Eugene Franklin Shell (April 16, 1930 – October 8, 2020) was an American baseball, basketball, and football coach. He played college baseball and college basketball at Northeastern State and Southwestern Oklahoma State. He then served as the head baseball coach of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane from 1966 to 1980, leading the Golden Hurricane to a second-place finish in the 1969 College World Series.[1] He also was the head baseball coach of the Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (1985–1987).
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 16, 1930 |
| Died | October 8, 2020 (aged 90) |
| Alma mater | Tulsa |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1965–1969 | Tulsa (RG) |
| Basketball | |
| 1965–1975 | Tulsa (assistant) |
| Baseball | |
| 1957–1959 | Claremore (OK) HS |
| 1961–1962 | Webster (OK) HS |
| 1963–1965 | Edison (OK) HS |
| 1966–1980 | Tulsa |
| 1985–1987 | Southwestern Louisiana |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 555–245 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 14–14 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Early life
editShell attended Central High School and Webster High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[2][3]
Coaching career
editShell was head baseball coach at Edison Preparatory School, Webster High School and Claremore High School, where he won five state championships.[2] In 1965, Shell was hired to be an assistant football coach for Tulsa. He was asked to be an assistant basketball coach as well before he was offered the position of head baseball coach.[1]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Missouri Valley Conference) (1966–1980) | |||||||||
| 1966 | Tulsa | 15–9 | 4–2 | T-1st (West) | |||||
| 1967 | Tulsa | 19–5 | 5–3 | 2nd (West) | |||||
| 1968 | Tulsa | 24–4 | 7–0 | 1st (West) | |||||
| 1969 | Tulsa | 39–5 | 7–1 | 1st (West) | College World Series | ||||
| 1970 | Tulsa | 28–12 | 7–1 | 1st (West) | District V tournament | ||||
| 1971 | Tulsa | 35–12 | 1st | College World Series | |||||
| 1972 | Tulsa | 44–6 | 1st | District V tournament | |||||
| 1973 | Tulsa | 43–12 | 1st | District V tournament | |||||
| 1974 | Tulsa | 36–13 | 1st | District V tournament | |||||
| 1975 | Tulsa | 28–14 | 2nd | District V tournament | |||||
| 1976 | Tulsa | 37–16 | 2nd | ||||||
| 1977 | Tulsa | 38–22 | 2nd | ||||||
| 1978 | Tulsa | 35–21 | 2nd | ||||||
| 1979 | Tulsa | 29–25 | 4th | ||||||
| 1980 | Tulsa | 28–25 | 5th | ||||||
| Tulsa: | 478–177 | 30–7 | |||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (Independent) (1985–1987) | |||||||||
| 1985 | Southwestern Louisiana | 35–23 | |||||||
| 1986 | Southwestern Louisiana | 33–26 | |||||||
| 1987 | Southwestern Louisiana | 9–19 | |||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana: | 77–68 | ||||||||
| Total: | 555–245 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ a b Larry Lewis (October 27, 2019). "TU honors Coach Gene Shell and 1969 Tulsa Baseball team". www.tulsa.rivals.com. Yahoo!. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ a b Mike Baldwin (June 7, 1988). "Coming Out Of Its Shell Former Tulsa Coach Says College Baseball Is Popular". www.oklahoman.com. GateHouse Media, LLC. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ Terell Lester. "Gene Shell a Winner in Long Career". www.gtrnews.com. GTR Media Group. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ Kelly Hines (October 8, 2020). "TU baseball coaching legend Gene Shell dies at 90". www.tulsaworld.com. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- ^ "Eugene Franklin Shell obituary". www.dilloncares.com. Retrieved October 11, 2020.