John Yurkow

John Yurkow
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Penn
Conference Ivy League
Record 46–32
Playing career
1995–1999 Rowan
Position(s) 2B
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2001 Rowan (Asst.)
2002–2005 Duke (Asst.)
2007–2013 Penn (Asst.)
2014–Present Penn
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Gehrig Division: 2014, 2015

John Yurkow in an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Penn Quakers baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2014 season.[1][2][3][4]

Yurkow played second base at Rowan, and earned his first coaching position with the Profs immediately after graduation. He served two years before moving to Duke for four seasons. He then accepted a position at Penn as the top assistant to head coach John Cole, who had previously coached him at Rowan. Upon Cole's firing after the 2013 seasons, Yurkow was elevated to the Head Coaching position.[1][2][3][4]

Head coaching records

Below is a table of Yurkow's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[5]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Penn (Ivy League) (2014–present)
2014 Penn 24–17 15–5 T-1st Gehrig Division Playoff
2015 Penn 22–15 16–4 T-1st Gehrig Division Playoff
Penn: 46–32 31–9
Total: 46–32

      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

References

  1. 1 2 "John Yurkow bio". Penn Quakers. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Scott Chappellear (July 15, 2013). "Washington Township native John Yurkow named head coach at Penn". South Jersey Times. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Yohn Yurkow Bio". Duke Blue Devils. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Rich Fisher (May 24, 1999). "Lighting The Fire For Rowan John Yurkow Was The Spark Plug For The Profs This Season". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  5. ↑ "2014 Ivy League Standings". IvyLeagueSports.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
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