Allen Gum

Allen Gum
Current position
Sport(s)	Baseball
Title	Head coach
Team	Central Arkansas
Conference	Southland Conference
Biographical details
Born	(1969-07-22) July 22, 1969
Playing career
1988–1989	Crowder
1990–1991	Southern Arkansas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2005	Southern Arkansas (Asst.)
2006–2010	Southern Arkansas
2011–Present	Central Arkansas
Head coaching record
Overall	349–171
Tournaments	Gulf South: 17-7 Southland: 8-4 NCAA DII: 11-8 NCAA DI: 3-2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2009 Gulf South Regular Season & Conference Tournament 2010 Gulf South Conference Regular Season 2013 Southland Conference Tournament
Awards
2006 Gulf South Coach of the Year 2009 Gulf South Coach of the Year

Allen Gum (born July 22, 1969) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Central Arkansas Bears baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 2011 season.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Pre-collegiate coaching

Gum played two seasons at Crowder College before completing his eligibility at Southern Arkansas. Both seasons with the Muleriders, he batted above .300 and helped lead the team to conference championships. In his junior season, Southern Arkansas reached the NAIA World Series, where Gum was awarded the Charles Berry Hustle Award. He then served as an assistant coach at Sheridan High School in Sheridan, Arkansas for six years before becoming head coach at Batesville High School in Batesville, Arkansas in 2000. He remained at Batesville through the 2003 season, compiling a record of 75–25, and finishing as state runners up in both 2002 and 2003.^[1]

Collegiate coaching career

In 2004, Gum became an assistant at Southern Arkansas. He was elevated to the top job in 2006. In five seasons, the Muleriders won 40 or more games every year, reached the Division II College World Seriesin 2009, won two conference championships, four Regionals, and the number one national ranking for 24 weeks during the course of three seasons. In the 2010 MLB Draft, Muleriders pitcher Hayden Simpson was picked 16th overall by the Chicago Cubs, the highest Division II players to be drafted that year. In July 2010, Gum became head coach at Central Arkansas. He led the Bears to their first Southland Conference Baseball Tournament title in 2013, and reached the Regional final before falling to eventual national runner-up Mississippi State.^[1]^[5]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Southern Arkansas Muleriders (Gulf South Conference) (2006–2010)
2006	Southern Arkansas	40–18	16-7	2nd (West)	NCAA South Central Regional
2007	Southern Arkansas	41–17	16-5	3rd (West)
2008	Southern Arkansas	46–12	17-3	2nd (West)	NCAA South Central Regional
2009	Southern Arkansas	52–11	18-3	1st (West)	NCAA South Regional
2010	Southern Arkansas	47–10	18-2	1st (West)	NCAA South Regional
Southern Arkansas:		226–68	85-20
Central Arkansas Bears (Southland Conference) (2011–present)
2011	Central Arkansas	24–29	13–20	11th (12)
2012	Central Arkansas	25–30	16–17	T-6th (12)	Southland Tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2013	Central Arkansas	42–22	12–15	7th (10)	NCAA Regional
2014	Central Arkansas	32–22	17–13	6th	Southland Conference Tournament Championship
2015	Central Arkansas	29–24	16–14	6th	Southland Conference Tournament
Central Arkansas:		152–127	74–69
Total:		378–195
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

↑ The top eight finishers of the Southland's 12 teams qualified for the Tournament in 2012.

References

1 2 3 "Allen Gum". UCA Bears. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
↑ David McCollum (June 15, 2010). "SAU's Allen Gum new baseball coach at UCA". Log Cabin Democrat (Conway, Arkansas). Retrieved January 20, 2014.
↑ Chris Murray (August 17, 2013). "UCA Bears Baseball Rolling with Changes". Sporting Life Arkansas. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
↑ "Allen Gum resigns as SAU baseball coach". Magnolia Reporter (Magnolia, Arkansas). June 15, 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
↑ "NCAA Baseball: Allen Gum Leaving SAU To Take Over UCA Baseball". Arkansas Business Publishing Group. June 15, 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

Southern Arkansas Muleriders head baseball coaches

Ralph Ross (1950) Sam Bailey (1951–1956) Delwin T. Ross (1957–1967) Bob Staten (1968–1970) Monroe Ingram (1971–1977) Jack Harrington (1978–1980) Steve Goodheart (1981–2003) Mike Godfrey (2004–2005) Allen Gum (2006–2010) Steve Browning (2011– )

Central Arkansas Bears head baseball coaches

J. C. Cook (1969–1971)
Dan Estes (1916–1917)
No team (1918)
Dan Estes (1919–1933)
H. L. Minton (1934)
Dan Estes (1935)
Warren B. Woodson (1936)
Dan Estes (1937)
No team (1938–1945)
Jeff Farris (1946)
E. T. Williams (1947)
Jeff Farris (1948–1952)
Paul Coleman (1953–1955)
Fletcher Lowry (1956–1965)
Cliff Horton (1966)
Fletcher Lowry (1967–1970)
Rex Lovell (1971–1981)
Ronnie Kerr (1982–1985)
Jack Fulmer (1986–1995)
Toby White (1996–2001)
Willie Gawlik (2002)
Doug Clark (2003–2010)
Allen Gum (2011– )

Current head baseball coaches of the Southland Conference

Britt Bonneau (Abilene Christian)
Allen Gum (Central Arkansas)
Jared Moon (Houston Baptist)
Danny Heep (Incarnate Word)
Jim Gilligan (Lamar)
Justin Hill (McNeese State)
Blake Dean (New Orleans)
Seth Thibodeaux (Nicholls State)
Lane Burroughs (Northwestern State)
Matt Deggs (Sam Houston State)
Matt Riser (Southeastern Louisiana)
Johnny Cardenas (Stephen F. Austin)
Scott Malone (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)

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