# List of Michigan Wolverines head baseball coaches

The Michigan Wolverines baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Michigan in the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had nineteen head coaches since organized baseball began in 1891. The current head coach is Tracy Smith who was hired in 2022.
In those seasons, ten coaches have won conference championships with the Wolverines, four coaches have won conference tournament championships, and two coaches have won national championships: Ray Fisher and Don Lund. Fisher is the all-time leader in games coached (940), wins (636) and years coached (38). Bud Middaugh is the all-time leader in postseason appearances (9) and wins (25). Sport McAllister is the overall leader in winning percentage, while Chris Harrison has the lowest winning percentage.

## Key

General :
| # | Number of coaches |
| GC | Games coached |
| † | Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame |
Overall :
| OW | Wins |
| OL | Losses |
| OT | Ties |
| O% | Winning percentage |
Conference :
| CW | Wins |
| CL | Losses |
| CT | Ties |
| C% | Winning percentage |
Postseason :
| PA | Total Appearances |
| PW | Total Wins |
| PL | Total Losses |
| WA | College World Series appearances |
| WW | College World Series wins |
| WL | College World Series losses |
Championships :
| CC | Conference regular season |
| CT | Conference tournament |
| NC | National championship |

## Coaches

List of head baseball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards :
| # | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PA | PW | PL | WA | WW | WL | CCs | CTs | NCs | Awards |
| 1 | Pete Conway | 1891–1892 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 1 | .703 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | No coach | 1893–1895 | 60 | 44 | 15 | 1 | .742 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Frank Sexton | 1896, 1901–1902 | 61 | 38 | 22 | 1 | .631 | 15 | 12 | 0 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Charles F. Watkins | 1897–1898, 1900 | 34 | 16 | 17 | 1 | .485 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .421 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Henry Clarke | 1898–1899 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .737 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Skel Roach | 1903 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Jerome Utley | 1904 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .667 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Sport McAllister | 1905–1906, 1908–1909 | 76 | 58 | 17 | 1 | .770 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Bobby Lowe | 1907 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .719 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Branch Rickey † | 1910–1913 | 104 | 68 | 32 | 4 | .673 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Carl Lundgren | 1914–1920 | 142 | 93 | 43 | 6 | .676 | 27 | 2 | 0 | .931 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Ray Fisher | 1921–1958 | 940 | 636 | 295 | 9 | .681 | 283 | 135 | 0 | .575 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | — | 1 | — |
| 13 | Don Lund | 1959–1962 | 136 | 80 | 53 | 3 | .599 | 34 | 19 | 0 | .642 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 14 | Moby Benedict | 1963–1979 | 624 | 367 | 252 | 5 | .592 | 168 | 80 | 0 | .677 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Bud Middaugh | 1980–1989 | 612 | 465 | 146 | 1 | .761 | 142 | 38 | 0 | .789 | 9 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | — | — |
| 16 | Bill Freehan | 1990–1995 | 334 | 166 | 167 | 1 | .499 | 76 | 89 | 0 | .461 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 17 | Geoff Zahn | 1996–2001 | 334 | 163 | 169 | 2 | .491 | 78 | 80 | 0 | .494 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | Big Ten (1997) |
| 18 | Chris Harrison | 2002 | 53 | 21 | 32 | 0 | .396 | 14 | 17 | 0 | .452 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 19 | Rich Maloney | 2003–2012 | 585 | 341 | 244 | 0 | .583 | 160 | 117 | 0 | .578 | 4 | 6 | 9 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | Big Ten (2007, 2008) |
| 20 | Erik Bakich | 2013–2022 | 545 | 328 | 216 | 1 | .603 | 140 | 93 | 0 | .601 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | NCBWA (2019) |
| 21 | Tracy Smith | 2023–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |