Jim Schlossnagle (born August 12, 1970) is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Texas Longhorns. He played college baseball at Elon from 1986 to 1989 for head coach Rick Jones. He then served as the head coach of the UNLV Rebels (2002–2003), the TCU Horned Frogs (2004–2021), and the Texas A&M Aggies (2022–2024).
 Schlossnagle answers questions at a university event in 2024 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Texas |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 12, 1970 Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1986–1989 | Elon |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–1992 | Elon (assistant) |
| 1993 | Clemson (assistant) |
| 1994–2001 | Tulane (associate HC) |
| 2002–2003 | UNLV |
| 2004–2021 | TCU |
| 2022–2024 | Texas A&M |
| 2025–present | Texas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 946–452 |
| Tournaments | 80–46 (NCAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| SEC West Division: 2022 Big 12: 2015, 2017, 2021 Big 12 Tournament: 2014, 2016, 2021 Mountain West: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Mountain West Tournament: 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 Conference USA Tournament: 2004, 2005 NCAA Super Regional: 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2024 NCAA Regional: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2024 | |
| Awards | |
| Baseball America National Coach of the Year: 2016 NCBWA National Coach of the Year: 2010 FieldTurf National Coach of the Year: 2010 Big 12 Coach of the Year: 2015 Mountain West Coach of the Year: 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 | |
Schlossnagle was named National Coach of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association in 2010 and by Baseball America in 2016, and has won eight conference Coach of the Year awards in his 16-year head coaching career.
Early life and career
editSchlossnagle grew up in Smithsburg, Maryland, and attended Smithsburg schools. Schlossnagle graduated magna cum laude from Elon University, where he pitched for the Fightin' Christians' 1989 NAIA World Series team and also began his coaching career in 1990 as a pitching coach. After three seasons on the staff at Elon, Schlossnagle spent 1993 on the staff at Clemson before accepting the associate head coach position at Tulane in 1994. He spent eight years at Tulane, including a trip to the College World Series in 2001.
Coaching career
editUNLV
editIn 2002, Schlossnagle was hired as the head coach at UNLV. A year later, he led the Rebels to a 47–17 record, which included winning both the regular season title and conference tournament in the Mountain West Conference, as well as earning the Rebels' first NCAA Tournament bid since 1996.
TCU
editOn August 9, 2003, Schlossnagle was named the head coach at TCU, whose baseball program had just completed its first year in the brand-new Lupton Stadium. During his first season in Fort Worth, 2004, he led the Horned Frogs to a then-school record 39 wins and a Conference USA Tournament championship, clinching their first NCAA bid since 1994. In 2005 and 2006, the Horned Frogs won their second and third consecutive conference tournament championships (2006 was in the Mountain West), which went along with two more NCAA Regional appearances. Only to finish behind Jack Connell in all-time wins.
In his first three years at TCU, Schlossnagle coached four players who appeared on All-America teams: Robbie Findlay (Honorable Mention in 2004), Lance Broadway (1st Team in 2005), Jake Arrieta (2nd Team in 2006) and Chad Huffman (3rd Team in 2006).
Schlossnagle became the winningest coach in TCU baseball history on February 21, 2016, with his 518th win. He is the only coach to lead TCU to the College World Series, having led them to Omaha five times (2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017). During his tenure in Fort Worth, Schlossnagle has won three National Coach of the Year Awards, two in 2010 and one in 2016.
Texas A&M
editOn June 9, 2021, Schlossnagle was named the head baseball coach of the Texas A&M Aggies.[1] In his first year he took the Aggies to the College World Series where they lost to the Oklahoma Sooners in the semifinals. In the 2024 season, the Aggies again went to the College World Series where they lost to Tennessee in Schlossnagle's first-ever trip to the finals.
