Gene Stephenson

Gene Stephenson

• School University of Missouri
• High School Guthrie High School

• Born ~1946

Biographical Information

Gene Stephenson has been head baseball coach at Wichita State University since 1977. During his tenure, the team has reached the College World Series seven times, winning the title in 1989. He was also named Baseball America Coach of the Year in 1982 and 1993. After 36 years, WSU fired Stephenson in 2013 [1]. Stephenson was 1,837-673-3 with the Shockers.

Going to college on a football scholarship, Gene took up baseball as a sophomore, once leading the Big Eight Conference in average. After three years in the military (one in Vietnam) and five years as an assistant at University of Oklahoma, he became head coach at WSU and built up the program into a powerhouse. One of his first major recruits was his brother, Phil Stephenson.

Source: WSU Bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1978	Wichita State University	43-30-1		MVC
1979	Wichita State University	65-15	10-2	MVC
1980	Wichita State University	53-12-1	7-1	MVC / CWS Regionals
1981	Wichita State University	56-15	15-1	MVC / CWS Regionals
1982	Wichita State University	73-14	16-0	MVC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1983	Wichita State University	55-18	7-1	MVC / CWS Regionals
1984	Wichita State University	40-22	7-7	MVC
1985	Wichita State University	68-20	15-5	MVC / CWS Regionals
1986	Wichita State University	45-18	12-8	MVC
1987	Wichita State University	59-20	13-7	MVC / CWS Regionals
1988	Wichita State University	56-16-1	16-4	MVC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1989	Wichita State University	68-16	13-5	MVC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1990	Wichita State University	45-19	14-6	MVC / CWS Regionals
1991	Wichita State University	66-13	21-3	MVC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1992	Wichita State University	56-11	18-3	MVC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1993	Wichita State University	58-17	17-3	MVC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1994	Wichita State University	45-17	19-2	MVC / CWS Regionals
1995	Wichita State University	53-17	24-8	MVC / CWS Regionals
1996	Wichita State University	54-11	24-4	MVC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1997	Wichita State University	51-18	21-7	MVC / CWS Regionals
1998	Wichita State University	56-7	26-1	MVC / CWS Regionals
1999	Wichita State University	59-14	24-7	MVC / CWS Regionals
2000	Wichita State University	44-21	24-8	MVC / CWS Regionals
2001	Wichita State University	42-24	21-11	MVC
2002	Wichita State University	47-17	23-9	MVC / CWS Regionals
2003	Wichita State University	49-27	19-13	MVC / CWS Regionals
2004	Wichita State University	49-16	28-4	MVC / CWS Regionals
2005	Wichita State University	51-24	16-8	MVC / CWS Regionals
2006	Wichita State University	46-2	15-9	MVC / CWS Regionals
2007	Wichita State University	53-22	20-4	MVC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2008	Wichita State University	48-17	19-5	MVC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2009	Wichita State University	30-27	11-7	MVC / CWS Regionals
2010	Wichita State University	41-19	15-6	MVC
2011*	Wichita State University	39-26	14-7	MVC
2012*	Wichita State University	35-25	12-9	MVC
2013	Wichita State University	39-28	15-6	MVC / CWS Regionals

* NCAA later revoked many of WSU's wins. Official records now 0-26 (0-6) in 2011 and 5-25 (0-9) in 2012.