Since 1936, UConn baseball has had four coaches. J.O. Christian, whose name is on the Huskies’ home field, was at the helm from 1936-1961. Larry Panciera followed him up until 1979 and Andy Baylock took over between 1980 and 2003 before handing the reigns to Jim Penders. Each of the four men have won more games than they lost and each have emerged victorious from at least 250 contests, with Baylock holding the record at 556 wins.
That is, until Tuesday.
After Penders’ squad took home a 5-4 victory over Rhode Island at Beck Field in Kingston, Rhode Island, he earned his 556th career win to tie his predecessor.