Annual records, head coaches, and postseason results for Evansville Purple Aces baseball.
This is a list of seasons completed by the Evansville Purple Aces baseball team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I . Since the team's creation in 1924, the Purple Aces have participated in over 3,000 officially sanctioned games.
Evansville began competing as an Independent from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1946 to 1950. In 1951, the Purple Aces started to compete in the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) before becoming Independent again for the 1979 and 1980 seasons. In 1981, the Aces joined the Midwestern City Conference (MCC) and continued to play in the conference before joining the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) in 1995, of which they have been a member since.
Seasons
Statistics overview
Season
Coach
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason
John Harmon (Independent) (1924–1926)
1924
John Harmon
3–7
1925
John Harmon
5–1
1926
John Harmon
4–10
1927–1945
No team
Emerson Henke (Independent) (1946–1946)
1946
Emerson Henke
0–5
Don Ping (Independent) (1947–1950)
1947
Don Ping
3–4
1948
Don Ping
7–4–1
1949
Don Ping
5–6–1
1950
Don Ping
6–5
Don Ping (Indiana Collegiate Conference ) (1951–1966)
1951
Don Ping
7–4–1
1st
1952
Don Ping
6–5
1953
Don Ping
6–4
1954
Don Ping
3–7
1954
Don Ping
3–7
1955
Don Ping
5–5
1956
Don Ping
12–3–1
1957
Don Ping
8–6–1
1958
Don Ping
5–7
1959
Don Ping
1–4
1960
Don Ping
0–6
1961
Don Ping
1–7
1962
Don Ping
5–5–1
1963
Don Ping
3–8
1964
Don Ping
2–11
1965
Don Ping
4–6
1966
Don Ping
4–7
Dave Daviess (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1967–1969)
1967
Dave Daviess
3–8
1968
Dave Daviess
4–9
1969
Dave Daviess
9–7–1
Wayne Boultinghouse (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1970–1974)
1970
Wayne Boultinghouse
7–7
1971
Wayne Boultinghouse
3–12
1972
Wayne Boultinghouse
14–15–2
1973
Wayne Boultinghouse
21–11–1
1974
Wayne Boultinghouse
35–21
Bob Hodges (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1975–1976)
1975
Bob Hodges
17–14
10–2
1st
NCAA Division II Mideast Regional
1976
Bob Hodges
21–16
10–2
1st
NCAA Division II Mideast Regional
Mike Platt (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1977–1978)
1977
Mike Platt
13–29
6–5
T–2nd
1978
Mike Platt
22–18
6–5
3rd
Gary Crum (Independent) (1979)
1979
Gary Crum
4–27
Jim Brownlee (Independent) (1980)
1980
Jim Brownlee
7–37–1
Jim Brownlee (Midwestern City / Midwestern Collegiate Conference ) (1981–1994)
1981
Jim Brownlee
26–24
3–5
2nd (South)
1982
Jim Brownlee
21–41
0–8
3rd (South)
1983
Jim Brownlee
25–20–1
2–6
3rd (South)
1984
Jim Brownlee
33–28–1
7–5
3rd (South)
1985
Jim Brownlee
38–26
7–5
2nd (South)
MCC Tournament
1986
Jim Brownlee
24–30
4–2
2nd (South)
MCC Tournament
1987
Jim Brownlee
29–30
4–4
2nd (South)
MCC Tournament
1988
Jim Brownlee
44–20
11–1
1st (South)
NCAA Division I Tempe Regional
1989
Jim Brownlee
36–26
12–3
1st (South)
MCC Tournament
1990
Jim Brownlee
27–25
11–3
1st (South)
MCC Tournament
1991
Jim Brownlee
40–18–1
19–5
1st
MCC Tournament
1992
Jim Brownlee
32–28
14–5
2nd
MCC Tournament
1993
Jim Brownlee
43–18
19–8
2nd
MCC Tournament
1994
Jim Brownlee
31–28
10–8
3rd
MCC Tournament
Jim Brownlee (Missouri Valley Conference ) (1995–2002)
1995
Jim Brownlee
32–25
18–13
T–3rd
MVC Tournament
1996
Jim Brownlee
31–24
14–13
4th
MVC Tournament
1997
Jim Brownlee
29–30
13–19
5th
MVC Tournament
1998
Jim Brownlee
28–30
13–18
4th
MVC Tournament
1999
Jim Brownlee
32–25
17–13
4th
MVC Tournament
2000
Jim Brownlee
41–22
19–12
2nd
NCAA Division I Tallahassee Regional
2001
Jim Brownlee
35–21
17–11
T–3rd
MVC Tournament
2002
Jim Brownlee
22–33
12–20
8th
Dave Schrage (Missouri Valley Conference) (2003–2006)
2003
Dave Schrage
24–31
12–20
9th
2004
Dave Schrage
28–32
12–20
T–5th
MVC Tournament
2005
Dave Schrage
35–23
12–12
4th
MVC Tournament
2006
Dave Schrage
43–22
16–8
1st
NCAA Division I Charlottesville Regional
David Seifert (Missouri Valley Conference) (2007–2008)
2007
David Seifert
35–23
13–11
T–3rd
MVC Tournament
2008
David Seifert
14–42
4–20
9th
Wes Carroll (Missouri Valley Conference) (2009–present)
2009
Wes Carroll
25–30
7–17
8th
2010
Wes Carroll
32–27
10–11
5th
MVC Tournament
2011
Wes Carroll
28–25
7–13
7th
MVC Tournament
2012
Wes Carroll
32–27
10–11
4th
MVC Tournament
2013
Wes Carroll
24–34
10–10
4th
MVC Tournament
2014
Wes Carroll
34–21
15–6
1st
MVC Tournament
2015
Wes Carroll
29–24
8–13
6th
MVC Tournament
2016
Wes Carroll
29–27
9–12
5th
MVC Tournament
2017
Wes Carroll
18–39
8–12
6th
MVC Tournament
2018
Wes Carroll
12–39
3–18
8th
MVC Tournament
2019
Wes Carroll
24–29
11–10
T–4th
MVC Tournament
2020
Wes Carroll
5–11
0–0
Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021
Wes Carroll
28–27
11–16
7th
MVC Tournament
2022
Wes Carroll
32–24
14–6
2nd
MVC Tournament
2023
Wes Carroll
37–24
15–12
T–3rd
MVC Tournament
2024
Wes Carroll
39–26
17–10
T–2nd
NCAA Division I Knoxville Super Regional
2025
Wes Carroll
0–0
0–0
Total:
1,565–1,508–13
National champions
College World Series participants
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
Sources:[ 1]
References
External links
Venues Rivals People Seasons College World Series appearances in italics