Horned Frogs Announce New Baseball Coach
7/9/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
July 9, 2003
FORT WORTH, Texas - Jim Schlossnagle has been named TCU's head baseball coach, TCU Athletics Director Eric Hyman announced today. Schlossnagle becomes just the program's ninth baseball coach since 1940. Terms of the contract were not released.
"Jim is one of the young and up-and-coming college coaches in the country," Hyman said. "He has been a part of championship programs everywhere he has been. We are thrilled that our job could attract a coach of his caliber."
Schlossnagle, 32, comes to TCU after two years as head coach of the UNLV baseball program. In two seasons, the Rebels owned a 77-47 overall record, good for a .621 winning percentage. In 2003, he was recognized as the Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Rebels to both the regular season and conference tournament titles. He became the first UNLV skipper ever voted league coach of the year, and the team's regular season championship was the first outright title in school history. In addition, the Rebels' tourney crown was their first in the MWC.
For the 2003 season, UNLV sported a 47-17 (.734) mark, including a 24-6 record in league play. The 24 conference wins rank as the most in MWC history. In the postseason, UNLV advanced to the NCAA Regional finals before eventually falling to Arizona State. It was the Rebels' first NCAA Regional appearance since 1996, and the team's eighth trip ever.
"I feel truly blessed to be the head baseball coach at TCU," Schlossnagle said. "TCU represents the best of high academics and has made a true commitment to outstanding college baseball. We want to attract the best baseball student-athletes from Fort Worth, the Metroplex, the state of Texas and beyond."
Prior to UNLV, Schlossnagle served an eight-year stint at Tulane as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for the Green Wave. Schlossnagle joined the Tulane program in August of 1993 and was an integral part of the Green Wave's success, helping Tulane to six NCAA Regional appearances during his tenure. Schlossnagle served as the Green Wave recruiting coordinator for his last five years at Tulane and garnered three nationally ranked recruiting classes which helped produce two 48-win seasons and a number one NCAA Regional seed. On the field, Schlossnagle served as the pitching coach for the Green Wave.
The nation's winningest team in 2001, Tulane finished the season with a 56-13 overall record and a 21-6 mark in Conference USA. The Green Wave defeated defending national champion LSU 7-1 to win the New Orleans Super Regional and advance to the College World Series for the first time in school history where it eliminated Nebraska before losing to Stanford and Cal State-Fullerton.
From 1994 to 2001, Tulane's baseball program ranked first or second in Conference USA in earned run average and placed at least one pitcher on the all-conference team seven times. In the same time period, 18 Tulane pitchers signed professional baseball contracts.
In 2000, Sports Illustrated ranked Tulane's pitching staff in the top five among Division I programs. According to the January 2001 issue of Baseball America, Schlossnagle was one of the top-10 assistant coaches who "looked like one of the best candidates to take a head coaching position with a major program."
Prior to arriving in New Orleans, Schlossnagle served as the pitching coach at Clemson in 1993. The Tigers finished that season with a 45-20 record, an Atlantic Coast Conference championship and a second place finish in the NCAA Mideast Regional. Seven members of the '93 Clemson pitching staff were drafted into professional baseball.
Schlossnagle spent three seasons as an assistant at Elon (N.C.) College where he helped lead his alma mater to a 99-41 record, two South Atlantic Conference Championships, a District 26 title and an Area 7 Regional appearance.
In 1990, the Fightin' Christians recorded a school-record 40 wins and ranked second nationally in ERA (2.41) under the guidance of Schlossnagle, who served as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. In 1991, Schlossnagle's pitching staff ranked third nationally with a 2.85 ERA.
A native of Hagerstown, Md., Schlossnagle was a pitcher on the 1989 Elon squad that finished 39-7 and appeared in the NAIA World Series. He graduated magna cum laude from Elon with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1992 and earned his master's of education in human performance and health promotion from the University of New Orleans in 1995.
Schlossnagle and his wife, Kami, have a 3-year-old son, Jackson Lambert, and a 2-year-old daughter, Kathleen Grace. Kami hails from Richardson, Texas.
ABOUT JIM SCHLOSSNAGLE
Full Name: James Mark Schlossnagle
Date of Birth: August 12, 1970
Wife: Kami
Children: Jackson Lambert (3), Kathleen Grace (2)
Education:
Elon College - B.A., (magna cum laude) Physical Education (1992)
University of New Orleans - M.S., Human Performance/Health Promotion (1995)
Coaching Experience:
| 1990-92 | Elon College (Assistant baseball coach, recruiting coordinator, camp director) |
| 1993 | Clemson (Assistant baseball coach) |
| 1994-01 | Tulane (Associate head baseball coach, recruiting coordinator, camp director) |
| 2002-03 | UNLV (Head baseball coach) |
| Present | TCU (Head baseball coach) |
