Bill Decker
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Harvard |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 39–83 |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| ? | Ithaca |
| Football | |
| 1980–1984 | Ithaca |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1989 | Wesleyan (Asst.) |
| 1990 | Macalester |
| 1991–2012 | Trinity |
| 2013–Present | Harvard |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 576-340 |
| Tournaments |
NCAA D3: 25-18 NESCAC: 19-8 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
NCAA Division III: 2008 NCAA Regional: 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009 NESCAC East: 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012 NESCAC Tournament: 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012 | |
Bill Decker in an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Harvard Crimson baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2013 season.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Playing career
Decker played baseball and football for Ithaca. His baseball career ended prematurely due to injury, but Decker served as captain of the football team in his senior season. Decker was a defensive end for the Bombers football team.[1][2]
Coaching career
Decker's coaching career began with a single season each at Deerfield Academy and Phillips Exeter Academy in assistant coaching roles. He then moved to the college level at Wesleyan for a single season before earning his first head coaching position at Minnesota's Macalester. After one season and an 8–26 record, he moved to Trinity in Hartford, Connecticut. In his second season, the Bantams reached the ECAC semifinals. In 1998, Trinity made its first of nine appearances in the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship. The Bantams reached the College World Series in 2003, 2005, and 2008, winning the national championship in 2008. In his tenure, the Bantams recorded 529 wins and 231 losses, for a winning percentage of .696, including a 45–1 record in 2008. Decker earned many coach of the year awards, including the American Baseball Coaches Association National Coach of the Year in 2008. After the 2012 season and another NCAA Tournament appearance, Decker was hired to replace the deceased Joe Walsh at Harvard.[1][2][8]
Head coaching record
This table shows Decker's record as a collegiate head baseball coach.[9]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macalester (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – DIII) (1990) | |||||||||
| 1990 | Macalaster | 8-26 | 4-16 | ||||||
| Macalaster: | 8-26 | 4-16 | |||||||
| Trinity (CT) (Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference – DIII) (1991–1994) | |||||||||
| 1991 | Trinity (CT) | 14-9 | 11-8 | ||||||
| 1992 | Trinity (CT) | 19-9 | 17-5 | ||||||
| 1993 | Trinity (CT) | 12-8 | |||||||
| 1994 | Trinity (CT) | 18-13 | |||||||
| Trinity (CT) (Independent – DIII) (1995–1999) | |||||||||
| 1995 | Trinity (CT) | 21-12 | |||||||
| 1996 | Trinity (CT) | 19-15 | |||||||
| 1997 | Trinity (CT) | 17-13 | |||||||
| 1998 | Trinity (CT) | 23-11 | NCAA Regional | ||||||
| 1999 | Trinity (CT) | 25-11 | NCAA Regional | ||||||
| Trinity (CT) (New England Small College Athletic Conference – DIII) (2000–2012) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Trinity (CT) | 22-9 | 7-3 | NCAA Regional | |||||
| 2001 | Trinity (CT) | 25-10 | 9-3 | 2nd (East) | NESCAC Tournament | ||||
| 2002 | Trinity (CT) | 26-10 | 8-4 | 2nd (East) | NESCAC Tournament | ||||
| 2003 | Trinity (CT) | 27-12 | 9-3 | T-1st (East) | College World Series | ||||
| 2004 | Trinity (CT) | 27-9 | 10-2 | 1st (East) | NESCAC Tournament | ||||
| 2005 | Trinity (CT) | 35-9 | 10-2 | T-1st (East) | College World Series | ||||
| 2006 | Trinity (CT) | 17-18 | 6-6 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 2007 | Trinity (CT) | 30-8 | 8-4 | 3rd (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2008 | Trinity (CT) | 45-1 | 12-0 | 1st (East) | National Champions | ||||
| 2009 | Trinity (CT) | 33-7 | 12-0 | 1st (East) | College World Series | ||||
| 2010 | Trinity (CT) | 19-11 | 6-6 | T-2nd (East) | |||||
| 2011 | Trinity (CT) | 21-15 | 5-7 | T-3rd (East) | |||||
| 2012 | Trinity (CT) | 34-11 | 10-2 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Trinity (CT): | 529-231 | 140-55 | |||||||
| Harvard (Ivy League) (2013–present) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Harvard | 10–30 | 7–13 | 3rd (Rolfe) | |||||
| 2014 | Harvard | 11–28 | 5–15 | 4th (Rolfe) | |||||
| 2015 | Harvard | 18–24 | 7–13 | 2nd (Rolfe) | |||||
| Harvard: | 39–83 | 19–41 | |||||||
| Total: | 576-340 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Bill Decker". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Bill Decker". Trinity College. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ Mike Anthony (September 26, 2012). "Trinity Baseball Coach Bill Decker To Leave For Harvard". Hartford Courant. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ Craig Larson (September 27, 2012). "Harvard picks Bill Decker as new baseball coach". Boston Globe. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Bill Decker named new head baseball coach at Harvard". New England Baseball News. September 25, 2012. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ Nancy Kercheval (September 27, 2012). "Bill Decker Leaves Trinity to Become Baseball Coach at Harvard". Bloomberg. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Bill Decker is new Harvard coach". ESPN. September 26, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ Alan Schwarz (April 22, 2008). "In Sport Filled With Flaws, a Chase for Perfection". New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ "NCAA Database". NCAA.org. Retrieved August 9, 2014.