Ray Tanner
American college athletics administrator and former baseball coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Donald Ray Tanner Jr. (born March 25, 1958) is an American college athletics administrator and former baseball coach who is the athletic director at the University of South Carolina, a position he took on July 13, 2012, after 16 seasons as head coach of the university's baseball program.
Current position | |
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Title | Athletic director |
Team | South Carolina |
Conference | SEC |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1958-03-25) March 25, 1958 (age 66) Smithfield, North Carolina, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1977–1980 | NC State |
Position(s) | Shortstop |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1980–1987 | NC State (assistant) |
1988–1996 | NC State |
1997–2012 | South Carolina |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2012–present | South Carolina |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1133–489–3 (.698) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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His record at South Carolina was 738-316 (.700). He led USC to three consecutive College World Series appearances in 2002, 2003, and 2004; three consecutive College World Series Finals appearances in 2010, 2011, and 2012; two College World Series Championships in 2010 and 2011; and coached the USA Baseball National Team during the 2003 summer. On April 11, 2010, Tanner recorded the 1,000th win of his career with a 2–0 victory over Vanderbilt, becoming the 44th Division I coach to reach the milestone.[1]