George Horton (baseball)

George Horton

Sport(s)	College Baseball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	University of Oregon
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	225–147–1
Biographical details
Born	October 5, 1953
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976-1977	Cerritos College (Asst.)
1978-1980	LA Valley College (Asst.)
1980-1985	Cerritos College (Asst.)
1985-1990	Cerritos College
1990-1996	Cal State Fullerton (Asst.)
1996-2007	Cal State Fullerton
2009-present	Oregon
Head coaching record
Overall	714–358–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2004 College World Series

George Horton (born October 5, 1953) is the head coach of the Oregon Ducks baseball team and the former head coach of the CSUF Titans baseball program.

Playing career

Horton played on the Cerritos College baseball team in 1972 and 1973 under coach Wally Kincaid. Horton then played two seasons under head coach Augie Garrido at (CSUF) in 1975 and 1976. He was on the Fullerton team that made the school's first appearance in the College World Series in 1975.

Coaching career

He began his coaching career the same place he began his collegiate playing career, Cerritos College. He coached there for 2 season before moving onto Los Angeles Valley College. From there he went back to Cerritos College as an assistant before eventually becoming the head coach. He was later hired by his former coach, Augie Garrido, to be an assistant at Cal State Fullerton. When Garrido left in 1996, Horton was hired to replace him.

In 2003, Horton was named 2003 National Coach of the Year by Baseball America.^[1]

In 2004, Horton would face off against his old boss in the 2004 College World Series championship series. The Fullerton Titans won the series and the national championship.

In September 2007, Horton was named the head coach of the University of Oregon, which reinstated its baseball program starting in the 2009 season after being a club sport since 1982.^[2] In his first season at the helm of the Ducks the team was 14-42.

In 2010, Horton led the Ducks to the NCAA Division I baseball Tournament for the first time since 1964. The 2010 Ducks baseball team finished the season with a 40-24 overall record.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
CSUF Titans (Big West Conference) (1997–2007)
1997	Cal State Fullerton	39–24–1	21–9	2nd (Southern)	NCAA Regional
1998	Cal State Fullerton	47–17	25–5	1st (Southern)	NCAA Regional
1999	Cal State Fullerton	50–14	25–5	1st	College World Series
2000	Cal State Fullerton	38–21	21–9	T–1st	NCAA Regional
2001	Cal State Fullerton	48–18	14–4	1st	College World Series
2002	Cal State Fullerton	37–22	14–10	T–4th	NCAA Regional
2003	Cal State Fullerton	50–16	15–6	2nd	College World Series
2004	Cal State Fullerton	47–22	19–2	1st	College World Series Champions
2005	Cal State Fullerton	46–18	16–5	1st	NCAA Super Regional
2006	Cal State Fullerton	50–15	18–3	1st	College World Series
2007	Cal State Fullerton	38–25	10–11	5th	College World Series
Cal State Fullerton:		490–212–1	198–69
Oregon Ducks (Pac-12 Conference) (2009–present)
2009	Oregon	14–42	4–23	10th
2010	Oregon	40–24	13–14	T–5th	NCAA Regional
2011	Oregon	33–26–1	11–16	8th
2012	Oregon	46–19	19–11	3rd	NCAA Super Regional
2013	Oregon	48–16	22–8	2nd	NCAA Regional
2014	Oregon	44–20	18–12	4th	NCAA Regional
Oregon:		225–147–1	88–85
Total:		714–358–2
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

References

1. George Horton Baseball Biography
2. Hunt, John (September 1, 2007). "Horton to coach in Eugene". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2007-09-01.

External links

• Cal State Fullerton profile