| Rayner Noble | |
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| Rayner Noble at Cougar Field
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| Sport(s) | Baseball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Houston |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Annual salary | $120,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 7, 1961 |
| Place of birth | California |
| Playing career | |
| 1980-1983 1983-1987 |
Houston Cougars Houston Astros |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1987-1990 1991-1994 1994-2010 |
Houston Cougars (Assistant) Rice Owls (Assistant) Houston Cougars |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 526-388 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| C-USA Baseball Championship (1997) C-USA Regular Season Championship (1999) C-USA Baseball Championship (2000) C-USA Regular Season Championship (2000) C-USA Regular Season Championship (2002) C-USA Baseball Championship (2008) |
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| Awards | |
| C-USA Baseball Coach of the Year (1999) C-USA Baseball Coach of the Year (2000) South Central Region Coach of the Year (2002) |
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Rayner Noble (born August 7, 1961) is an American former baseball coach and player.
He last served as NCAA Division I college baseball head coach at the University of Houston. In 13 years of coaching Houston Cougars baseball, he is the winningest coach in Cougars history. Noble's coaching career record is 491-354 (.581).
A native Houstonian, Noble attended Spring Woods High School and holds both a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Houston.
From 1983 to 1987, Noble played Minor League Baseball in the Houston Astros organization. Wearing one of the highest numbers in college baseball (#85, as opposed to his playing #9), Noble claims he wears it to remind himself of when he became a Christian in 1985.
After suffering the first consecutive losing seasons of his career, Noble was fired on June 4, 2010. [1]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Houston Cougars (Southwest Conference) (1995–1996) | |||||||||
| 1995 | Houston | 26-29 | 6-18 | 7th | — | ||||
| 1996 | Houston | 29-28 | 9-15 | t-6th | — | ||||
| Houston Cougars (Conference USA) (1997–Present) | |||||||||
| 1997 | Houston | 40-23 | 19-8 | 2nd | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 1998 | Houston | 34-25 | 21-6 | 2nd | — | ||||
| 1999 | Houston | 40-24 | 20-7 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 2000 | Houston | 48-18 | 21-4 | 1st | NCAA Regionals, Super Regionals | ||||
| 2001 | Houston | 29-30 | 20-7 | 2nd | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 2002 | Houston | 48-17 | 22-7 | 1st | NCAA Regionals, Super Regionals | ||||
| 2003 | Houston | 37-30 | 18-12 | 4th | NCAA Regionals, Super Regionals | ||||
| 2004 | Houston | 30-29 | 19-11 | t-4th | — | ||||
| 2005 | Houston | 29-30 | 16-13 | 5th | — | ||||
| 2006 | Houston | 39-22 | 18-6 | 2nd | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 2007 | Houston | 28-28 | 12-12 | t-4th | — | ||||
| 2008 | Houston | 42-24 | 14-10 | 4th | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 2009 | Houston | 27-30 | 13-11 | 3rd | — | ||||
| 2010 | Houston | 25-32 | 11-13 | 6th | — | ||||
| Houston: | 526-388 | 245-160 | |||||||
| Total: | 526-388 | ||||||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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