Pete Dunn (born June 26, 1948) is a retired American college baseball coach who was most recently the head coach of the Stetson Hatters baseball team.

Pete Dunn
Biographical details
Born (1948-06-26) June 26, 1948 (age 76)
Playing career
1967–1968Brevard
1969–1970Stetson
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972–1973Georgia Southern (Asst.)
1974–1976Apopka HS
1977–1979Stetson (Asst.)
1980–2016Stetson
Head coaching record
Overall1,310–887–3

Stetson career

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Dunn has been the head coach of Stetson's Baseball team for 33 years, and in that time, 72 Stetson players have gone on the play Professional baseball. On July 10, 2013, Dunn received a four-year contract extension that will take him through the 2017 season. In January 2014, he will be inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame held at the ABCA Convention in Dallas, Texas.[1] His career record through 2013 is 1,229–793–3 over 34 seasons. He also has eight Atlantic Sun Conference championships, 16 NCAA Regional appearances and six A-Sun coach of the year awards.[2] He is ranked eighth on the active Division I coaches wins list and as of January 2013, 28 in College Baseball History with the most games won, at that time 1202.[3] Dunn retired in December 2016.[4]

Head coaching record

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The following is a table of Dunn's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.[5][6]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Stetson Hatters (Independent) (1980–1985)
1980 Stetson 34–18
1981 Stetson 36–20
1982 Stetson 40–18 NCAA Regional
1983 Stetson 31–20
1984 Stetson 46–13 NCAA Regional
1985 Stetson 36–22
Stetson Hatters (Trans America Athletic Conference/Atlantic Sun Conference[a]) (1986–2016)
1986 Stetson 36–22 N/A[b]
1987 Stetson 37–22 12–6 2nd (East)
1988 Stetson 35–26 9–8 2nd (East) NCAA Regional
1989 Stetson 38–23 13–5 1st (East) NCAA Regional
1990 Stetson 33–31 10–8 2nd (East) NCAA Regional
1991 Stetson 36–22–1 13–5 1st (East)
1992 Stetson 38–21 13–5 t-1st (East) NCAA Regional
1993 Stetson 38–17 11–7 1st (East)
1994 Stetson 37–21 9–9 2nd (East)
1995 Stetson 34–25 19–11 3rd
1996 Stetson 42–23 12–6 1st (South) NCAA Regional
1997 Stetson 37–26–1 10–8 t-1st (South) NCAA Regional[broken anchor]
1998 Stetson 30–31–1 9–12 3rd (South)
1999 Stetson 23–31 11–19 9th
2000 Stetson 48–16 20–7 t-2nd NCAA Regional
2001 Stetson 43–17 19–8 2nd NCAA Regional
2002 Stetson 42–19 19–9 3rd NCAA Regional
2003 Stetson 41–24 21–12 2nd NCAA Regional
2004 Stetson 36–23 20–10 t-2nd
2005 Stetson 35–28 16–14 4th NCAA Regional
2006 Stetson 38–24 16–14 4th NCAA Regional
2007 Stetson 42–21 21–6 1st NCAA Regional
2008 Stetson 26–33 15–18 t-8th
2009 Stetson 27–30 16–14 5th
2010 Stetson 27–31 14–13 6th
2011 Stetson 43–20 23–7 1st NCAA Regional
2012 Stetson 35–23 15–12 t-4th
2013 Stetson 26–31 15–12 5th
2014 Stetson 26–34 13–14 7th
2015 Stetson 29–30 12–9 t-3rd
2016 Stetson 29–31 9–12 t-5th NCAA Regional
Stetson: 1,310–887–3 435–300
Total: 1,310–887–3

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ From 1986–2001, the Atlantic Sun Conference was known as the Trans America Athletic Conference.
  2. ^ In Stetson's first year of TAAC play, it was not eligible for the conference's postseason, so its record did not count towards divisional or conference standings.

References

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  1. ^ "Pete Dunn Elected to ABCA Hall of Fame". Stetson Today. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Stetson's Pete Dunn gets 4-year contract extension through 2017". Daytona Beach News Journal. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  3. ^ "Pete Dunn Bio". Official Athletic site for Stetson University. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  4. ^ Chris Boyle (December 12, 2016). "Pete Dunn throws change-up, retiring immediately as Stetson baseball coach". www.news-journalonline.com. GateHouse Media, LLC. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  5. ^ "2014 Stetson Baseball Media Guide". Stetson Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  6. ^ "2013 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AtlanticSun.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
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