Dave Tollett

Dave Tollett
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Florida Gulf Coast
Conference Atlantic Sun
Record 433-238-2
Biographical details
Born March 30, 1966
Alma mater Tusculum College '88
Playing career
1985–1988 Tusculum
Position(s) Third base
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–present Florida Gulf Coast
Head coaching record
Overall 433-238-2
Tournaments A-Sun: 6-8
NCAA DII: 3-4
Accomplishments and honors

Championships

A-Sun: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014

Awards

A-Sun Coach of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014

Dave Tollett (born March 30, 1966) is an American college baseball coach who has been the head coach of Florida Gulf Coast since 2002, the program's first season. Under Tollett, the Eagles have appeared in two NCAA Division II Tournaments and won Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun) championships in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014. Tollett was named the A-Sun Coach of the Year in each of those four seasons. Worst loss of career came during the 2013 season when Tollett and the Eagles lost to an NAIA school, Ave Maria. Two of Tollett's players at FGCU, Chris Sale and Casey Coleman, have gone on to play in Major League Baseball.[1][2][3]

Head coaching records

Below is a table of Tollett's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.[4][5]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Florida Gulf Coast (Independent – NAIA) (2003)
2003 Florida Gulf Coast 35-15-2
Florida Gulf Coast (Independent – DII) (2004–2007)
2004 Florida Gulf Coast 39-17
2005 Florida Gulf Coast 37-18
2006 Florida Gulf Coast 41-17 NCAA Regional
2007 Florida Gulf Coast 40-17 NCAA Regional
Florida Gulf Coast:
Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun ConferenceDI) (2008–present)
2008[lower-alpha 1] Florida Gulf Coast 38-15 25-8 1st
2009[lower-alpha 1] Florida Gulf Coast 36-18 23-7 1st
2010 Florida Gulf Coast 38-20 25-5 1st A-Sun Tournament
2011 Florida Gulf Coast 27-28 16-14 7th
2012 Florida Gulf Coast 26-31 15-12 T-4th A-Sun Tournament
2013 Florida Gulf Coast 37-20 19-8 2nd A-Sun Tournament
2014 Florida Gulf Coast 39-22 19-8 1st A-Sun Tournament
Florida Gulf Coast: 433-238-2 142-62
Total: 433-238-2

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Until the 2010 season, FGCU was ineligible for the postseason while it transitioned to Division I.

References

  1. "Dave Tollett". FGCUAthletics.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  2. Soffian, Seth (May 20, 2014). "FGCU Baseball Bags Trio of Top Awards". News-Press.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  3. Caldwell, Dana (May 24, 2010). "College Baseball: Tollett Has Built FGCU into Conference Power, NCAA Tournament Contender". NaplesNews.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  4. "2013 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Record Book". AtlanticSun.org. Archived from the original on July 3, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  5. "2009 Florida Gulf Coast Baseball Media Guide". Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014.