Tom Dedin

Biographical Information[edit]

Tom Dedin was a captain on the Lewis College team in 1962. After college he was head coach at Providence Catholic High School from 1965-1976.

Dedin was a head college coach for 23 years. He was at Lewis University in 1977-1978, the University of Illinois from 1979-1987 (going 273-231-5) and Regis University from 1989-2000. He coached six future major leaguers, two of whom spent at least a decade in The Show - Darrin Fletcher, Donn Pall, Mark Dalesandro, Jeff Innis, John Ericks and Terry Wells.

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1977	Lewis University	50-19		NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments / NAIA CWS
1978	Lewis University	26-24		NAIA District Tournaments
1979	University of Illinois	14-30-1	3-15
1980	University of Illinois	18-33	6-10
1981	University of Illinois	35-26	11-3	Big Ten
1982	University of Illinois	49-23	14-2	Big Ten
1983	University of Illinois	23-24-2	6-9
1984	University of Illinois	22-30	3-10
1985	University of Illinois	46-21	12-4	Big Ten
1986	University of Illinois	33-20-2	8-8
1987	University of Illinois	32-24	9-7

1989	Regis College	15-33	4-14
1990	Regis College	23-27	10-7
1991	Regis College	34-23	9-3	Division II Regionals
1992	Regis University	25-27
1993	Regis University	21-28
1994	Regis University	20-33-1	6-6
1995	Regis University	17-29	5-5
1996	Regis University	20-28	12-16
1997	Regis University	12-38	6-18
1998	Regis University	20-28-2	7-21-2
1999	Regis University	24-28	11-15
2000	Regis University	18-34	10-18
2001	Regis University	23-23	8-20
2002	Regis University	25-28	10-17