Rusty Stroupe

Rusty Stroupe
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Gardner–Webb
Conference Big South
Record 454–449
Biographical details
Born Cherryville, North Carolina
Playing career
1983–1986 Appalachian State
Position(s) Shortstop
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990 Appalachian State (asst)
1991–1992 North Greenville College
1993–1997 Brevard College
1998–2002 Lander
2003–present Gardner–Webb
Head coaching record
Overall 781–651–2
Tournaments A-SUN: 4–4
Big South: 9–12
NCAA: 0–0

Rusty Stroupe is an American college baseball coach and former shortstop. Stroupe is the head coach of the Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs baseball team.

Playing career

Stroupe played shortstop at Cherryville High School, and earned a scholarship to play at Appalachian State University for the Mountaineers baseball program from 1983 to 1986.[1]

Coaching career

After taking a teaching position after college graduation, Stroupe began to coach middle school baseball.[2] In 1990, Stroupe was an assistant coach at Appalachian State.[1] Stroupe took his first coaching position at North Greenville College in 1991.[3] In 1993, Stroupe became the head coach at Brevard College.[4] From 1998 to 2002, Stroupe was the head coach at Lander University, where he started the baseball program.[5]

In the summer of 2002, Stroupe to the head coaching position at Gardner–Webb.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2003–2008)
2003 Gardner–Webb 33–2318–15A-SUN Tournament
2004 Gardner–Webb 32–25
2005 Gardner–Webb 28–3015–155thA-SUN Tournament
2006 Gardner–Webb 24–3112–188th
2007 Gardner–Webb 26–3212–157thA-SUN Tournament
2008 Gardner–Webb 29–3015–188thA-SUN Tournament
Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (Big South Conference) (2009–present)
2009 Gardner–Webb 25–2513–145thBig South Tournament
2010 Gardner–Webb 25–3012–158thBig South Tournament
2011 Gardner–Webb 32–2814–135thBig South Tournament
2012 Gardner–Webb 32–2814–104thBig South Tournament
2013 Gardner–Webb 29–2721–32nd (South)Big South Tournament
2014 Gardner–Webb 24–3111–154th (South)Big South Tournament
2015 Gardner–Webb 22–317–179th
2016 Gardner–Webb 37–2114–104thBig South Tournament
2017 Gardner–Webb 25–3011–137thBig South Tournament
2018 Gardner–Webb 31–2714–135th
Gardner–Webb: 454–449222–130
Total:781–651–2

      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 "Diamond 'Dogs Set to Host Appalachian State This Weekend". www.gwusports.com. Gardner-Webb University. February 23, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ Bill Ballew (January 27, 2017). "Rusty Stroupe, Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldog". www.collegebaseballnow.com. College Baseball Now. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ Alan Ford (February 11, 2015). "GWU coach: Big changes in college baseball this year". www.shelbystar.com. GateHouse Media, LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ "The clarion : the Brevard College weekly". www.newspapers.digitalnc.org. North Carolina Newspapers is powered by Chronam. December 7, 1994. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ David Roberts (January 23, 2018). "Looking back: Successful start set Lander baseball program on right path". www.indexjournal.com. BLOX Content Management System. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
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