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Assistant Coach | Sixth Year Hitting and Recruiting ASSISTANT COACH Hitting Coach and Recruiting Coordinator Sixth year at Oklahoma COACHING HISTORY Oklahoma, assistant coach Grayson County J.C., head coach Hill College, assistant coach
Assistant coach Tim Tadlock, who joined the Sooner coaching staff on August 10, 2005, has placed Oklahoma among the nation’s elite with highly ranked recruiting classes in each of his ďŹ ve seasons on the Sooners’ staff. OU has also thrived at the plate under Tadlock with above .300 batting averages in all ďŹ ve seasons, including the Big 12’s second best mark at .307 overall in 2010 (eight starters above .300). The last time ďŹ ve straight Sooner teams hit over. 300 was from 1996-2000. Tadlock helped lead Oklahoma to the program’s 10th College World Series appearance in 2010, and ďŹ rst since 1995. Also in 2010, two OU hitters were selected in the last draft giving OU 16 position players taken in the last ďŹ ve years. J.T. Wise led the 2009 class of hitters with a ďŹ fth round selection after becoming the program’s ďŹ rst winner of the Johnny Bench Award (top catcher). Wise was named the Big 12 Player of the Year while Garrett Buechele was named the league’s top freshman.
2006-present 1997-2005 1992-1996
COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Helped lead Oklahoma to the program’s 10th College World Series appearance in 2010, and ďŹ rst since 1995. - Produced two top 10 recruiting classes in his ďŹ rst two seasons at Oklahoma.
Tadlock had an immediate impact on the Oklahoma baseball team in his ďŹ rst year on the staff. In 2006, the Sooners posted the team’s highest batting average (.323) in more than seven years. Tadlock also helped the squad record its ďŹ rst batting average over .300 in conference play since the 2000 season. The 2006 Sooners hit .313 in the Big 12, compared to a .256 mark in the season prior to his arrival. The Sooners’ success at the plate played a major role in the program’s ďŹ rst Super Regional appearance in 2006 and Tadlock also helped six Sooners earn All-Big 12 honors.
- All ďŹ ve OU teams have hit over .300, including a .323 clip in 2006.
His ďŹ rst order of business on the OU coaching staff was to help coordinate the recruiting efforts. His success was immediate as the 2007 class was ranked fourth nationally by Collegiate Baseball Magazine and 11th by Baseball America. The No. 4 ranking is the second highest Oklahoma class and the best since the 1987 newcomers were also tabbed fourth.
- Won two NJCAA National Championships (1999, 2000) as head coach at Grayson.
Most recently, the 2010 class, which included two selected players in the last MLB Draft, was ranked No. 21 in the nation by Baseball America.
- NJCAA National Coach of the Year (1999, 2000).
Tadlock came to Norman after nine successful seasons as the head coach at Grayson County College in Denison, Texas. Under Tadlock, the Vikings posted an impressive 435-130 (.770) mark and won two NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) National Championships in 1999 and 2000. Tadlock was named the NJCAA National Coach of the Year following the championship seasons.
- 46 players drafted by MLB during his career
- Won ďŹ ve conference championships and made ďŹ ve appearances at the NJCAA World Series as a head coach at Grayson. PLAYING HISTORY SS - Texas Tech University (1990-91) SS - Hill College (1988-89) EDUCATION - Master’s degree in education - 1994, University of Texas at Tyler - Bachelor’s degree in physical education - 1992, Texas Tech University
Tadlock led his club to ďŹ ve NJCAA College World Series and conference championships. In addition, Grayson also won ďŹ ve District V championships and produced eight All Americans under Tadlock. From 1997-2004, he had the highest winning percentage of any collegiate baseball coach in the country for two or four-year institutions at .774. While at Grayson, Tadlock also served as the school’s athletics director, a position he began in August 2000. Under his tutelage, numerous players have been drafted and excelled in Major League Baseball and its minor league afďŹ liates. Among those are John Lackey (LAA Angels), Brian Tallet (Toronto Blue Jays), Victor Diaz (Houston Astros), Jason Alfaro (AAA-Pittsburgh Pirates), Jeremy Fikac (AAA-San Francisco Giants), Kevin Thompson (AAA-Pittsburgh Pirates), Andy LaRoche (Pittsburgh Pirates), Trey Lunsford (AA-San Francisco Giants) and Ryan Rohlinger (San Francisco Giants). He recruited and coached former OU players Andrew McGuire (2003-04),Garrett Patterson (200405) and Daniel McCutchen (2004-2006). Before his stint at Grayson, Tadlock was an assistant coach at Hill College in Hillsboro, Texas, a position he held for four years and took shortly after graduating from Texas Tech. As a Red Raider, Tadlock was an everyday shortstop and helped Texas Tech to a 42-18 overall record in 1991, the program’s ďŹ rst 40-win season. Tadlock attended Hill College for two years before ďŹ nishing his bachelor’s degree in physical education in May 1992 from Texas Tech. He also attended graduate school at the University of Texas at Tyler and earned his master’s degree in education in August 1994. Tadlock and his wife, Kelly, have two children, Chloe (8) and Benjamin (6), and reside in Norman.
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