Jim Brownlee

Jim Brownlee

• School Illinois State University

• Born ~1948

Biographical Information

Jim Brownlee coached college baseball for 30 years.

Brownlee served in the military after he finished college. He was assistant coach at Illinois State, his alma mater, in 1975-1976 and coached at Princeton Community High School for five years. [1] He also managed the Galesburg team in the Central Illinois Collegiate League. From 1980-2002, he was head coach at University of Evansville. He started 7-37-1 his first year, then improved to 26 wins in 1981. He was named Conference Coach of the Year in 1983, 1984, 1985 and 2000. He won 701 games in his 23 years at Evansville, with several 40-win seasons. He then returned to Illinois State as head coach from 2003-2009, going 132-185 his first six years, before retiring. He coached Andy Benes in college.

Source: Illinois State bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1980	University of Evansville	7-37-1
1981	University of Evansville	26-24	3-5
1982	University of Evansville	21-41	0-8
1983	University of Evansville	25-20-1	2-6
1984	University of Evansville	33-28-1	7-5
1985	University of Evansville	38-26	7-5	Midwestern
1986	University of Evansville	24-30	4-2	Midwestern
1987	University of Evansville	29-30	5-7	Midwestern
1988	University of Evansville	44-0	11-1	Midwestern / CWS Regionals
1989	University of Evansville	30-26	12-3	Midwestern
1990	University of Evansville	27-25	11-3	Midwestern
1991	University of Evansville	40-18-1	19-5	Midwestern
1992	University of Evansville	32-28	14-5	Midwestern
1993	University of Evansville	43-18	19-8	Midwestern
1994	University of Evansville	31-28	10-8	Midwestern
1995	University of Evansville	32-25	18-13	MVC
1996	University of Evansville	31-24	14-13	MVC
1997	University of Evansville	29-30	13-19	MVC
1998	University of Evansville	28-30	13-18	MVC
1999	University of Evansville	32-25-1	17-13	MVC
2000	University of Evansville	41-22	19-12	MVC / CWS Regionals
2001	University of Evansville	36-21	17-11	MVC
2002	University of Evansville	22-33	12-20
2003	Illinois State University	23-29	14-17
2004	Illinois State University	21-34	11-21
2005	Illinois State University	26-27	9-15
2006	Illinois State University	20-33	10-14
2007	Illinois State University	20-32	8-16
2008	Illinois State University	22-30	6-18
2009	Illinois State University	25-23	11-11	MVC