Jim Wells (born March 21, 1955) is an American college baseball coach, formerly the head coach at Northwestern State and Alabama. Overall, in 18 seasons as a Division 1 head coach, he compiled a 714–335 record. In 18 seasons, he won five regular season conference titles, eight post-season conference championships, as well as 13 of 17 tournament appearances. Three of his teams advanced to the College World Series.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 21, 1955 |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1987–1989 | LSU (Asst.) |
| 1990–1994 | Northwestern State |
| 1995–2009 | Alabama |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 817–411 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| SLC Regular Season: 1991, 1993, 1994 SEC Regular Season: 1996, 2006 SEC Tournament: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003 | |
| Awards | |
| SEC Coach of the Year: 1996, 2002 | |
Wells guided the Crimson Tide to NCAA tournament appearances in 10 out of his 12 seasons there. His teams also won the SEC tournament six times. In 1996, and 2002, he won the SEC Coach of the Year awards.
On September 1, 2009, Wells officially announced his retirement as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball program. Wells retired after 15 seasons as head coach of the Crimson Tide, posting a 625–322 (.656) overall record during his tenure. Alabama hired Mitch Gaspard to replace Wells.[1]
Awards and honors
edit- Three college world series appearances
- Two SEC championships
- Three SEC West Division Titles
- Six SEC Tournament Championships
- Four 50 win seasons, including 12 40 win seasons
- Two time SEC coach of the year
- 1997 Baseball America Coach of the Year
Year-by-year record
edit| Year | School | Overall | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Northwestern State | 38–13 | 9–9 |
| 1991 | Northwestern State | 40–21 | 13–5 |
| 1992 | Northwestern State | 29–26 | 9–13 |
| 1993 | Northwestern State | 40–14 | 18–6 |
| 1994 | Northwestern State | 45–15 | 16–5 |
| 1995 | Alabama | 42–23 | 19–11 |
| 1996 | Alabama | 50–19 | 20–10 |
| 1997 | Alabama | 56–14 | 20–9 |
| 1998 | Alabama | 46–18 | 19–9 |
| 1999 | Alabama | 53–16 | 22–8 |
| 2000 | Alabama | 42–24 | 16–14 |
| 2001 | Alabama | 32–23 | 15–15 |
| 2002 | Alabama | 51–15 | 20–10 |
| 2003 | Alabama | 38–24 | 14–16 |
| 2004 | Alabama | 29–26 | 10–20 |
| 2005 | Alabama | 40–23 | 17–13 |
| 2006 | Alabama | 44–21 | 20–10 |
| 2007 | Alabama | 31–26 | 15–15 |
| 2008 | Alabama | 35–28 | 16–14 |
| 2009 | Alabama | 37–21 | 18–11 |
| OVERALL | 817–411 | ||