COACHING HISTORY

BULLDOG LORE While C.E. Morris served as the for NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR Georgia’s first team in 1886, 1990: (BA, CB) 2004: (BA) BA= America; CB=Collegiate Baseball is credited with being the Bulldogs’ first offi- cial coach. He played for 17 years in the Major Leagues while also managing the from 1907-20. He was the second and among the first 35 men elected to the Hall of Fame. Former Bulldog Claude Derrick began his career with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1909 and played on two World Championship teams in 1910 and 1911. In 1912 with Bal- timore, Derrick was the first roommate of rookie George Herman Ruth, better Steve Webber David Perno known as “The Babe.” SEC COACH OF THE YEAR ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS 1933: W.P. White 2001: Coach Years W L T Pct. 1953: 2004: David Perno 1954: Jim Whatley 2008: David Perno C.E. Morris 1886 2 0 0 1.000 1987: Steve Webber Hughie Jennings 1895-97 5 17 0 .227 M.M. Dickinson 1901, 04-05 18 14 0 .563 W.A. Reynolds 1902-03 13 9 1 .482 Tommy Stouch 1906-07 12 9 0 .571 Hammond Johnson 1908 20 2 0 .909 W.J. Lewis 1909 - - - Frank B. Anderson 1910-13 51 16 3 .762 Joe Bean 1914-16 33 16 1 .670 J.G. Henderson 1917 - - - - W.P. White Jim Whatley Ron Polk Glenn Colby 1918 - - - - H.J. Stegeman 1919-20 31 13 2 .681 W.P. White 1921-33 224 100 7 .687 Vernon Smith 1934-37 30 45 0 .400 J.V. Sikes 1938-42, 46-47 98 63 1 .608 J.B. Whitworth 1943 1 10 0 .090 1948-49 34 18 0 .654 Jim Whatley 1950, 52-75 336 327 3 .507 Hughie M.M. W.A. J.V. Hammond Nolen Richardson 1951 12 13 0 .480 Jennings Dickinson Reynolds Sikes Johnson Roy Umstattd 1976-80 130 100 1 .565 Steve Webber 1981-1996 500 403 1 .554 Robert Sapp 1997-99 77 87 1 .470 Ron Polk 2000-01 79 48 0 .622 David Perno 2002-13 390 335 1 .538 Scott Stricklin 2014-current 143 140 1 .505

*Note: No record available for 1909, 1917-18; No team field in 1944-45. Frank B. Joe H.J. Robert Anderson Bean Stegeman Sapp

Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Scott Stricklin Jim Whatley (left) won 337 games in his Bulldog career enters the 2019 season with 493 career wins. while Steve Webber (right) won 500 games as the Georgia skipper. In 2018, Webber was inducted into UGA’s exclusive Circle of Honor.

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