John Jancuska

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John Jancuska

  • Born ~1953

Biographical Information[edit]

John Jancuska has coached college baseball for over 30 years.

After graduating college, Jancuska was an assistant coach at University of Indiana and led Cecil College for a year. [1] He was hired as head coach of University of Maryland, Baltimore County in August of 1977. John led the school to NCAA Division II regional tournaments three times in nine years, winning 172 games, before the school moved up to NCAA Division I.

John was named East Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 1992 when UMBC made the Division I Tournament for the first time. He was named Big South Conference Coach of the Year in 1993 and Northeast Conference Coach of the Year in 2000, when the school won the conference title. In 2001, Jancuska again took UMBC to the NCAA Tournament.

Jancuska won 673 games as a head coach. He helped develop Jay Witasick and Wayne Franklin. He retired in June 2011 and was replaced by Bob Mumma.

Source: UMBC bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record[edit]

Year School Overall Record Conference Record Notes
1977 Cecil College
1978 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 20-10 8-2 Division II Regionals
1979 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 22-7 Division II Regionals
1980 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 14-9
1981 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 15-12
1982 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 17-10
1983 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 23-8-1
1984 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 9-16-1
1985 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 21-13
1986 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 31-8-1 Division II Regionals
1987 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 29-13
1988 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 25-16
1989 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 27-17
1990 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 16-20
1991 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 29-21 8-10 ECC
1992 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 37-13 10-4 ECC / CWS Regionals
1993 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 26-17 14-8 Big South
1994 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 23-21 15-12
1995 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 25-23 13-11
1996 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 9-28 4-15
1997 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 12-35 5-16
1998 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 10-37 3-15
1999 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 20-22 8-11
2000 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 29-21-1 16-6 NEC
2001 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 31-20-2 17-5 NEC / CWS Regionals
2002 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 32-24 20-7 NEC
2003 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 20-27 15-12 NEC
2004 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 14-38 6-15
2005 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 16-34 6-15
2006 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 18-34 5-17
2007 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 13-40 4-20
2008 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 21-29 13-11 America East
2009 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 9-36 4-18
2010 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 9-39 4-20
2011 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 10-37 2-20