title: Andy Baylock
text: # Andy Baylock
  
  Andy Baylock (born June 22, 1938) is a college athletics coach and administrator, most notable for serving as the head coach of the UConn Huskies baseball team from 1980–2003, appearing three times in the NCAA tournament and winning a pair of Big East Conference baseball tournament titles. At the time of his retirement, he was UConn's all-time wins leader, with 556, since eclipsed by his successor Jim Penders.
  
  ## College career
  
  Baylock attended Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, and was a four year letter-man in football and baseball. He was a captain for both teams his senior year.
  
  ## Coaching career
  
  After his playing days, Baylock attended the University of Michigan where he earned a Master's degree and served as a graduate assistant coach with the Michigan Wolverines baseball team. He then arrived at UConn as the freshman baseball coach for one season, before becoming a football and baseball assistant for 15 years. During his tenure on the UConn baseball staff under head coach Larry Panciera, the Huskies appeared in 3 College World Series, 4 additional NCAA tournaments, and won their conference 8 times. In 1973, 1974 and 1979, Baylock skippered the Falmouth Commodores, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League.
  
  After Panciera's retirement following the 1979 season, Baylock ascended to the head coaching position, a role he would occupy for 24 seasons, before stepping down in 2003.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  The following table shows Baylock's record as a head coach.
  
  Statistics overview :
  
  | Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Connecticut Huskies (Eastern College Athletic Conference) (1980–1984) ||||||
  | 1980 | Connecticut | 20–22 | | | |
  | 1981 | Connecticut | 24–19–2 | | | |
  | 1982 | Connecticut | 9–22 | | | |
  | 1983 | Connecticut | 19–14–1 | | | |
  | 1984 | Connecticut | 20–18 | | | |
  | Connecticut: | Connecticut: | 92–95–3 | | | |
  | Connecticut Huskies (Big East Conference) (1985–2003) ||||||
  | 1985 | Connecticut | 20–24–1 | 11–7 | 1st (North) | Big East tournament, 3rd |
  | 1986 | Connecticut | 18–21 | 10–8 | 3rd (North) | |
  | 1987 | Connecticut | 23–16 | 11–7 | 2nd (North) | Big East tournament, 4th |
  | 1988 | Connecticut | 24–18 | 7–11 | 4th (North) | |
  | 1989 | Connecticut | 26–17 | 9–9 | 2nd (North) | Big East tournament, 4th |
  | 1990 | Connecticut | 27–19–1 | 12–9 | 4th | NCAA Northeast Regional, 0–2 |
  | 1991 | Connecticut | 16–25–1 | 8–12 | 6th | |
  | 1992 | Connecticut | 25–20–1 | 13–7 | 3rd | Big East tournament, 2nd |
  | 1993 | Connecticut | 27–19 | 12–9 | 3rd | NCAA Midwest II Regional, 0–2 |
  | 1994 | Connecticut | 30–18 | 12–9 | 4th | NCAA Midwest Regional, 0–2 |
  | 1995 | Connecticut | 13–30–1 | 4–17 | 8th | |
  | 1996 | Connecticut | 24–23 | 13–12 | 4th (American) | |
  | 1997 | Connecticut | 27–20 | 11–13 | 3rd (American) | |
  | 1998 | Connecticut | 25–17 | 12–11 | 7th | |
  | 1999 | Connecticut | 27–24 | 10–16 | 10th | |
  | 2000 | Connecticut | 32–17 | 14–9 | 4th | Big East tournament, T-5th |
  | 2001 | Connecticut | 26–25 | 13–13 | T-5th | |
  | 2002 | Connecticut | 28–22 | 13–12 | 7th | |
  | 2003 | Connecticut | 24–23 | 10–15 | 9th | |
  | Connecticut: | Connecticut: | 464–397–5 | 205–206 | | |
  | Total: | Total: | 556–492–8 | | | |
  | 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 ||||||
  