Ray Tanner

Donald Ray Tanner, Jr.

• School North Carolina State University

• Born March 25, 1958 in Smithfield, NC USA

Biographical Information

Ray Tanner played infield at NC State from 1977 to 1980. He was an assistant at his alma mater from 1981 to 1987. Tanner was the head coach from 1988 to 1996. He coached for Team USA in the 1993 Intercontinental Cup, when they won the Silver Medal and managed them in the 2003 Pan American Games (when they won Silver again). He was then baseball coach at the University of South Carolina from 1997-2012. He led the team to the College World Series six times and was named the 2000 Baseball America Coach of the Year. He led South Carolina to the 2010 College World Series title, the first in school history.

Sources include: University of South Carolina website

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1988	North Carolina State University	45-16	13-6	ACC / CWS Regionals
1989	North Carolina State University	35-21-2	10-10	ACC
1990	North Carolina State University	48-20	14-7	ACC / CWS Regionals
1991	North Carolina State University	48-20	11-10	ACC / CWS Regionals
1992	North Carolina State University	46-18	15-9	ACC / CWS Regionals
1993	North Carolina State University	49-17	15-7	ACC / CWS Regionals
1994	North Carolina State University	46-18-1	13-11	ACC / CWS Regionals
1995	North Carolina State University	36-24	14-14	ACC
1996	North Carolina State University	42-19	13-11	ACC / CWS Regionals
1997	University of South Carolina	33-24	13-17	SEC
1998	University of South Carolina	44-18	19-10	SEC / CWS Regionals
1999	University of South Carolina	35-23	15-15	SEC
2000	University of South Carolina	56-10	25-5	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2001	University of South Carolina	49-20	17-13	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2002	University of South Carolina	57-18	21-8	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2003	University of South Carolina	45-22	19-11	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2004	University of South Carolina	53-17	17-13	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2005	University of South Carolina	41-23	16-14	SEC / CWS Regionals
2006	University of South Carolina	41-25	15-15	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2007	University of South Carolina	46-20	17-13	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2008	University of South Carolina	40-23	15-15	SEC / CWS Regionals
2009	University of South Carolina	40-23	17-13	SEC / CWS Regionals
2010	University of South Carolina	54-16	21-9	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2011	University of South Carolina	55-14	22-8	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2012	University of South Carolina	49-20	18-11	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS