Bill Currier (baseball) explained

Bill Currier
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Fairfield
Current Conference:MAAC
Birth Date:27 January 1960
Birth Place:Essex Junction, Vermont, U.S.
Player Years1:1979–1981
Player Team1:Vermont
Coach Years1:1983–1984
Coach Team1:Vermont (assistant)
Coach Years2:1985–1986
Coach Team2:Western Carolina (assistant)
Coach Years3:1987
Coach Team3:Mitchell JC
Coach Years4:1988–2009
Coach Team4:Vermont
Coach Years5:2010
Coach Team5:Tennessee (assistant)
Coach Years6:2011
Coach Team6:Fairfield (assistant)
Coach Years7:2012–present
Coach Team7:Fairfield
Tournament Record:NCAA: 2–4
Championships:2 America East (2003, 2006)
4 MAAC (2016, 2021, 2023, 2024)
Awards:Coach of the Year
3x America East (2002, 2003, 2006)
3x MAAC (2012, 2016, 2021)

Willard F. Currier is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Fairfield Stags baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. He was previously the head coach at Vermont (its winningest ever) before the university cut the baseball program after the 2009 season.[1]

Playing career

Currier played at Vermont under Jack Leggett from 1979 through 1981. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1981 MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. He played three seasons in the Phillies organization in Class A.

Coaching career

He returned to Vermont as an assistant coach and completed his degree in 1984. He then assisted Leggett at Western Carolina before earning his first head coaching job at Mitchell College, then a junior college. In 1988, Currier succeeded Mike Stone as head coach at Vermont. Currier would coach the Catamounts for 22 seasons, compiling a 486–470 record prior to the program's end in 2009. He was named America East Coach of the Year three times. He then served the 2010 season at Tennessee before being named head coach in waiting at Fairfield for the 2011 season and being elevated to the top job in 2012.[2] [3] [4] [5]

At Fairfield, Currier was named the MAAC Coach of the Year in 2012, his first season as the Stags' head coach. That year, the team went 14–10 in MAAC play and reached the playoffs for the first time since 2000. Senior shortstop Larry Cornelia and sophomore outfielder Ryan Plourde were both all-conference selections, giving Fairfield multiple all-league honorees for the first time since 2008. In 2014, Fairfield went 32-24 (15-8 MAAC), finishing third in the program's first 30-win season. Plourde, Jake Salpietro, and EJ Ashworth were named to the All-MAAC First Team. The Stags won their first two games in the MAAC Tournament, defeating #6 seed Manhattan and #2 Siena before losses to top-seeded Canisius and Siena knocked them out of the tournament.[6] [7]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Currier's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[8] [9] [10] [11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011-12 Baseball Coaching Staff. Fairfield Stags. May 25, 2013.
  2. Web site: Player Bio: Bill Currier. Tennessee Volunteers. May 25, 2013.
  3. Web site: Bill Currier set to be named "Head Coach in Waiting" at Fairfield. College Baseball Daily. August 31, 2010. Brian Foley. May 25, 2013.
  4. Web site: Where Have All The Catamounts Gone?. Vermont Scoreboard. May 10, 2010. Shane Bufano. May 25, 2013.
  5. Web site: Vermont Prepares for Final Season. College Baseball Insider. February 27, 2009. Phil Stanton. December 7, 2013.
  6. Web site: History & Records . FairfieldStags.com . Fairfield Athletics Communications . May 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150315033806/http://www.fairfieldstags.com/fls/32500/pdf/Baseball_Records.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=32500 . March 15, 2015 . dead .
  7. News: College Baseball Roundup: Fairfield Loses MAAC Tournament Opener. May 23, 2015. CTPost.com. May 25, 2012.
  8. Web site: Baseball . June 20, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150122085941/http://umaine.edu/mclub/files/2011/07/10-Baseball.pdf . January 22, 2015 . dead .
  9. Web site: MAAC Standings . D1Baseball.com . July 25, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140429095042/http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_maac.htm . April 29, 2014 .
  10. Web site: 2014 America East Baseball Record Book . AmericaEast.com . July 25, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140616161032/http://www.americaeast.com/fls/14000/records/base.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=14000 . June 16, 2014 . dead .
  11. Web site: Vermont Baseball History and Record Book . Vermont Sports Information . July 25, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728105844/http://www.docstoc.com/docs/418911/vermont-baseball-history-and-record-book . July 28, 2014 . dead .