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Collegiate Baseball The Voice Of Amateur Baseball Started In 1958 At The Request Of Our Nation’s Baseball Coaches Vol. 64, No. 1 Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 $4.00 How Vanderbilt Was Built Into A Juggernaut Tim Corbin explains the vital elements that turned around a program that never won a regular- season SEC title in 116 years of baseball and why his classroom teachings make exceptional men, leaders and superb ball players. By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. Editor/Collegiate Baseball ASHVILLE, Tenn. — One of the most fascinating stories in college baseball history is how Tim NCorbin turned around Vanderbilt. Prior to taking over in 2003, Vanderbilt had losing records for five straight years and 7 of the previous 9. In 116 years of baseball, the most amount of wins the Commodores ever enjoyed was 37, and that only happened once. The program had never won a Southeastern Conference regular-season title. In 18 years at Vanderbilt, Corbin’s teams have won two national titles in 2014 and 2019 and posted a 753- 359-1 record with four SEC regular-season titles. He was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2020. Prior to the 2020 season, which was cut short because Courtesy Vanderbilt Sports Information Courtesy Vanderbilt See CORBIN’S AMAZING SYSTEM, Page 3 Tim Corbin (middle) turned Vanderbilt into a powerhouse with a unique plan. Special Collegiate Baseball Report Here Is How Losing Programs Are Turned Into Winners Nine elite NCAA Div. I By DR. BARRY DAVIS Head Baseball Coach coaches who transformed Rider University perennial losers into big time winners explain AWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Elite programs are built by elite coaches. On Sept. 4, 1989 in their annual college how they did it. Lfootball preview, Sports Illustrated labeled Kansas State as Futility U and America’s most hapless team. And for a good reason. At that point K-State football had collected over 500 losses – the most ever by a Division I program. The Wildcats hadn’t won a league championship since 1934. Nor had they won a bowl game and had only played in one. Also consider they had not won a game in their previous 27 contests. Enter former Iowa assistant coach Bill Snyder as head coach. According to Snyder, K-State was the greatest challenge of his professional life. In his Nov. 24, 1988 press conference, he boldly declared that “the greatest turnaround in college football history exists here today.” Snyder, the visionary, held to his word transforming K-State into a national power on two separate occasions over his 27- Rider Head Baseball year head coaching career. Kansas State won two Big 12 championships and Coach Barry Davis participated in 19 bowl games. His teams finished the year ranked in the top 20 a remarkable 13 times, and 18 times his teams won more than they lost. 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