Quick Facts
Biography
James "Skip" Wilson is a retired college baseball head coach. Temple's former home baseball venue, Skip Wilson Field, was named for Wilson.
Coaching career
Wilson coached the Temple Owls baseball team for forty-six seasons. He achieved 1,034 wins and has coached more than 100 professional baseball players. He holds the most wins of any coach in Temple University history.
He received the A-10 Coach of the Year award in 1989 and 2001.
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Wilson's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple (Middle Atlantic Conference) (1960–1974) | |||||||||
| 1960 | Temple | 16-5 | 15-2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1961 | Temple | 6-11-1 | 5-9-1 | 11th | |||||
| 1962 | Temple | 13-7-1 | 4-3 | 5th | |||||
| 1963 | Temple | 20-3 | 10-0 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1964 | Temple | 15-7-1 | 4-5 | ||||||
| 1965 | Temple | 10-9-2 | 3rd | ||||||
| 1966 | Temple | 20-5 | 7-3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1967 | Temple | 22-10-1 | 8-6 | T-3rd | |||||
| 1968 | Temple | 25-6 | 10-3 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1969 | Temple | 15-11-1 | 9-7 | 5th | |||||
| 1970 | Temple | 13-12-1 | 4-6 | 4th | |||||
| 1971 | Temple | 9-18-1 | 4-8 | 7th | |||||
| 1972 | Temple | 33-15 | 10-1 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
| 1973 | Temple | 33-11 | 9-2 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1974 | Temple | 15-18 | 6-4 | ||||||
| Temple (East Coast Conference) (1975–1982) | |||||||||
| 1975 | Temple | 32-16-1 | 11-1 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1976 | Temple | 37-8-1 | 8-1-1 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1977 | Temple | 34-9 | 9-0 | 1st (East) | College World Series | ||||
| 1978 | Temple | 32-9-1 | 10-0 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1979 | Temple | 23-5 | 10-0 | 1st (East) | |||||
| 1980 | Temple | 26-18 | 9-1 | 1st (East) | |||||
| 1981 | Temple | 27-13-1 | 7-2 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1982 | Temple | 25-10 | 9-1 | 1st (East) | |||||
| Temple (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1983–2005) | |||||||||
| 1983 | Temple | 27-8 | 9-1 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1984 | Temple | 33-14 | 9-2 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1985 | Temple | 33-18-1 | 9-3 | 1st (East) | A-10 Tournament | ||||
| 1986 | Temple | 30-17-1 | 8-3 | 2nd (East) | A-10 Tournament | ||||
| 1987 | Temple | 26-20-2 | 10-5-1 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 1988 | Temple | 27-27 | 8-8 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 1989 | Temple | 28-28-1 | 11-5 | 2nd (East) | A-10 Tournament | ||||
| 1990 | Temple | 17-31 | 5-11 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 1991 | Temple | 20-24-2 | 9-7 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 1992 | Temple | 15-35 | 5-11 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 1993 | Temple | 18-21 | 11-9 | 3rd | A-10 Tournament | ||||
| 1994 | Temple | 18-25 | 9-12 | 6th | |||||
| 1995 | Temple | 16-33-1 | 9-15 | 7th | |||||
| 1996 | Temple | 28-23-1 | 12-8 | 2nd (East) | A-10 Tournament | ||||
| 1997 | Temple | 16-31 | 9-12 | T-3rd (East) | |||||
| 1998 | Temple | 18-28 | 7-11 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 1999 | Temple | 28-28-1 | 12-9 | 2nd (East) | A-10 Tournament | ||||
| 2000 | Temple | 24-28-3 | 9-11-1 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 2001 | Temple | 27-31 | 15-7 | T-2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2002 | Temple | 22-28 | 11-13 | 2nd (East) | A-10 Tournament | ||||
| 2003 | Temple | 20-27 | 10-14 | T-4th (East) | |||||
| 2004 | Temple | 23-26 | 10-14 | T-4th (East) | |||||
| 2005 | Temple | 17-33 | 8-16 | T-4th (East) | |||||
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National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||