Steve Traylor

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Steve Traylor

  • Born ~1951

Biographical Information[edit]

Steve Traylor won almost 800 games as a college coach.

Traylor played football, basketball and baseball in college. He was assistant coach at Otterbein College for a few years in the 1970s. In 1976, he became basketball coach at Greensboro College. He was on staff at Boca Raton Academy when was hired to start the baseball program at Florida Atlantic University in 1981. He won 286 games in 7 years there. He then was head coach of Duke University from 1988-1999, winning 356 games. He was named Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 1992. From 2000-2007, he was head coach of Wofford College, before retiring with over 140 wins there. He also taught physical education at Wofford. He was 769-667-3 overall at the time he announced his retirement.

Traylor coached Chris Capuano, Scott Schoeneweis and other future major leaguers as well as Pat Murphy.

Source: Wofford bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record[edit]

Year School Overall Record Conference Record Notes
1981 Florida Atlantic University 15-16
1982 Florida Atlantic University 42-14 NAIA District Tournaments
1983 Florida Atlantic University 49-16 NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1984 Florida Atlantic University 40-15
1985 Florida Atlantic University 44-15 Division II Regionals
1986 Florida Atlantic University 44-10
1987 Florida Atlantic University 34-21-2
1988 Duke University 10-35 3-16 ACC
1989 Duke University 20-23 2-14 ACC
1990 Duke University 28-25 4-15 ACC
1991 Duke University 24-27 6-15 ACC
1992 Duke University 38-16 12-12 ACC
1993 Duke University 39-19-1 11-13 ACC
1994 Duke University 33-20 16-8 ACC
1995 Duke University 30-27 4-20 ACC
1996 Duke University 39-18 9-14 ACC
1997 Duke University 33-25 9-14 ACC
1998 Duke University 38-20 8-15 ACC
1999 Duke University 24-31 4-18 ACC
2000 Wofford College 16-38 7-22
2001 Wofford College 17-31 9-17
2002 Wofford College 26-31 14-16 SoCon
2003 Wofford College 9-40 7-22
2004 Wofford College 17-30 8-22
2005 Wofford College 17-31 7-23
2006 Wofford College 20-37 5-22 SoCon
2007 Wofford College 30-33 8-19 SoCon / CWS Regionals