# Sunny Golloway

Sunny Golloway is the head baseball coach at NCAA Division II Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. His most recent stint as head baseball coach of an NCAA Division I institution was at Auburn. He was fired September 27, 2015. He succeeded coach John Pawlowski. Golloway was hired by Auburn University on June 14, 2013. Prior to becoming the head coach of Auburn, he was the head coach at Oklahoma.

## Coaching career
### Oral Roberts

Golloway took over the Oral Roberts University baseball program in 1996 and saw their transition from a Division I Independent to a member of the Mid-Continent Conference in 1998. During his time with the university, the baseball team participated in NCAA Regionals from 1998 to 2003. Also during that same stretch, the Golden Eagles won the Mid-Continent Conference regular season and tournament championships. Golloway was also voted by his coaching peers as the Conference Coach of the Year in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2002. He compiled a 335–156 (.682) total record while with Oral Roberts and averaged 42 wins per season.

### Oklahoma

Golloway returned to the University of Oklahoma in 2004 as an assistant, but he was named interim head coach for the Sooners during the 2005 season and eventually was named permanent head coach. Golloway and the Sooners made it to the NCAA tournament in all but one of his nine seasons, with 2007 being the exception. The Sooners also made it to the Super Regional round of play in 2006. In 2010, the Sooners made it the College World Series for the first time since 1995 and defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks in the opening round. However, losses to Clemson and South Carolina in later rounds eliminated the Sooners. Golloway and the Sooners returned to the Super Regionals in 2012 and 2013, and they won the 2013 Big 12 Conference tournament title, which was only the second one in school history. During his time at Oklahoma, Golloway compiled a total record of 346–181–1 and a record of 116–97–1 in conference play. In his eight full seasons as head coach, Golloway averaged 41.75 wins per season.

### Auburn

Auburn University from the Southeastern Conference hired Golloway after the 2013 season to take over their baseball program. His team went 28–28 (10–20 SEC) during the 2014 season, finishing 13th in the 14-team Southeastern Conference and missing the SEC Tournament. His 2015 team finished ninth in the SEC at 36–26 overall (13–17 SEC) and earned a bid to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional.
He was fired on September 27, 2015, and Auburn denied him the $1.25 million buyout due under his contract, claiming the firing was for cause. Golloway sued for wrongful termination and, after being cleared of any NCAA rules violations, he and Auburn reached a settlement in January 2018.

### OK Instructs

After leaving Auburn, Golloway operated OK Instructs, a baseball academy, with Oklahoma native Mickey Tettleton.

### Moore High School

On May 31, 2019, Moore High School in Moore, Oklahoma announced that it was hiring Golloway as a history teacher and head baseball coach.

### East Central University

East Central University of the Division II Great American Conference announced the hiring of Golloway on May 25, 2022.

### Northeastern State University

Northeastern State University of the Division II Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced the hiring of Golloway on July 27, 2023.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (Independent) (1996–1997) ||||||
| 1996 | Oral Roberts | 32–24 | | | |
| 1997 | Oral Roberts | 26–30 | | | |
| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (Mid-Continent Conference) (1998–2003) ||||||
| 1998 | Oral Roberts | 45–20 | 18–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 1999 | Oral Roberts | 46–15 | 14–4 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2000 | Oral Roberts | 49–15 | 26–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2001 | Oral Roberts | 48–13 | 24–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2002 | Oral Roberts | 48–19 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2003 | Oral Roberts | 41–20 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| Oral Roberts: | Oral Roberts: | 335–156 (.682) | 117–15 (.886) | | |
| Oklahoma Sooners (Big 12 Conference) (2005–2013) ||||||
| 2005 | Oklahoma | 12–6 | 7–2 | 5th | NCAA Regional |
| 2006 | Oklahoma | 45–22 | 17–10 | 3rd | NCAA Super Regional |
| 2007 | Oklahoma | 34–24 | 11–16 | 7th | |
| 2008 | Oklahoma | 36–26–1 | 9–17–1 | 8th | NCAA Regional |
| 2009 | Oklahoma | 43–20 | 17–10 | 2nd | NCAA Regional |
| 2010 | Oklahoma | 50–18 | 15–10 | 2nd | College World Series |
| 2011 | Oklahoma | 41–19 | 14–11 | 3rd | NCAA Regional |
| 2012 | Oklahoma | 42–25 | 13–10 | 4th | NCAA Super Regional |
| 2013 | Oklahoma | 43–21 | 13–11 | 3rd | NCAA Super Regional |
| Oklahoma: | Oklahoma: | 346–181–1 (.656) | 116–97–1 (.544) | | |
| Auburn Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (2014–2015) ||||||
| 2014 | Auburn | 28–28 | 10–20 | 7th (West) | |
| 2015 | Auburn | 36–26 | 13–17 | 5th (West) | NCAA Regional |
| Auburn: | Auburn: | 64–54 (.542) | 23–37 (.383) | | |
| East Central Tigers (Great American Conference) (2023–present) ||||||
| 2023 | East Central | 9–40 | 4–29 | 12th | |
| East Central: | East Central: | 9–40 (.184) | 4–29 (.121) | | |
| Northeastern State RiverHawks (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (2024–present) ||||||
| 2024 | Northeastern State | 20–30 | 11-22 | 9th | |
| Northeastern State: | Northeastern State: | 20–40 (.333) | 11–22 (.333) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 764–461–1 (.624) | | | |
| 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 ||||||

## Personal

Golloway is of Hawaiian heritage. Born in Springfield, Missouri, he grew up in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and graduated from Stillwater High School in 1979. He attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Junior College in Miami, Oklahoma, for one year before transferring to Oklahoma Christian College where he received his bachelor's degree in business in 1984. He has also done graduate work at the University of Central Oklahoma and the University of Oklahoma.
Golloway's wife Charlotte passed away in 2021 after a battle with cancer. She is survived by their three children: Sunni Kate, Taylor, and Callen.