George Horton

George Horton

• School Cerritos College, California State University, Fullerton
• High School Downey (CA) High School

• Born October 5, 1953

Biographical Information

George Horton played at Cerritos College under coach Wally Kincaid in the 1972 and 1973 seasons, winning a CCCAA state championship as a player in 1973. He then transferred to Cal State Fullerton where he played for Augie Garrido for the 1974 and 1975 seasons. He was an all-conference player both years while also being on the first Fullerton team to go to the College World Series in 1975.

Following his playing career, Horton was an assistant at Cerritos in 1976-1977 and at Los Angeles Valley College in 1978-1980. He went back to Cerritos as assistant through 1984, then took over as head coach in 1985. As a head coach at Cerritos, he led the Falcons to three state titles; 1985, 1987, & 1989.

Horton was an assistant at Cal State Fullerton under Augie Garrido from 1991 to 1996, and served as head coach there from 1997 through the 2006 season. He led the Titans to five College World Series appearances and the 2004 national title. On September 1, 2007 he accepted the head coaching job at the University of Oregon, a Pac-10 school that was reinstating baseball after a twenty-six year absence. The Ducks resumed play under his leadership in the 2009 season and he remained there through 2019. Horton planned to sit out the 2020 season, but agreed to join the Orange Coast College staff after head coach John Altobelli passed away in a helicopter accident. Altobelli's son, J.J. Altobelli, had played and coached for Horton at Oregon.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1985	Cerritos College	39-5		State Champion
1986	Cerritos College	24-14
1987	Cerritos College	46-5		State Champion
1988	Cerritos College	38-13		State Finals
1989	Cerritos College	43-9		State Champion
1990	Cerritos College	36-7
1997	California State University, Fullerton	39-24-1	21-9	Big West / CWS Regionals
1998	California State University, Fullerton	47-17	25-5	Big West / CWS Regionals
1999	California State University, Fullerton	50-14	25-5	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2000	California State University, Fullerton	38-21	21-9	CWS Regionals
2001	California State University, Fullerton	48-18	14-4	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2002	California State University, Fullerton	37-22	14-10	CWS Regionals
2003	California State University, Fullerton	50-16	15-6	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2004	California State University, Fullerton	47-22	19-2	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2005	California State University, Fullerton	46-18	16-5	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2006	California State University, Fullerton	50-15	18-3	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2007	California State University, Fullerton	38-25	10-11	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2009	University of Oregon	14-42	4-23
2010	University of Oregon	40-24	13-14	CWS Regionals
2011	University of Oregon	33-26-1	11-16
2012	University of Oregon	46-19	16-11	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2013	University of Oregon	48-16	22-8	CWS Regionals
2014	University of Oregon	44-20	18-12	CWS Regionals
2015	University of Oregon	38-25	16-14	CWS Regionals
2016	University of Oregon	29-26	14-16
2017	University of Oregon	30-25	12-18
2018	University of Oregon	26-29	12-18
2019	University of Oregon	27-29	10-19