Johnny Reagan

Johnny Lee Reagan

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.
• School Murray State University
• High School Bismarck (MO) High School

• Born May 21, 1926 in Bismarck, MO USA
• Died December 14, 2018 in Murray, KY USA

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Biographical Information

Johnny Reagan played in the minors and then was a college coach.

Reagan was high school state MVP in basketball in 1944. In college, he was All-Conference all four years in basketball and was the only player in Murray State annals to lead the school in every statistical category in a season; on the diamond, he threw a one-hitter. He was 6-5 with a 5.21 ERA for the 1949 West Frankfort Cardinals despite over a walk per inning. His 117 walks were 6th in the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League.

He coached high school basketball and baseball for seven years in Bismarck, MO (presumably at Bismarck (MO) High School), then was assistant basketball coach at Northeast Louisiana State College in 1956-1957. He became head baseball coach and assistant basketball coach at Murray State in 1958, going 776-508-11 as head baseball coach before retiring at the end of 1993. He won 11 Ohio Valley Conference titles, being named Coach of the Year ten times. He would serve as athletic director from 1978-1987 as well. He made the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the Murray State Hall of Fame and the OVC Hall of Fame. Among the players he coached were Jack Perconte, Pat Jarvis and Kirk Rueter.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1958	Murray State College	14-5	7-2
1959	Murray State College	14-5	8-2
1960	Murray State College	10-5	4-2
1961	Murray State College	19-7	10-2	OVC
1962	Murray State College	14-12-1	8-4
1963	Murray State College	27-4-1	9-0-1	OVC
1964	Murray State College	16-10	8-4	OVC
1965	Murray State College	24-6	9-1	OVC
1966	Murray State College	16-11-1	6-4	OVC
1967	Murray State University	20-7-1	9-1	OVC
1968	Murray State University	14-13	6-4
1969	Murray State University	20-8	7-4
1970	Murray State University	22-16	8-2	OVC
1971	Murray State University	24-15-1	--	OVC
1972	Murray State University	25-13	--
1973	Murray State University	30-11-2	10-1	OVC
1974	Murray State University	36-14-1	8-5	OVC
1975	Murray State University	40-9	11-1	OVC / CWS Regionals
1976	Murray State University	36-12	7-5
1977	Murray State University	29-15	7-5
1978	Murray State University	26-18	5-7
1979	Murray State University	27-10-2	10-5-1	OVC / CWS Regionals
1980	Murray State University	20-15	7-5	OVC
1981	Murray State University	26-18	6-6
1982	Murray State University	25-14	9-5
1983	Murray State University	28-11	8-4	OVC
1984	Murray State University	20-15	7-5	OVC
1985	Murray State University	18-21	8-4	OVC
1986	Murray State University	16-27	5-7
1987	Murray State University	20-23	10-7	OVC
1988	Murray State University	13-24	10-14
1989	Murray State University	23-16	9-8	OVC
1990	Murray State University	16-25	2-11
1991	Murray State University	24-18	14-3	OVC
1992	Murray State University	12-27	6-15
1993	Murray State University	9-31	6-16