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Sunny Golloway
Head Coach
Eighth Season
303-160-1 (.654) at OU
638-316-1 (.669) Overall

OU Baseball Coaching Staff

Sunny Golloway has led the Sooners to six NCAA Regional finals, 303 victories and a top 25 ranking in each of his seven years at the helm of the OU program. The Sooners have hosted three NCAA Regionals under Golloway while appearing in the program's only Super Regional appearances (2006, 2010 and 2012) and making it back to the College World Series in 2010 for the first time since 1995.

The Sooners posted the program's fourth straight 40-win regular season in 2012, a first since 1989, and finished fourth in the Big 12 standings while making the program's fifth straight NCAA postseason appearance (35th overall). OU finished the 2012 campaign ranked as high as No. 13 in the nation after falling to South Carolina in the NCAA Columbia Super Regional.

The 2011 season ended at 41-19 and with Michael Rocha (second team) and Dillon Overton (freshman) collecting All-America honors, while a program-best 11 players were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft in June.

In 2010, the Sooners made the program's 10th appearance in the College World Series and first since 1995. The path started after OU hosted an NCAA Regional for the second straight year and advanced to the program's second Super Regional appearance. The series win over then-No. 1 Virginia propelled back to the final season at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb.

OU finished 2010 with a No. 5 national ranking and a 50-18 overall record, marking the fifth season in program history with 50 or more wins. Fifteen of those wins came in Big 12 play as OU finished in second place in the standings for the second straight year. In addition, Garrett Buechele (first team) and Max White (freshman) were named All-Americans.

The run in 2010 was even more impressive when considering the nine Sooners lost to the MLB Draft, a Big 12 best in 2009. The nine selections tied for the third most in program history. Since 2005, 34 Sooners have been drafted under Golloway.

In 2009, OU finished with a 43-20 overall and 17-10 in Big 12 play. The Sooners also dominated the award circuit with seven All-Big 12 honorees, including the Big 12 Player of the Year in J.T. Wise and the Big 12 Freshman of the Year in Garrett Buechele. The league honors were program firsts since the Big 12's inception in 1997 and were followed up by Wise being named a consensus All-American and the first Sooner to be given the Johnny Bench Award (top catcher).

Including eight seasons (1996-2003) as the head coach at Oral Roberts and his record at OU's helm, Golloway is 638-316-1 (.669). His winning percentage ranked No. 15 nationally among active head coaches (min. five years) prior to 2011.

The Sooners posted a 36-26-1 overall record during the 2008 campaign and advanced to the championship game of the NCAA Tempe Regional.

OU finished the 2007 season with a 34-24 overall record and eight Sooners received All-Big 12 recognition from the league's coaches. In addition, Aaron Baker was named a Freshman All-American and Aaron Ivey was named ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year.

In 2006, his first full year as head coach, Golloway guided the Sooners to a 45-22 mark, a third-place finish in the Big 12, an NCAA regional title and the program's first Super Regional appearance (format originated in 1999).

The Sooners' run in 2006 was the best in Norman since the 1994 and 1995 teams made back-to-back appearances in the College World Series. OU was one win away from reaching the program's 10th appearance in Omaha after Golloway and the Sooners dropped a best of three series to then-No. 1 Rice.

Not only did the Sooners enjoy a top 10 ranking for three weeks during the regular season, but they finished the year ranked No. 9 (Baseball America) and led the nation in fielding percentage with a .983 mark (highest in school history and the second best mark in NCAA history).

Golloway was named the eighth head baseball coach at the University of Oklahoma on July 15, 2005. His appointment was made after successful stints on the Sooner staff as an assistant and interim head coach, and a strong eight-year run as the head coach at Oral Roberts.

In 2005, Golloway was elevated from associate head coach to interim head coach on May 1, when Larry Cochell resigned. Golloway rallied the program to a 12-6 mark down the stretch and led the Sooners to a berth in the NCAA Tournament, including an appearance in the Ole Miss Regional final.

When Golloway took over the Sooners in 2005, the team was 23-20 with a seventh-place Big 12 mark of 7-11. The team won its last three Big 12 series to move its overall record to 35-26 and its Big 12 mark to 14-13, good for a fifth-place finish.

Golloway, an assistant coach at OU from 1992-1995, returned to OU from Oral Roberts prior to the 2004 season. In his first season back, the Sooners returned to the top 25 and recorded the program's highest finish (second place) in Big 12 Conference history and made a return to the NCAA Tournament, hosting a regional tourney.

As an assistant on the accomplished OU coaching staffs of the early 1990s, Golloway made three trips to the College World Series, including the 1994 national title run.

Golloway's impact has been felt in other areas of the program as well. Three of OU's recruiting classes have ranked in the top 10 in Collegiate Baseball's national rankings, including the 2007 group of newcomers that was tabbed the fourth best in the country, the highest ranking since 1987 and tied for the second best in program history.

At ORU, Golloway posted a mark of 335-156 record (.682). He coached 16 All-Americans, three Freshman All-Americans and 26 of his ORU players were drafted or signed professional contracts.

He was honored four times as Mid-Continent Conference Coach of the Year by his peers (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002). Golloway also garnered Coach of the Year acclaim from the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association in 1998 and 2001 and was nominated on two other occasions in his career.

Among his many laurels as the ORU head coach, Golloway shaped the successful careers of 34 allconference selections, four conference Players of the Year and Pitchers of the Year and one conference Newcomer of the Year.

In his final six seasons at Oral Roberts, Golloway was responsible for turning the Golden Eagles into one of the nation's winningest programs. The program flourished under Golloway's guidance and tallied 277 wins in that time, an average of more than 46 victories per season, and a .731 winning percentage.

