Jim Penders
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Connecticut |
| Conference | The American |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1972 (age 44–45) Vernon, Connecticut |
| Alma mater | University of Connecticut |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1994 | Connecticut |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1997–1998 | Connecticut (GA) |
| 1999–2002 | Connecticut (AC) |
| 2003–present | Connecticut |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 417–295–4 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Big East Coach of the Year (2006, 2010, 2011) | |
James F. "Jim" Penders is the baseball coach of the Connecticut Huskies. Penders began his time with the Huskies in 1991, as a player on the varsity team. In his senior year, he was named a co-captain and helped to lead the Huskies to victory in the 1994 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. Penders was named as an assistant coach of the Huskies in 1997, and became head coach in 2003.
Penders was a co-captain in 1994. The Huskies finished with a 26–19 record and won the Big East Tournament before losing to Georgia Tech and Long Beach State in the NCAA Regionals and being eliminated. Penders finished the season batting .354 with seven home runs and 46 RBIs.
Penders was hired as a graduate assistant baseball coach before being named a full assistant in 1999. He was promoted to head coach in 2003 after Andy Baylock left the program. Penders won the Big East Coach of the Year honors in 2006, 2010 and 2011, taking the Huskies to the NCAA Tournament in each of those three seasons. In 2011, Penders led the Huskies to their first Super Regional. They were eliminated by South Carolina, two games to none. On March 27, 2012, Penders earned his 300th career victory, all at Connecticut, with a win over in-state rival Hartford. The 8th-seeded Huskies won the 2013 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament in the league's final year before the split.
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
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