HEAD COACH JEFF DABNEY FIRST SEASON WICHITA STATE, 1998
Jeff Dabney was named the head so ball coach at Tennessee State University in July 2010. Dabney comes to Tennessee State a er two years at Southeast Missouri where he served as the team’s pitching and catching coach and worked with the slap hitters. He also served as the team’s recrui ng coordinator as well as directed the condi oning program. He is the fourth coach of the Tiger so ball program.
ries, 2004 Region 6 Champions, 2004 Coach of the Year, 2003 Conference Champions, and back-to-back Academic Na onal Champions in 2002 and 2003. Collec vely his teams have encompassed ten All-Americans, 36 all-region selec ons, and 32 all-conference selec ons. Along with 54 Academic All-Americans, the team also received one Student Athlete of the Year and six Female Athlete of the Year awards. Dabney graduated from Wichita State University with a degree in Sports Business and Administra on. THE DABNEY FILE PERSONAL Hometown: Clinton, Md. High School: Surrattsville HS
Dabney joined the staff at SEMO a er serving as the head coach of North Florida Community College in Madison, Florida. His team featured nine all-conference players and one Athlete of the Week honoree. Dabney’s du es at NFCC included administering over every aspect of the so ball program including recrui ng, fundraising, condioning and scou ng.
College: Wichita State University Degree(s): Bachelor’s degree in Education Daughter: Kyndall R. Dabney (12)
COACHING HISTORY 2011-Present: Head Coach, Tennessee State 2008-2010: Assistant Coach, Southeast Missouri State
Prior to coaching at NFCC, Dabney was an assistant coach at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. During his me at Florida, the team went 42-23, which was good enough to finish third in the Southeastern Conference and finished with a ranking of 16th na onally. The team also featured four All-SEC Selec ons, four All-SEC Freshman Team players, one SEC Player of the Year, three CoSIDA Academic All-District selec ons and three players signed to professional contracts.
2006-2008: Head Coach, North Florida Community College 2006: Assistant Coach, University of Florida 2005-2006: Head Coach, Northwestern State 1999-2005: Neosho County Community College, Assistant Coach 1998: Wichita Collegiate HS, Assistant Coach
As head coach at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kan., from 1998 to 2005, Dabney notched over 200 wins, averaging 35 a season. His accolades include a 5th place finish at the 2004 Junior College World Se-
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