Tony Skole

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Tony Skole

Biographical Information[edit]

Tony Skole is a college coach.

Skole was a football, baseball and basketball star in high school; as a catcher, he helped Roswell to a state title in baseball in 1986. He was a baseball and football player at The Citadel. He hit the homer against the University of Miami that gave The Citadel a spot in the 1990 College World Series. Through 2009, it has been the school's only trip to the College World Series. He also had a game-winning hit against Cal State Fullerton in the CWS that year. In football, he helped the school to the NCAA I-AA playoffs twice and once led his conference in interceptions. One of his teammates in the 1990 College World Series, Dan McDonnell, would also become a college coach.

Skole was assistant coach at Lincoln Memorial University from 1992-1996 then head coach from 1997-1999. He helped develop Scot Shields and Brad Voyles while there.

In the fall of 1999, Skole became head coach at East Tennessee State University. The school had back-to-back 30-win seasons in the late 2000s, the first time they had done so since 1981-1982. They made it to the Atlantic Sun Conference finale in 2006, the school's first trip ever to a conference championship.

After 18 seasons at East Tennessee and 471 wins, Skole returned to his alma mater as head coach for the 2018 season. He went 123-216 through 2024, when he parted ways with the school.

Source: ETSU bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record[edit]

Year School Overall Record Conference Record Notes
1997 Lincoln Memorial University 32-19-1 7-14
1998 Lincoln Memorial University 29-19 9-11
1999 Lincoln Memorial University 34-19 12-9 Gulf South
2000 East Tennessee State University 21-31 15-15 SoCon
2001 East Tennessee State University 23-32 13-17 SoCon
2002 East Tennessee State University 21-36 13-16 SoCon
2003 East Tennessee State University 15-36 9-20
2004 East Tennessee State University 28-30 15-15 SoCon
2005 East Tennessee State University 31-22 13-16 SoCon
2006 East Tennessee State University 31-27 14-16 A-Sun
2007 East Tennessee State University 26-29 11-16
2008 East Tennessee State University 18-38 9-24
2009 East Tennessee State University 25-28 10-0 A-Sun
2010 East Tennessee State University 32-28 15-12 A-Sun
2011 East Tennessee State University 36-21 16-12 A-Sun
2012 East Tennessee State University 23-32 8-19
2013 East Tennessee State University 36-24 17-10 A-Sun / CWS Regionals
2014 East Tennessee State University 27-30 13-13 A-Sun
2015 East Tennessee State University 21-35 8-16 SoCon
2016 East Tennessee State University 27-30 13-11 SoCon
2017 East Tennessee State University 30-29 9-15 SoCon
2018 The Citadel 19-34 8-16 SoCon
2019 The Citadel 12-43 5-19 SoCon
2020 The Citadel 10-6 0-0
2021 The Citadel 12-39 4-25
2022 The Citadel 26-31 5-16 SoCon
2023 The Citadel 23-31 7-14 SoCon
2024 The Citadel 21-32 3-18 SoCon