Jim Wells

Biographical Information[edit]

Jim Wells has been a longtime college coach.

Wells was basketball and baseball coach at Loyola Prep High School from 1982-1986. In 1987-1989, he was a graduate assistant at LSU. Jim was 192-89 as head coach at Northwestern State University from 1990-1994 and was named Southland Conference Coach of the Year three times.

Wells became head coach at the University of Alabama in June 1994. He went 588-300 at Alabama from 1994-2009 to set a school record for wins. He took the school to the 1996 College World Series, 1997 College World Series and 1999 College World Series. He was named Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year in 1996 and 2002. He was named Baseball America Coach of the Year in 1997.

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish
1990	Northwestern State University	38-13	9-9
1991	Northwestern State University	40-21	13-5	CWS Regionals
1992	Northwestern State University	29-26	8-13
1993	Northwestern State University	40-14	18-6	Southland
1994	Northwestern State University	45-15	16-5	Southland / CWS Regionals
1995	University of Alabama	42-23	18-11	SEC / CWS Regionals
1996	University of Alabama	50-19	20-10	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1997	University of Alabama	56-14	20-9	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1998	University of Alabama	46-18	19-10	SEC / CWS Regionals
1999	University of Alabama	53-16	21-9	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2000	University of Alabama	41-24	16-14	SEC / CWS Regionals
2001	University of Alabama	32-23	15-15
2002	University of Alabama	51-15	20-10	SEC / CWS Regionals
2003	University of Alabama	38-24	14-16	SEC / CWS Regionals
2004	University of Alabama	29-26	10-20
2005	University of Alabama	40-23	17-13	SEC / CWS Regionals
2006	University of Alabama	44-21	20-10	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2007	University of Alabama	31-26	15-15	SEC
2008	University of Alabama	35-28	16-14	SEC / CWS Regionals
2009	University of Alabama	37-21	18-11	SEC / CWS Regionals