Spanky McFarland (baseball)
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 24, 1954 New Carlisle, Ohio |
| Alma mater |
Hillsdale '76 (B.A.) Appalachian State '81 (M.A.) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1972–1975 | Hillsdale |
| Baseball | |
| 1973–1976 | Hillsdale |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977 | Hillsdale (asst.) |
| 1979–1980 | Kellogg CC |
| 1981 | Appalachian State (asst.) |
| 1982 | Florida State (asst.) |
| 1983–1985 | Georgia Tech (asst.) |
| 1986–1990 | South Florida (asst.) |
| 1991–1997 | Northern Illinois |
| 1998–2015 | James Madison |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 700-697-4 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 4-6 CAA: 22-20 Horizon: 7-5 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| CAA: 2006, 2010, 2011 CAA American: 2002 CAA Tournament: 2008, 2011 Horizon Tournament: 1996 |
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| Awards | |
| 2x CAA Coach of the Year (2002, 2010) 4x Louisville Slugger Conference Coach of the Year (2002, 2006, 2010, 2011) ABCA East Region Coach of the Year (2011) Virginia SID Coach of the Year (2008) Middle Atlantic Baseball Scouts Association Coach of the Year (2008) Springfield-Clark County Baseball Hall of Fame |
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Joe "Spanky" McFarland (born May 24, 1954) is an American former college baseball coach who was the head coach of Northern Illinois (1991–1997) and James Madison (1998–2015). Under him, JMU appeared in three NCAA Tournaments. A 1976 graduate of Hillsdale College, McFarland served as an assistant coach at several schools in the late 1970s and 1980s.
A native of New Carlisle, Ohio, McFarland attended Tecumseh High School, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He then played football and baseball at Michigan's Hillsdale College. After graduating in spring 1976, he spent training camp with the Canadian Football League's Calgary Stampeders before starting his coaching career the following year.
McFarland's first coaching position was an assistant job at Hillsdale in 1977. He next served as the head coach at Kellogg Community College, also in Michigan, from 1979 to 1980. His overall record at Kellogg was 33-13. McFarland then spent a decade as an assistant in the southeast, coaching at Appalachian State (1981), Florida State (1982), Georgia Tech (1983–1985), and South Florida (1986–1990).
McFarland's first Division I head coaching job came at Northern Illinois (NIU) from 1991 to 1997. There, McFarland revived a program that had been cut in the early 1980s. He had a 146-211 record in seven seasons.
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