Gary Gilmore (baseball)
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Coastal Carolina |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Record | 847–438 |
| Playing career | |
| 1979–1980 | Coastal Carolina |
| Position(s) | Center fielder |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1986–1989 | USC Aiken (assistant) |
| 1990–1995 | USC Aiken |
| 1996–present | Coastal Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1,100–540–2 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 29–29 Big South: 63–18 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2016 College World Series | |
| Awards | |
| ABCA Division II South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (1993) ABCA Division II Coach of the Year (1993) ABCA Division I Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (2005) 8x Big South Coach of the Year (1999, 2002, 2005, 2007–2010, 2012) Salem-Roanoke Baseball Hall of Fame USC Aiken Athletic Hall of Fame |
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Gary R. Gilmore is an American college baseball coach who is currently the head coach of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. He has held the position since the start of the 1996 season. Under him, Coastal Carolina has qualified for 14 NCAA Tournaments, most recently in 2016 where the team made its first appearance in the College World Series and won the 2016 NCAA National Championship.
A native of Franklin County, Virginia, Gilmore played two seasons (1979–1980) of baseball at Coastal Carolina. A center fielder, Gilmore had a .353 career batting average. He also played minor league baseball in the Philadelphia Phillies organization for a short time.
In the early 1980s, Gilmore served as a scout for both the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians.
In 1986, Gilmore left scouting to become an assistant coach at Division II USC Aiken. Prior to the start of the 1990 season, he was named the program's head coach. In his first two seasons, USC Aiken had a combined winning percentage of over .800 as an NAIA program. The school's athletic programs moved to NCAA Division II for the start of the 1991–1992 academic year. In 1992, the program's first NCAA season, the Pacers went 45–18–2 and qualified for the NCAA Tournament. In 1993, Gilmore was named the Division II ABCA National Coach of the Year after USC Aiken went 46–18 and reached the Division II College World Series. In 1994 and 1995, Gilmore's final two seasons at USC Aiken, his teams had a combined record of 69–46, but both failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament.
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