Les Murakami

Biographical Information[edit]

Les Murakamai was head coach of the University of Hawai'i from 1971-2000. He won 1,079 games and took the team to the 1980 College World Series, where they finished second. He coached Glenn Braggs, Mike Campbell, Chuck Crim, Chuck Jackson and Scott Karl among other major league-bound players. He won six Western Athletic Conference titles. He was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2000 and to the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame.

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1971	University of Hawai'i	0-4
1972	University of Hawai'i	1-3
1973	University of Hawai'i	1-7
1974	University of Hawai'i	6-11
1975	University of Hawai'i	25-13
1976	University of Hawai'i	29-12
1977	University of Hawai'i	43-13		CWS Regionals
1978	University of Hawai'i	38-14-1
1979	University of Hawai'i	69-15		CWS Regionals
1980	University of Hawai'i	60-18	19-5	WAC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1981	University of Hawai'i	50-16	10-5	WAC
1982	University of Hawai'i	55-16	17-7	CWS Regionals
1983	University of Hawai'i	47-20	17-7	WAC
1984	University of Hawai'i	48-22-1	18-6	WAC / CWS Regionals
1985	University of Hawai'i	56-31	15-9	WAC
1986	University of Hawai'i	43-24	15-9	WAC / CWS Regionals
1987	University of Hawai'i	45-19	21-2	WAC / CWS Regionals
1988	University of Hawai'i	40-21-1	21-6	WAC
1989	University of Hawai'i	40-27	18-10	WAC / CWS Regionals
1990	University of Hawai'i	37-24-1	17-10-1	WAC
1991	University of Hawai'i	51-18	22-5	WAC / CWS Regionals
1992	University of Hawai'i	49-14	20-6	WAC / CWS Regionals
1993	University of Hawai'i	34-25	11-13	CWS Regionals
1994	University of Hawai'i	28-28	8-16
1995	University of Hawai'i	30-24	12-17
1996	University of Hawai'i	29-26	12-18
1997	University of Hawai'i	22-34	14-16
1998	University of Hawai'i	34-22	14-16
1999	University of Hawai'i	37-20	15-14	WAC
2000	University of Hawai'i	28-28	15-15