Texas
editOn June 25, 2024, Schlossnagle was named the head baseball coach of the Texas Longhorns the day following the Aggies' loss in the College World Series finals.[2] This also came less than 24 hours after calling a reporter “selfish” for asking about the Texas job during a press conference, saying “I think it’s pretty selfish of you to ask me that question, to be honest with you,” Schlossnagle responded. “I left my family to be the coach at Texas A&M. I took the job at Texas A&M to never take another job again. That hasn’t changed in my mind. That’s unfair to talk about something like that. That'd be like you asking Montgomery (injured star junior) if he's gonna sign in the draft. I understand you've got to ask the question, but I gave up a big part of my life to come take this job and I poured every ounce of my soul in this job and I gave this job every ounce I could possibly give it. So write that.” The move was widely criticized by numerous media outlets including ESPN, Houston Chronicle, FoxSports, CBS Sports, and others. Several news outlets also reported that many in the Texas Baseball program knew about the deal prior to the 2024 College World Series as talks between Schlossnagle and Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte reportedly began in late April, over a month before the Longhorns even fired their own coach David Pierce,[3] though Schlossnagle denied there were any prior communications.[4]
Head coaching record
editBelow is a table of Schlossnagle's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNLV Rebels (Mountain West Conference) (2002–2003) | |||||||||
| 2002 | UNLV | 30–30 | 13–17 | 5th | |||||
| 2003 | UNLV | 47–17 | 24–6 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| UNLV: | 77–47 (.621) | 37–23 (.617) | |||||||
| TCU Horned Frogs (Conference USA) (2004–2005) | |||||||||
| 2004 | TCU | 39–26 | 19–11 | T–4th | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 2005 | TCU | 41–20 | 20–10 | T–2nd | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| TCU: | 39–21 (.650) | ||||||||
| TCU Horned Frogs (Mountain West Conference) (2006–2012) | |||||||||
| 2006 | TCU | 39–23 | 17–5 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 2007 | TCU | 48–14 | 20–3 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 2008 | TCU | 44–19 | 19–5 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 2009 | TCU | 40–18 | 15–5 | 1st | NCAA Super Regionals | ||||
| 2010 | TCU | 54–14 | 19–5 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
| 2011 | TCU | 43–19 | 20–3 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 2012 | TCU | 40–22 | 18–6 | T–1st | NCAA Super Regionals | ||||
| TCU: | 128–32 (.800) | ||||||||
| TCU Horned Frogs (Big 12 Conference) (2013–2021) | |||||||||
| 2013 | TCU | 29–28 | 12–12 | T–6th | |||||
| 2014 | TCU | 48–18 | 17–7 | 2nd | College World Series | ||||
| 2015 | TCU | 51–15 | 18–5 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
| 2016 | TCU | 49–18 | 15–9 | 3rd | College World Series | ||||
| 2017 | TCU | 50–18 | 16–8 | T–1st | College World Series | ||||
| 2018 | TCU | 33–23 | 10–13 | 6th | |||||
| 2019 | TCU | 34–28 | 11–13 | T–6th | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 2020 | TCU | 11–4 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | TCU | 41–16 | 17–7 | T–1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| TCU: | 734–343 (.682) | 116–74 (.611) | |||||||
| Texas A&M Aggies (Southeastern Conference) (2022–2024) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Texas A&M | 44–20 | 19–11 | 1st (West) | College World Series | ||||
| 2023 | Texas A&M | 38–27 | 14–16 | 5th (West) | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 2024 | Texas A&M | 53–15 | 19–11 | 2nd (West) | College World Series runner-up | ||||
| Texas A&M: | 135–62 (.685) | 52–38 (.578) | |||||||
| Texas Longhorns (Southeastern Conference) (2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025 | Texas | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Texas: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 946–452 (.677) | ||||||||
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Drew Davison (June 9, 2021). "TCU baseball's Schlossnagle leaving for Texas A&M. Frogs made push to keep him". www.star-telegram.com. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ "Jim Schlossnagle Named Head Baseball Coach at Texas". University of Texas Athletics. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Billy Liucci joins TA Radio after Jim Schlossnagle crosses rival lines". TexAgs. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "'I get it': Schlossnagle addresses 12th Man frustrations during Texas press conference". 26 June 2024.