Steve Browning
Steve Browning | |
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Sport(s) | Baseball |
Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | Southern Arkansas |
Conference | Great American Conference |
Record | 154-69 |
Biographical details | |
Alma mater | Southern Arkansas |
Playing career | |
1997–1998 1999–2000 |
Crowder Southern Arkansas |
Position(s) | OF |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2001-2002 2003–2005 2006–2010 2011–Present |
Southern Arkansas (Student Asst.) Southern Arkansas (Grad. Asst.) Southern Arkansas (Asst.) Southern Arkansas |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 153-67 |
Tournaments |
GSC: 4-1 GAC: 12-3 NCAA: 4-8 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships
1 - GSC Tournament Championship (2011) 2 - GAC Regular Season Championships (2012, 2013) 3 - GAC Tournament Championships (2012, 2013, 2014) | |
Awards
2012 GAC Coach of the Year |
Steve Browning is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Southern Arkansas Muleriders baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 2011 season.[1]
Pre-collegiate coaching
A native of Sheridan, AR, Browning played two seasons at Crowder College in Neosha, MO before completing his eligibility at Southern Arkansas. Browning was a starter in the outfield during both his seasons at SAU and was a co-captain during his senior year. Browning hit .314 with 17 doubles, four home runs and 52 RBI in his two seasons for the Muleriders.[2] Following his successful baseball playing career, Browning began his coaching career as a student assistant at SAU.
Collegiate coaching career
Browning spent ten seasons serving as a student assistant, graduate assistant, and assistant coach before being named head coach following the 2010 season. During his time at SAU, he has been a part of nine NCAA Regional teams and help guide the Muleriders to four regular season championships and six conference tournament titles. As the head coach, Browning has lead all four of his teams to the conference tournament title with each receiving a bid to the NCAA Division II Baseball Tournament. Browning has had five players drafted into Major League Baseball. He has coached 18 first-team all-conference players, 16 second-team & honorable mention All-Conference players, nine All-Region players, three All-American selections, three Conference Freshmen of the Year, one Conference Pitcher of the Year, and one Conference Player of the Year.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Southern Arkansas Muleriders (Gulf South Conference) (2011–2011) | |||||||||
2011 | Southern Arkansas | 36–16 | 15-6 | 2nd (West) | NCAA South Central Regional | ||||
Southern Arkansas Muleriders (Great American Conference) (2012–present) | |||||||||
2012 | Southern Arkansas | 37–17 | 17-7 | 1st | NCAA South Central Regional | ||||
2013 | Southern Arkansas | 42–17 | 23-7 | 1st | NCAA Central Regional | ||||
2014 | Southern Arkansas | 39–19 | 18-12 | 3rd | NCAA Central Regional | ||||
Southern Arkansas: | 154–69 | 73-32 | |||||||
Total: | 154-69 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ↑ "Browning Named Coach at SAU". Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ↑ "Steve Browning". Retrieved 13 May 2014.
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