Johnny Reagan

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Biographical Information[edit]

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

Reagan was high school state MVP in basketball in 1944. [1] 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. [2] 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. [3] 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. [4] Among the players he coached were Jack Perconte, Pat Jarvis and Kirk Rueter.

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Year-by-Year Coaching Record[edit]

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


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