Mark Johnson (baseball coach)

Mark Johnson
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Baseball
Alma mater	University of New Mexico
Playing career
1964-1967	New Mexico
1967-1969	New York Mets (minor leagues)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1969-1971 1971-1976 1976-1982 1982-1984 1984-2007 2007-2011	New Mexico (Asst.) Arizona (Asst.) Mississippi State (Asst.) Texas A&M (Asst.) Texas A&M Sam Houston State
Head coaching record
Overall	1,042-562-3^[1]
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 Southwest Conference (1986, 1989, 1993) 2 Big 12 (1998, 1999) 3 SLC Tournament (2007, 2008, 2009) 2 CWS appearances (1993, 1999)
Awards
3x SWC Coach of the Year (1986, 1989, 1993) Big 12 Coach of the Year (1998, 1999) 4x ABCA Regional Coach of the Year (1986, 1993, 1998, 1999) Sporting News National Coach of the Year (1999) ABCA Hall of Fame Inductee (2001) Texas Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee (2002)

Mark Johnson is a Hall of Fame College Baseball Coach who coached the Texas A&M Aggies baseball team from 1985 to 2005 and Sam Houston State from 2007 to 2011. Johnson led the Aggies to the NCAA playoffs 13 times, College World Series appearances in 1993 and 1999, won the Big 12 Conference regular-season crown in 1998 and 1999, won the Southwest Conference championship three times (1986, 1989, 1993) and produced 1,043 career wins during his tenure.^[1]^[2]

With Sam Houston State, he led the Bearkats to three Southland Conference Baseball Tournament championships and three NCAA Regional appearances in 5 years as head coach. Johnson coached his 1,000th win with the Bearkats on March 8, 2010. He was the 44th head baseball coach to pass 1,000 career wins.^[3] In his first 4 years at Sam Houston, his Bearkats had set 26 school records, and also produced 7 Academic All-Southland players.^[4]

References

1 2 Ronnie Turner (2011-05-22). "SHSU Baseball Coach Johnson Nears Retirement". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
↑ "Mark Johnson Relieved Of Baseball Coaching Duties". KBTX.com. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
↑ "SHSU: Coach Johnson Biography". GoBearkats.com. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
↑ Paul Ridings (2011-02-09). "Coach Johnson Announces Retirement". Sam Houston State University. Retrieved 2013-05-18.

Texas A&M Aggies head baseball coaches

Wirt Spencer (1904–1908)
Charley Moran (1909–1914)
Con Lucid (1915)
D. V. Graves (1916–1919)
Dana X. Bible (1920–1921)
Gene Cochrehan (1922)
H. H. House (1923–1924)
Claude Rothgeb (1925–1927)
Bob Countryman (1928–1929)
Roswell G. Higginbotham (1930–1935)
Jules V. Sikes (1936–1937)
Marty Karow (1938–1941)
Lil Dimmit (1942)
Homer H. Norton (1943–1944)
A. E. Jones (1945)
Lil Dimmit (1946–1947)
Marty Karow (1948–1950)
Beau Bell (1951–1958)
Tom Chandler (1959–1984)
Mark Johnson (1985–2005)
Rob Childress (2006– )

Sam Houston State Bearkats head baseball coaches

Unknown (1920) No team (1921) Unknown (1922–1924) W. F. Foster (1925–1928) No team (1929–1948) Hap Malone (1949–1956) Ray Benge (1957–1968) Bob Britt (1969–1975) John Skeeters (1976–2002) Chris Rupp (2003–2006) Mark Johnson (2007–2011) David Pierce (2012–2014) Matt Deggs (2015– )

Big 12 Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

1997: Hays 1998: Johnson 1999: Johnson 2000: Smith 2001: van Horn 2002: Garrido 2003: Anderson 2004: Garrido 2005: Anderson 2006: Garrido 2007: Garrido & Jamieson 2008: Childress 2009: Hill 2010: Garrido 2011: Garrido & Childress 2012: Smith 2013: Hill 2014: Holliday 2015: Schlossnagle 2016: Tadlock

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