# List of Kentucky Wildcats head baseball coaches

The Kentucky Wildcats college baseball team represents the University of Kentucky in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Wildcats compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. As of 2023, the team has had 26head coaches since it started playing organized baseball in the 1896 season.

## 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 :
| DC | Division regular season |
| CC | Conference regular season |
| CT | Conference tournament |

## 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 | DCs | CCs | CTs | NCs | Awards |
| 1 | Unknown | 1896–1897 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | G. L. Byroade | 1903 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | A. A. Gordon | 1904 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .417 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | W. C. Kelly | 1905 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | H. E. Reed | 1906 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | F. C. Paullin | 1907 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | C. M. Leaphart | 1908 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .694 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Unknown | 1909–1910 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 1 | .568 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Frank Engel | 1911–1913 | 40 | 26 | 12 | 2 | .675 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Alpha Brumage | 1914–1915 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | .550 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Bill Tuttle | 1916 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | J. B. Fledge | 1917 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Unknown | 1918–1919 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Thomas Andrew Gill | 1920–1921 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | .692 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Jim Park | 1922 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Cy Barger | 1924 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Fred J. Murphy | 1925–1926 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 2 | .400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | John Devereaux | 1927, 1929–1931, 1934 | 61 | 28 | 31 | 2 | .475 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Fred Major | 1928 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .536 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Frank Moseley | 1939–1941, 1946, 1948–1950 | 116 | 60 | 55 | 1 | .522 | 40 | 32 | 0 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Bill Black | 1942 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Harry Lancaster | 1947, 1951–1965 | 329 | 163 | 163 | 3 | .500 | 93 | 128 | 1 | .419 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Abe Shannon | 1966–1969 | 105 | 45 | 60 | 0 | .429 | 26 | 34 | 0 | .433 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Dick Parsons | 1970–1972 | 86 | 42 | 43 | 1 | .494 | 13 | 28 | 0 | .317 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Jordan E. Horne | 1973–1978 | 254 | 127 | 126 | 1 | .502 | 48 | 64 | 0 | .429 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Keith Madison | 1979–2003 | 1378 | 735 | 638 | 5 | .535 | 246 | 386 | 3 | .387 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | John Cohen | 2004–2008 | 288 | 175 | 112 | 1 | .610 | 63 | 85 | 1 | .423 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | SEC (2006) |
| 28 | Gary Henderson | 2009–2016 | 457 | 258 | 199 | 0 | .564 | 104 | 144 | 0 | .419 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SEC (2012) |
| 29 | Nick Mingione | 2017–present | 419 | 257 | 162 | 0 | .613 | 101 | 109 | 0 | .481 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | SEC (2017, 2024) |