Bob Warn

Bob Warn
Biographical details
BornCrystal Lake, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materSouthern Illinois
Playing career
1966–1967Iowa Western
1968Southern Illinois
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972Western Illinois (JV)
1973–1975Iowa Western
1976–2006Indiana State
Head coaching record
Overall1,174–779–9 (.601)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Mideast Regional (1986)
MVC (1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995)
Awards
Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year (1979, 1983, 1984)

Bob Warn is a former Indiana State Sycamores baseball coach. While coaching Indiana State University's Baseball team, he led the Sycamores to six Missouri Valley Conference (1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995) championships, seven NCAA tournament (1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995) appearances, and a College World Series (1986) appearance while compiling a record of 1,079-745-9 (.591). Five of his teams finished the season ranked in the Top 30 in the country (1979, 1983, 1984, 1986 and 1989)[1] In 2000, he was inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame.[2] In 2009, the Indiana State Sycamores baseball field was named Bob Warn Field in his honor.[3]

Seventeen of Warn's players went on to play in the major leagues, including Zane Smith, Wallace Johnson, Clint Barmes and Joe Thatcher. He was named MVC Coach of the Year thrice; 1979, 1983 & 1984.

Warn's Indiana State teams featured 16 All-Americans and 60 All-Conference (First Team) players, while his Iowa Western teams placed two players on the JUCO All-American rolls.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Iowa Western Reivers (ICCAC) (1973–1975)
1973 Iowa Western
1974 Iowa Western
1975 Iowa Western 42-10 4th JUCO World Series
Iowa Western: 104–38
Indiana State Sycamores (Independent) (1976)
1976 Indiana State 25–23
Indiana State Sycamores (Missouri Valley Conference) (1977–2006)
1977 Indiana State 34–21 1–2 3rd Missouri Valley Tournament
1978 Indiana State 26-24-3 2–0 4th Missouri Valley Tournament
1979 Indiana State 41–11 5–0 2nd Midwestern Regional
1980 Indiana State 38–19 4–0 3rd Missouri Valley Tournament
1981 Indiana State 34–26 4–8 3rd (East)
1982 Indiana State 40–20 12–4 1st (East) Missouri Valley Tournament
1983 Indiana State 37–14–1 7–1 1st (East) Mideast Regional
1984 Indiana State 36–23–1 7–6 3rd Mideast Regional
1985 Indiana State 57–22 5–15 T–1st Missouri Valley Tournament
1986 Indiana State 48–21 10–10 4th College World Series
1987 Indiana State 45–18–1 10–10 T-3rd Central Regional
1988 Indiana State 31–28 6–14 6th Missouri Valley Tournament
1989 Indiana State 48–21–1 13–7 2nd South Regional
1990 Indiana State 43–21 8–12 4th Missouri Valley Tournament
1991 Indiana State 42–23 15–9 3rd Missouri Valley Tournament
1992 Indiana State 40–19 13–8 3rd Missouri Valley Tournament
1993 Indiana State 35–23 12–9 4th Missouri Valley Tournament
1994 Indiana State 28–28 5–16 T-7th
1995 Indiana State 39–23 16–15 5th Midwest II Regional
1996 Indiana State 22–31 10–19 8th
1997 Indiana State 24–30 9–23 9th
1998 Indiana State 37–18–1 23–9 2nd Missouri Valley Tournament
1999 Indiana State 21–34 8–24 9th
2000 Indiana State 31–28-1 16–16 4th Missouri Valley Tournament
2001 Indiana State 32–28 15–16 6th Missouri Valley Tournament
2002 Indiana State 30–27 16–15 5th Missouri Valley Tournament
2003 Indiana State 36–22 15–17 5th Missouri Valley Tournament
2004 Indiana State 20–37 12–20 6th Missouri Valley Tournament
2005 Indiana State 30–28 10–14 6th Missouri Valley Tournament
2006 Indiana State 20–33 5–19 8th
Indiana State: 1,070–741–9 (.590) 294–338 (.465)
Total: 1,174–779–9 (.601)

      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

References

  1. ^ Division I. Baseball Records 2015 ncaa.org
  2. ^ "HOME".
  3. ^ "Bob Warn Hall of Fame biography". Indiana State University. Retrieved May 17, 2013.