Terry Rooney (baseball coach)

Terry Rooney is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current pitching coach for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks.^[1] He played college baseball at Davis & Elkins College in 1993, transferring to Radford where he played from 1994 to 1996. Rooney then served as the head coach of the UCF Knights (2009–2016) and the interim head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide (2017).^[2]

Terry Rooney

Current position
Title	Pitching Coach
Team	South Carolina
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Born	(1973-11-29) November 29, 1973 (age 50) Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
1993	Davis & Elkins College
1994–1996	Radford
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997	George Washington (Asst.)
1998–1999	James Madison (Asst.)
2000–2001	Old Dominion (Asst.)
2002–2003	Stetson (Asst.)
2004–2006	Notre Dame (Asst.)
2007–2008	LSU (Asst.)
2009–2016	UCF
2017	Alabama (AHC/Interim HC)
2018–2021	Houston (P)
2022–2023	Purdue (RC)
2024	LSU (RC)
2025–present	South Carolina (P)
Head coaching record
Overall	261–210 (.554)
Tournaments	C-USA: 4–7 The American: 1–4 NCAA: 3–4
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
AAC Coach of the Year (2014)

Head coaching career

In 2009, Rooney replaced longtime UCF Knights head coach, Jay Bergman. On June 21, 2010, Rooney signed a four-year contract extension with the university, making him the Knights head baseball coach through 2014.^[3] In 2011, Rooney led the Knights to a 39–23 (12–12) season and their first NCAA tournament appearance under his leadership.^[4] UCF reached the tournament again in 2012. In 2014, the Knights' first year in the American Athletic Conference, Rooney was named conference Coach of the Year. Rooney left following the 2016 season after compiling a record of 261–210 at UCF.

Assistant coaching career

From 1997–2003, Rooney was an assistant coach at George Washington, James Madison, Old Dominion and Stetson. In 1997, he was pitching coach of the Cotuit Kettleers, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod League.^[5][6] In 2004, Rooney joined the staff at Notre Dame under head coach Paul Mainieri. In 2007, he followed Mainieri to LSU before leaving in 2009 to become the head coach of the UCF Knights. In 2017 following his tenure at UCF, he was the associate head coach/interim head coach at Alabama.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UCF Knights (Conference USA) (2009–2013)
2009	UCF	22–35	9–15	T–7th
2010	UCF	33–22	10–14	T–8th
2011	UCF	39–23	12–12	T–4th	NCAA Regional
2012	UCF	45–17	16–8	2nd	NCAA Regional
2013	UCF	29–30	13–11	T-5th
C–USA:		168–127	60–60
UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2014–2016)
2014	UCF	36–23	17–7	2nd
2015	UCF	31–27	10–14	7th
2016	UCF	26–33	8–16	T-7th
AAC:		93–83	35–37
Total:		261–210
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

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches

External links

• Official Bio at UCFKnights.com Archived 2014-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Bio @ LSUSports.net Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine

References

1. "Monte Lee to remain with Gamecocks; here's who joins him on new baseball staff". 11 June 2024.
2. "Rooney to be named UCF baseball coach". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
3. UCF baseball coach Terry Rooney inks new contract through 2014 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
4. "UCF Receives NCAA At-Large Spot – Will Travel to Tallahassee". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
5. Price, Chris (February 13, 1997). "Cape League Rundown". Barnstable Patriot. Barnstable, MA. p. 8.
6. "Terry Rooney". nmnathletics.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.