Bob Hannah (baseball)

Bob Hannah is a retired college baseball coach who served as head coach of the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens baseball team from 1965-2000.

Coaching career

During his tenure, he was one of the most successful intercollegiate baseball coaches in the country, producing over 1,000 wins in a 35 year career. Hannah's baseball teams have had many successful season including eight straight 30 win seasons from 1976-1983 and five straight 40 win seasons from 1994-1998. Hannah has coached many Major League Baseball players including pitcher Steve Taylor who was a No. 1 draft pick of the New York Yankees in 1977. In 2000, the Delaware Baseball Stadium was renamed Bob Hannah Stadium in his honor.^[1]

Hannah was named America East Coach of the Year five times, a conference record.

References

↑ "A Long-time baseball coach announces retirement". UPDATE. Retrieved 2013-05-17.

Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens head baseball coaches

Student coaches (1882–1901)
Rowan (1902–1903)
L. O. Willis (1904)
Unknown (1905)
George E. Lovett (1906)
Vic Willis (1907)
Lt. Stayer (1908)
William McAvoy (1909–1914)
Unknown (1915–1917)
Stan Baumgartner (1918)
Burton Shipley (1919–1922)
William McAvoy (1923–1925)
Frank M. Forstburg (1926)
Unknown (1927)
Joseph J. Rothrock (1928)
Unknown (1929–1930)
Gerald P. Doherty (1931–1941)
Shack Martin (1942–1943)
Unknown (1944)
No team (1945)
Shack Martin (1946–1952)
Bob Siemen (1953–1955)
Tubby Raymond (1956–1964)
Bob Hannah (1965–2000)
Jim Sherman (2001– )

America East Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

1990: Redman 1991: McPhee 1992: Hannah 1993: Bettencourt 1994: McPhee 1995: Hannah 1996: Hannah 1997: Kostacopoulos 1998: Hannah 1999: Gottlieb 2000: Hannah 2001: Kostacopoulos 2002: Currier 2003: Currier 2004: Mueller 2005: Sinicki 2006: Currier 2007: Sinicki 2008: Jancuska 2009: Sinicki 2010: Sinicki 2011: Senk 2012: Senk 2013: Trimper 2014: Senk 2015: Mumma

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