-66 record from 1987-1989.

Vaught spent time as athletic director for Oklahoma City public schools and football coach at Mounds High School.

Vaught took over the University of Indianapolis in 1995. He took his team to their first Division II College World Series, finishing third in 2000. Through 2009, his record at Indianapolis is 511-345-2. He stepped down after 2018 with a 975-666-2 record. He became head coach of Lake Erie College in 2020.

He helped develop Mark Leiter, Bob Zupcic and Jim Crowell.

Source: Indianapolis bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1980	Connors State College
1981	Connors State College
1982	Connors State College
1983	Connors State College
1984	Connors State College
1985	Kansas State University	29-33	8-14
1986	Kansas State University	24-34	5-19
1987	Oral Roberts University	48-19	8-0	CWS Regionals
1988	Oral Roberts University	30-29
1989	Oral Roberts University	36-18
1995	University of Indianapolis	19-35-1	7-11
1996	University of Indianapolis	25-20	14-12
1997	University of Indianapolis	38-17	14-12
1998	University of Indianapolis	39-14	17-5	Division II Regionals
1999	University of Indianapolis	38-19-1	19-8	Division II Regionals
2000	University of Indianapolis	42-23	19-8	Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2001	University of Indianapolis	51-15	24-3	Division II Regionals
2002	University of Indianapolis	31-21	18-10
2003	University of Indianapolis	39-22	17-13	Division II Regionals
2004	University of Indianapolis	22-33	15-25
2005	University of Indianapolis	23-33	14-26
2006	University of Indianapolis	35-24	27-20
2007	University of Indianapolis	29-27	22-16
2008	University of Indianapolis	37-21	20-12
2009	University of Indianapolis	43-21	24-8	Division II Regionals
2010	University of Indianapolis	35-22	19-9	Division II Regionals
2011	University of Indianapolis	29-19	18-18
2012	University of Indianapolis	46-16	26-8	Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2013	University of Indianapolis	27-20	19-17
2014	University of Indianapolis	30-25	23-13	Division II Regionals
2015	University of Indianapolis	34-19	26-10
2016	University of Indianapolis	38-21	17-11	Division II Regionals
2017	University of Indianapolis	27-23	11-17
2018	University of Indianapolis	31-23	10-14
2020	Lake Erie College	3-6-1	0-0
2021	Lake Erie College	8-29	6-24