Chris Sperry
| Chris Sperry | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Portland |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 11, 1965 Vancouver, Washington |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1987, 1989 | Portland |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996–1997 1998–Present |
Centralia (asst.) Portland |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 334–560–1 |
Chris Sperry is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Portland Pilots baseball team. He has held that position since prior to the 1998 season.[1][2][3]
Sperry played four seasons at Portland as an infielder and catcher, earning All Pac-10 honors in 1987 and helping the Pilots to the Conference Tournament title in 1989. He played a single season in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He later served as an assistant coach at A.C. Davis High School in Yakima, Washington from 1993 through 1995, while also assisting area American Legion Baseball teams. Sperry became an assistant at Centralia, serving for two seasons, and was the head coach of the 1997 Oregon team at the Olympic Trials. He earned a spot as top assistant at Portland State in September 1997, but left before seeing a game played to become head coach at Portland.[1][2]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland (West Coast Conference) (1998–present) | |||||||||
| 1998 | Portland | 10–39 | 5–22 | 8th (8) | |||||
| 1999 | Portland | 23–28 | 16–14 | 2nd Coast (4) | |||||
| 2000 | Portland | 24–27 | 13–17 | 3rd West (4) | |||||
| 2001 | Portland | 20–34 | 9–21 | 4th West (4) | |||||
| 2002 | Portland | 24–30 | 16–14 | 2nd West (4) | |||||
| 2003 | Portland | 9–45–1 | 5–24–1 | 4th West (4) | |||||
| 2004 | Portland | 12–44 | 6–24 | 4th West (4) | |||||
| 2005 | Portland | 17–36 | 7–23 | 4th West (4) | |||||
| 2006 | Portland | 15–37 | 3–18 | 8th (8) | |||||
| 2007 | Portland | 21–30 | 7–14 | 7th (8) | |||||
| 2008 | Portland | 21–33 | 3–18 | 8th (8) | |||||
| 2009 | Portland | 25–26 | 7–14 | 7th (8) | |||||
| 2010 | Portland | 34–18 | 14–7 | 2nd (8) | |||||
| 2011 | Portland | 23–31 | 11–10 | T-3rd (8) | |||||
| 2012 | Portland | 27–25 | 12–12 | 6th (9) | |||||
| 2013 | Portland | 18–36 | 8–16 | 8th (9) | |||||
| 2014 | Portland | 11–41 | 5–22 | 10th (10) | |||||
| Portland: | 334–560–1 | 147–290–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 334–560–1 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2013 Baseball Coaching Staff". Portland Pilots. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "University of Portland baseball coach Chris Sperry knew early he wanted to coach". The Oregonian. April 27, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ↑ "'Bald-Faced Truth' with John Canzano: Portland Pilots baseball head coach Chris Sperry (audio)". The Oregonian. March 2, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
External Links
- Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube
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