Golloway and the Golden Eagles dominated the Mid-Continent Conference after joining the league in 1998, winning six consecutive regular season and tournament titles, and advancing to six consecutive NCAA Regionals. ORU was an amazing 85-5 in conference play over his last four seasons.

Golloway's strongest postseason run with Oral Roberts came at the end of the 2002 season. The Golden Eagles, fresh from winning their fifth consecutive Mid-Continent Conference Tournament title, stunned 14th-ranked and home-standing Wichita State in the opening round of NCAA Regional play.

ORU then knocked off the Shockers again the next night, before falling to Arkansas in the Regional final. The national media and baseball coaching community took notice as the Golden Eagles ended the season ranked No. 21 by Collegiate Baseball and 20th by the NCBWA.

The Golloway File
Hometown	Stillwater, Okla.
High School	Stillwater, 1979
College	Oklahoma Christian, 1984
Family	wife, Charlotte daughters, Sunni Kate and Taylor son, Callen

Head Coaching Records
Year	School	Title	Record
2012	Oklahoma	Head Coach	42-25
2011	Oklahoma	Head Coach	41-19
2010	Oklahoma	Head Coach	50-18
2009	Oklahoma	Head Coach	43-20
2008	Oklahoma	Head Coach	36-26-1
2007	Oklahoma	Head Coach	34-24
2006	Oklahoma	Head Coach	45-22
2005	Oklahoma	Head Coach	12-6
2003	Oral Roberts	Head Coach	41-20
2002	Oral Roberts	Head Coach	48-19
2001	Oral Roberts	Head Coach	48-13
2000	Oral Roberts	Head Coach	49-15
1999	Oral Roberts	Head Coach	46-15
1998	Oral Roberts	Head Coach	45-20
1997	Oral Roberts	Head Coach	26-30
1996	Oral Roberts	Head Coach	32-24

Coaching Accomplishments

Head coach of 2010 and 2006 Regional Champions at Oklahoma

Head coach of the Sooners' 10th College World Series appearance in 2010.

Produced the program's fifth 50-plus win season in 2010 with a 50-18 overall record.

Head coach of the 2012, 2010 and 2006 Regional Champions.

Head coach in 13 NCAA Tournaments

Head coach of six straight regular season and tournament conference titles at ORU

Assistant coach of 2002 USA Baseball Team

Three-time Oklahoma Baseball Coaches' Association Coach of the Year (1998, 2001)

Four-time Mid-Continent Conference Coach of the Year (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002)

Two-time NBC Champions and Coach of the Year (1993,1994)

Assistant coach of the Oklahoma 1994 National Championship team

By the Numbers

1994 - The last season OU won a National Championship, Golloway was an OU assistant.

638 - Golloway has accumulated 638 wins over his 16 years as a head coach. Excluding the 2005 season where he won 12 of 18 games as an interim head coach, Golloway has averaged 40-plus wins per season.

100 - Golloway reached the 100-win plateau at OU in his 154th game. The total was achieved in 2008, his third full season at the helm, tied for the best mark in program history.

88 - Golloway has coached 88 all-conference honorees at Oklahoma and Oral Roberts. In the last eight years, 55 Sooners have garnered All-Big 12 accolades, including J.T. Wise and Garrett Buechele in 2009, the Big 12 Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, respectively.

74 - The number of players taken in the MLB Draft during Golloway's 16 seasons as a head coach. As an assistant and head coach at OU, 82 Sooners have been drafted under him, including a program-best 11 players in 2011.

15 - Golloway's .671 winning percentage ranked in No. 15 in the nation among active coaches in Division I baseball prior to 2011.

11 - The number of 40-plus win seasons that Golloway has led his teams to as a head coach, including 11 of his last 13 years at the helm.

7 - Golloway has been a part of the Sooners' last seven regional titles (2012, 2010, 2006, 1995, 1994 and 1992) and last four College World Series Appearances (2010. 1995, 1994 and 1992).

Golloway is a former Team USA assistant and head skipper of several collegiate summer teams. In the summer of 2002, he was selected to serve as pitching coach for USA Baseball's National Team. Under his direction, the team recorded the lowest ERA in its history.

Golloway also helped lead Team USA to a silver medal at the fi rst-ever FISU World Championships in Messina, Italy. The National Team also won the championship at Haarlem Baseball Week in The Netherlands.

During his first stint in Norman, Golloway helped guide the Kenai Peninsula Oilers of the Alaska Baseball League to consecutive National Baseball Congress World Series championships in 1993 and 1994. As a result of his successes in those back-to-back years, he was named the NBC Coach of the Year in 1993 and 1994.

Counting the Sooners' national championship in `94, Golloway won an amazing three national championships in a 12-month period.

Coaching for several high-profile teams has given Golloway the opportunity to help mold many outstanding players. Among those who have come under Golloway's tutelage are current Major Leaguers Mickey Callaway, Ryan Christenson, J.D. Drew, Braden Looper, Greg Norton, Doug Mientkiewicz, David Purcey and Ryan Rohlinger.

Although born in Springfield, Mo., Golloway grew up in Stillwater, Okla., and graduated from Stillwater High School in 1979. He attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Junior College in Miami, Okla., for one year before transferring to Oklahoma Christian College where he received his bachelor's degree in 1984.

He has done graduate work at the University of Central Oklahoma and the University of Oklahoma.

Golloway and his wife, Charlotte, live in Norman. The couple has three children: Sunni Kate, Taylor and Callen.