Jim Gilligan

James P. Gilligan

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
• School Lamar University

• Born ~1946

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Biographical Information

Jim Gilligan has been a college coach, record-setting minor league manager and minor league coach and player.

He spent one year in the Detroit Tigers chain after college, going 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA in two games (one start) for the 1968 Batavia Trojans. He was 2 for 2 at the plate with a double.

Gilligan returned to Lamar as an assistant coach in 1970-1971. He then became head coach at Western New Mexico University in 1972. Gilligan then returned to his alma mater as head coach for the first of two stints, from 1973 to 1986.

Gilligan then went into pro ball. He was the pitching coach for the Salt Lake City Trappers in 1986, and managed the club in 1987. The club had a record 29-game winning streak, and Gilligan's jersey is part of a Hall of Fame exhibit honoring the streak. Over the next 4 years, he was the pitching coach of the Miami Miracle and the Taiwan national team, and worked for the Chinese Professional Baseball League, supplying foreign players.

Gilligan then returned to Lamar, where he was head coach from 1992 until retiring after the end of the 2016 season.

Sources include: Lamar University website.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1972	Western New Mexico University	10-10
1973	Lamar University	11-15	6-8
1974	Lamar University	23-21	9-6
1975	Lamar University	27-26	10-5
1976	Lamar University	35-15	10-5	CWS Regionals
1977	Lamar University	37-14-2	13-2	CWS Regionals
1978	Lamar University	40-15	14-6
1979	Lamar University	44-16-1	15-5	CWS Regionals
1980	Lamar University	46-22-2	14-1
1981	Lamar University	54-26	12-4	CWS Regionals
1982	Lamar University	36-26	13-3
1983	Lamar University	38-32	8-8
1984	Lamar University	45-22	16-2	CWS Regionals
1985	Lamar University	35-24	15-2	CWS Regionals
1986	Lamar University	33-23	9-6
1992	Lamar University	32-21	10-9	Sun Belt
1993	Lamar University	44-18	13-5	Sun Belt / CWS Regionals
1994	Lamar University	36-23	16-8	Sun Belt
1995	Lamar University	38-24	16-11	Sun Belt / CWS Regionals
1996	Lamar University	26-29	11-16
1997	Lamar University	32-19-1	13-11	Sun Belt
1998	Lamar University	26-27	15-9	Sun Belt
1999	Lamar University	34-21	12-14
2000	Lamar University	27-27	11-16
2001	Lamar University	37-24	13-14	Southland
2002	Lamar University	36-24	16-11	Southland / CWS Regionals
2003	Lamar University	40-18	20-6	Southland / CWS Regionals
2004	Lamar University	41-16	18-8	Southland / CWS Regionals
2005	Lamar University	38-23	16-11	Southland
2006	Lamar University	35-23	19-11	Southland
2007	Lamar University	34-25	20-10	Southland
2008	Lamar University	35-23	20-10	Southland
2009	Lamar University	38-22	20-13	Southland
2010	Lamar University	35-26	16-17	Southland / CWS Regionals
2011	Lamar University	29-27	15-18	Southland
2012	Lamar University	22-30	14-19
2013	Lamar University	39-20	15-12	Southland
2014	Lamar University	31-25	16-14	Southland
2015	Lamar University	21-31	10-19
2016	Lamar University	35-19	20-10	Southland