Troy Buckley

Troy Buckley
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Long Beach State
Conference Big West
Biographical details
Alma mater Santa Clara '89
Playing career
1985–1989 Santa Clara
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–2000 Santa Clara (asst.)
2001–2007 Long Beach State (asst.)
2010 Long Beach State (asst.)
2011–Present Long Beach State
Head coaching record
Overall 120–107
Tournaments NCAA: 2–2

Troy Buckley is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Long Beach State 49ers baseball team. He has held that position since prior to the 2011 season.[1] He has also coached in the minor league systems of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Expos.

Playing career

Buckley was a standout catcher at Santa Clara, earning the 1988 West Coast Conference player of the year award. He was drafted in the ninth round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft by the Minnesota Twins. He played in the minor leagues for several seasons, rising as high as Class-AAA before turning to coaching.[1]

Coaching career

Buckley began coaching with the Montreal Expos Class AA affiliate as a hitting instructor and third base coach. After one season at Ottawa, he became a pitching coach for the GCL Expos. Santa Clara then hired him as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator, a post in which he served for three seasons before moving to Long Beach State in the same capacity. With the 49ers, Buckley coached future All Star Jered Weaver, among many others. Weaver won the Dick Howser Trophy and Roger Clemens Award for National Player of the Year and pitcher of the year in college baseball. The 49ers (also known as the Dirtbags) were among the nation's best in team ERA, finishing in the top 5 nationally three times.[1][2]

In 2008, Buckley accepted the role of pitching coordinator for the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system.[3] He served in that role for two seasons before returning to Long Beach State as associate head coach. Buckley served in that role for one year before taking the head coaching role in 2011. In his three years back with the 49ers, the team ERA has improved from 4.67 to a Big West Conference-best 3.08 and finished above .500 in both seasons with Buckley as head coach.[1][2]

Head coaching records

Below is a table of Buckley's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[4][5]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Long Beach State 49ers (Big West Conference) (2011–present)
2011 Long Beach State 29–27 12–12 4th
2012 Long Beach State 28–27 15–9 3rd
2013 Long Beach State 29–27 15–12 t-4th
2014 Long Beach State 34–26 17–7 2nd NCAA Regional
Long Beach State: 120–107 59–40
Total: 120–107

      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 3 4 "Troy Buckley profile". longbeachstate.com. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Kendall Rogers (August 25, 2009). "Buckley’s return huge for Long Beach State". yahoo.com. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  3. ↑ Aaron Fitt (December 18, 2007). "LBSU’s Buckley Returns To Pro Ball". Baseball America. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ "2012 Big West Conference Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). BigWest.org. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "2013 Big West Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
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