Michigan Baseball Head Coaching Records
Ray Fisher (left) and Branch Rickey
(Through 2025 Season)
| Coach | Years | Seasons | Overall | Pct. | Conference | Pct. | Conference# Titles |
NCAA Berths |
NCAA Titles |
| No Coach* | 1866-90, '93-95 | 24 | 113-51-4 | .685 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Peter Conway | 1891-92 | 2 | 22-10-1 | .682 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Frank Sexton | 1896, 1901-02 | 3 | 38-22-1 | .631 | 15-12 | .556 | 1 | -- | -- |
| C.F. Watkins | 1897, 1900 | 2 | 17-21-1 | .449 | 8-11-1 | .425 | 0 | -- | -- |
| Watkins/Clarke^ | 1898 | 1 | 15-6 | .714 | 7-3 | .700 | 0 | -- | -- |
| H.T. Clarke | 1899 | 1 | 14-5 | .737 | 5-2 | .714 | 1 | -- | -- |
| R.C. "Skel" Roach | 1903 | 1 | 12-5 | .706 | 7-3 | .700 | 0 | -- | -- |
| Jerome Utley | 1904 | 1 | 10-5 | .667 | 4-5 | .444 | 0 | -- | -- |
| L.W. McAllister | 1905-06, '08-09 | 4 | 58-17-1 | .770 | 14-6 | .700 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Robert Lowe | 1907 | 1 | 11-4-1 | .719 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Branch Rickey | 1910-13 | 4 | 66-32-4 | .667 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Carl Lundgren | 1914-16, '18-20 | 6 | 93-33-6 | .727 | 27-2 | .931 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Ray Fisher | 1921-58 | 38 | 616-300-9 | .671 | 283-135-1 | .677 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| Don Lund | 1959-62 | 4 | 82-53-1 | .607 | 34-19 | .642 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Moby Benedict | 1963-79 | 17 | 367-255-4 | .589 | 168-82-1 | .671 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Bud Middaugh | 1980-89 | 10 | 465-146-1 | .761 | 142-38 | .789 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Freehan | 1990-95 | 6 | 166-167-1 | .499 | 76-89 | .461 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Zahn | 1996-2001 | 6 | 163-169-2 | .491 | 78-80 | .494 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Harrison | 2002 | 1 | 21-32 | .396 | 14-17 | .452 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Maloney | 2003-12 | 10 | 341-244 | .583 | 160-117 | .578 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Erik Bakich | 2013-22 | 10 | 328-216-1 | .603 | 140-93 | .601 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tracy Smith | 2023-present | 3 | 93-79 | .541 | 43-35 | .551 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals* | 159 | 3,111-1,872-38 | .623 | 1,225-749-3 | .620 | 35 | 26 | 2 |
# Big Ten champion based on regular season except for 1981-92 when title went to the Big Ten Tournament winner
* Incomplete team information for 1866-90; for the years without coaches prior to 1891, the record for the seasons with information is 70-36-2 (.657); No coach from 1893-95 (43-15-2, .733)
Peter
Conway
Frank
Sexton
C.F.
Watkins
H.T.
Clarke
Skel
Roach
Jerome
Utley
L.W.
McAllister
Robert
Lowe
Branch
Rickey
Carl
Lundgren
Ray
Fisher
Don
Lund
Moby
Benedict
Bud
Middaugh
Bill
Freehan
Geoff
Zahn
Chris
Harrison
Rich
Maloney
Erik
Bakich
Tracy
Smith
