John Savage (baseball)
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UCLA |
| Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | February 27, 1965 |
| Playing career | |
| 1987 | Salt Lake City Trappers |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1988 | Reno High School (assistant coach) |
| 1992–1996 | Nevada (assistant coach) |
| 1996–2000 | USC (pitching coach) |
| 2002–2004 | UC-Irvine |
| 2005–present | UCLA |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 505–382–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2013 CWS National Championship | |
| Awards | |
| 2015 Pac-12 Coach of the Year 2013 National Coach of the Year (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper) 2013 West Region Coach of the Year (ABCA) 2010 National Coach of the Year (CollegeBaseballInsider.com) 1998 Assist. Coach of Year (Collegiate Baseball) |
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John Savage (born February 27, 1965) is currently the head baseball coach at UCLA in Los Angeles, California.
Before becoming a coach, Savage played two years with the Cincinnati Reds organization, after three years playing at Santa Clara University. In 1987, he helped the Salt Lake City Trappers set a professional baseball record of 29 consecutive victories.
In 1991, Savage received a bachelor's degree in secondary education from the University of Nevada.
Savage's coaching career started at his alma mater Reno (NV) High School as a pitching coach in 1988. Between 1992 and 2000, Savage was an assistant coach at Nevada and USC. During this period, his teams won one national championship, and played in 5 regionals and 2 super regionals.
Savage was the head baseball coach of the UC Irvine Anteaters baseball program from 2002 to 2004. Under Savage, UC Irvine had a record of 88-84-1 (32-34 conference) and participated in the South Bend Regional in 2004.
UCLA went 15-41 in 2005, its first season under Savage. In 2006, the program qualified for the NCAA Tournament, where it went 1-2 in the Malibu Regional. In 2007, the team advanced to the Super Regional round.
The 2008 team became UCLA's first to appear in three consecutive NCAA tournaments. In the regular season, UCLA played 18 games against teams ranked in Baseball America's weekly top-25 poll. Savage helped lead the Bruins to series victories in three of the team's four Pac-10 road series.
In 2010, Savage's team advanced to the College World Series by defeating the defending National Champion LSU Tigers in the Los Angeles Regional and the Cal State Fullerton Titans in the Los Angeles Super Regional. The Bruins finished the season in second place, losing two games to the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Championship Series. He was named the national Coach of the Year by CollegeBaseballInsider.com in 2010. He was also named 2010 NCAA Division I Western Regional Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).
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