Wayne Graham
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Rice |
| Conference | C-USA |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 6, 1936 Yoakum, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| 1956–1957 | Texas |
| Position(s) | Third base/Outfield |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1971–1979 | Scarborough HS |
| 1980 | Spring Branch HS |
| 1981–1991 | San Jacinto JC |
| 1992–present | Rice |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1,675-514 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NJCAA World Series (1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990) College World Series (2003) C-USA Tournament (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) WAC Tournament (1997, 1998, 1999) SWC Tournament (1996) |
|
| Awards | |
| C-USA Coach of the Year (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012) | |
Wayne Leon Graham (born April 6, 1936) is a former major-league baseball player and the head coach of the Rice Owls baseball team in Houston, Texas. He has coached one College World Series championship team and five NJCAA World Series champions.
Graham was born in Yoakum, Texas. His father, Earl moved the family to Houston to get a job. Wayne was the batboy for the 1945 semipro Finger Furniture baseball team coached by his father.
Graham attended Reagan High School in Houston and played college baseball at the University of Texas, where he played two seasons under coach Bibb Falk.
Graham was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1957. He played eleven years as a professional with the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets organizations, including brief major-league stints in 1963 and 1964. He was named Texas minor league player of the year in 1962 after hitting .311 for Dallas-Fort Worth. Graham was called up to the Phillies in 1963 and played in 10 games under manager Gene Mauch. One year later, Graham appeared in twenty games for the Mets under legendary Casey Stengel.
When his playing career ended, Graham returned to the University of Texas to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education in 1970, and he later added a Master's Degree in education at the University of Houston in 1973.
His coaching career began at Scarborough High School in Houston. Graham coached for nine seasons at Scarborough and one year at Spring Branch High School before moving on to coach junior college baseball at San Jacinto College in Houston.
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