Dave van Horn
Van Horn participating in an interview during the 2012 College World Series | |
Sport(s) | Baseball |
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Current position | |
Title | Head Coach |
Team | Arkansas |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Biographical details | |
Born |
September 17, 1960. Fullerton, CA |
Playing career | |
1980β1981 | McLennan Community College |
1982 | Arkansas |
1982β1984 | Atlanta Braves organization |
Position(s) | Infield |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1985β1988 | Arkansas (graduate assistant) |
1989β1993 | Texarkana College |
1994 | Central Missouri State |
1995β1997 | Northwestern Louisiana State |
1998β2002 | Nebraska |
2003βpresent | Arkansas |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1109-535 (25 seasons) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2004 SEC, 2001 Big 12, 1995 and 1997 Southland Conference, 1994 Division II National Champion, 1992 Texas Eastern Conference | |
Awards | |
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Dave Van Horn (born September 17, 1960) is an American college baseball coach, the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team. He has been the head coach since June 2002 when he replaced Norm DeBriyn.
As of the 2015 season, Coach Van Horn holds a record of 524-295 (.640) as coach of the Razorbacks, and a career record of 1109-535 (.675) in his 25 seasons of head coaching.[1]
Playing career
Dave Van Horn played baseball at McLennan Community College in Texas for two years, earning all-conference and all-region honors as a freshman, while helping the Highlanders finish third in the NJCAA College World Series. His next season brought more individual and team success, as the team finished eighth in the nation and Van Horn earning All American and Region 5 Player of the Year accolades. Turning down the Chicago White Sox, who drafted him, he transferred to Arkansas for the 1982 season.
As a Razorback, Van Horn would earn All-Southwest Conference and SWC Newcomer of the Year awards for his performance. He was also recognized as team MVP. The Atlanta Braves selected van Horn in the 10th round, where he would spend his next three years in the minor leagues.
Family
Coach Van Horn met his wife, the former Karen Lee, while serving as a graduate assistant at Arkansas. The couple have two daughters, Hollan and Mariel.
Alma mater
- Arkansas, 1988
- Masters of Science, East Texas State University (in Commerce, Texas), 1992
Team accomplishments
Dave Van Horn's teams have had plenty of success, reaching the College World Series six times, four occurring at Arkansas (2004, 2009, 2012, 2015), the other two during his tenure at Nebraska (2001 and 2002). As a graduate assistant at Arkansas he has reached the CWS twice more, in 1985 and 1987. Coach Van Horn has also led 16 straight teams to the postseason NCAA tournament, from 1999βpresent.
Arkansas reached the SEC Tournament every year under Van Horn as head coach from 2003β2007 and again in 2009. The 2008 team did not qualify for the SEC Tournament but qualified for the NCAA Tournament.[2]
On April 5, 2015, Van Horn won his 500th game as the Arkansas coach.[3]
2009
Arkansas went 34-22 in 2009, and set University records for single-game attendance (11,434) total season attendance, (269,216) and actual attendance (173,946). Despite beating #1 Arizona State twice, the Hogs faltered at the end of the season, losing their final eight SEC games.
2009 College World Series
Arkansas returned to Omaha in 2009. The team won the Norman regional by knocking off top-eight seed Oklahoma. The Hogs next defeated Florida State twice at Dick Howser Stadium to punch their ticket to the College World Series. The Razorbacks were not expected to do well at the Series, but defeated the favored Cal State Fullerton Titans. Next, the Hogs were defeated by LSU, but staved off elimination the next day by beating Virginia in twelve innings. The Hogs were eliminated by eventual national champion LSU in game 11.
2012
Arkansas went 46-22 in 2012, which was the most wins in the Van Horn era and the most for a Razorback team since 1990, but limped into the postseason at the Houston Regional having lost both games it played at the SEC Tournament. Once it got in, it defeated Rice and then defeated Baylor at the Waco Regional to advance to the College World Series.
2012 College World Series
Arkansas won its first game in Omaha, defeating Kent State 8-1. The Razorbacks then ended South Carolina's 22-game postseason win streak with a 2-1 victory. The Gamecocks got them back though, winning 2-0 and 3-2 in the next two games to advance to the final, only to lose to upstart Arizona in the best-of-three championship series.
2015
After an extremely slow start to the 2015 campaign, where the Razorbacks were .500 going into April, Van Horn rallied the troops and the team responded by winning seven of its last eight SEC series and finished fifth overall in the SEC, and third in the West behind No. 2 national seed LSU and Texas A&M. Arkansas won the Stillwater Regional by defeating Oral Roberts, host Oklahoma State and St. John's in succession. The Razorbacks then caught a break by getting to host the Fayetteville Super Regional at Baum Stadium because Missouri State, the No. 8 national seed, couldn't host because it shares Hammons Field with the Springfield Cardinals. It took all three games of the best-of-3 series, but Arkansas defeated the Bears to clinch Van Horn's sixth trip to Omaha overall and fourth with the Razorbacks, tying him with former coach Norm DeBriyn.
2015 College World Series
Arkansas lost both games it played in Omaha in 2015, which was the first time since 2004 that the Razorbacks did not win a game there. They fell to Virginia in the CWS opener, 5-3, and then fell to Miami in an elimination game, 4-3.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Northwestern State Demons (Southland Conference) (1995β1997) | |||||||||
1995 | Northwestern State | 37β15 | 19β5 | 1st | |||||
1996 | Northwestern State | 34β27 | 14β16 | 2nd (Louisiana) | |||||
1997 | Northwestern State | 35β23 | 19β9 | 1st (Louisiana) | |||||
Northwestern State: | 106β65 | 52β30 | |||||||
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big 12 Conference) (1998β2002) | |||||||||
1998 | Nebraska | 24β20 | 10β13 | 7th | |||||
1999 | Nebraska | 42β18 | 16β9 | 5th | NCAA Regional | ||||
2000 | Nebraska | 51β17 | 21β9 | 2nd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
2001 | Nebraska | 50β16 | 20β8 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
2002 | Nebraska | 47β21 | 16β11 | Tβ2nd | College World Series | ||||
Nebraska: | 214β94 | 67β39 | |||||||
Arkansas Razorbacks (Southeastern Conference) (2003βpresent) | |||||||||
2003 | Arkansas | 35β22 | 14β16 | Tβ5th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2004 | Arkansas | 45β24 | 19β11 | 1st (West) | College World Series | ||||
2005 | Arkansas | 39β22 | 13β17 | Tβ5th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2006 | Arkansas | 39β21 | 18β12 | 2nd (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2007 | Arkansas | 43β21 | 18β12 | 1st (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2008 | Arkansas | 34β24 | 14β15 | 4th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2009 | Arkansas | 41β24 | 14β15 | 4th (West) | College World Series | ||||
2010 | Arkansas | 43β21 | 18β12 | 2nd (West) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
2011 | Arkansas | 40β22 | 15β15 | 1st (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2012 | Arkansas | 46β22 | 16β14 | Tβ2nd (West) | College World Series | ||||
2013 | Arkansas | 39β22 | 18β11 | 2nd (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2014 | Arkansas | 40β25 | 16β14 | 4th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2015 | Arkansas | 40β25 | 17β12 | 3rd (West) | College World Series | ||||
Arkansas: | 524β295 | 210β176 | |||||||
Total: | 844β454 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
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