Jack Smitheran

School Arizona State University

Jack Smitheran spent over 30 years as a college head coach. In 31 years at UC Riverside (1974-2004) he put up a 974-709-3 record. He coached the team to the 1977 and 1982 Division II titles. Under Smitheran the Highlanders also won 8 CCAA titles. He served as an assistant coach on the coach on the 2004 USA Baseball Team. In 2002 he was inducted into the ABCA Hall of Fame, and in 2004 UC Riverside inducted him into their Hall of Fame. He retired from UC Riverside in 2004. Smitheran then became a scouting adviser for the Seattle Mariners. In 2006 the school retired his number 2. Smitheran was also the head coach at Kansas State Teachers College from 1970-1973. Overall he posted a 1097-790-4 record.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1970	Kansas State Teachers College	32-16	14-5	NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments / NAIA CWS
1971	Kansas State Teachers College	33-19	10-1	NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1972	Kansas State Teachers College	30-16		NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1973	Kansas State Teachers College	28-10		NAIA District Tournaments
1974	University of California, Riverside	16-28
1975	University of California, Riverside	28-24	9-9	Division II Regionals
1976	University of California, Riverside	26-23	7-11
1977	University of California, Riverside	43-19	8-4	Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1978	University of California, Riverside	22-31	13-16
1979	University of California, Riverside	33-27-1
1980	University of California, Riverside	28-21
1981	University of California, Riverside	39-23	17-13	Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1982	University of California, Riverside	36-23	19-10	Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1983	University of California, Riverside	31-24	19-11
1984	University of California, Riverside	28-29-1	16-14
1985	University of California, Riverside	28-25	12-18
1986	University of California, Riverside	30-22	17-12
1987	University of California, Riverside	29-23	12-18
1988	University of California, Riverside	29-25	17-13
1989	University of California, Riverside	25-27	14-15
1990	University of California, Riverside	39-18	21-9	Division II Regionals
1991	University of California, Riverside	38-25	18-12	Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1992	University of California, Riverside	34-23	20-10	Division II Regionals
1993	University of California, Riverside	22-31	14-16
1994	University of California, Riverside	41-21	18-12	Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1995	University of California, Riverside	43-16	24-8	Division II Regionals
1996	University of California, Riverside	43-16	25-7	Division II Regionals
1997	University of California, Riverside	39-15	20-12
1998	University of California, Riverside	22-28	14-18
1999	University of California, Riverside	30-21	21-15
2000	University of California, Riverside	30-23	25-13
2001	University of California, Riverside	19-35
2002	University of California, Riverside	30-28	10-14
2003	University of California, Riverside	41-17	14-7	CWS Regionals
2004	University of California, Riverside	33-24	11-10

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