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Phone No.: (405) 325-8354
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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 six seasons on the Sooners' staff.
OU has also thrived at the plate under Tadlock with above .300 batting averages in all six seasons,
including the Big 12's best mark in 2011 at .313 as eight regular starters were above .300. The last time six straight Sooner teams hit over. 300 was from 1995-2000.
In 2011, Tadlock and the Sooners appeared in their fourth straight NCAA tournament while finishing third in the Big 12 standings with a 41-19 record. In addition, five position players were selected in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft, giving OU 21 in the six years under Tadlock..
Tadlock helped lead Oklahoma to the program's 10th College World Series appearance in 2010, and first since 1995. Also in 2010, two OU hitters were selected in the last draft.
J.T. Wise led the 2009 class of hitters with a fifth round selection after becoming the program's first 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.
Tadlock had an immediate impact on the Oklahoma baseball team in his first 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 fi 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 first Super Regional appearance in 2006 and Tadlock also helped six Sooners earn All-Big 12 honors.
His first 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.
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.
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.
Tadlock led his club to five NJCAA College World Series and conference championships. In addition, Grayson also won five 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 affiliates. Among those are John Lackey (LAA Angels), Brian Tallet (Toronto Blue Jays), Victor Diaz (Houston Astros),
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| The Tadlock File |
| Hometown |
Denton, Texas |
| High School |
Denton High School |
| College |
Texas Tech, 1992 |
| Family |
wife, Kelly
daughter, Chloe
son, Benjamin |
| Coaching History |
| 2006-present, Oklahoma Assistant Coach |
| 1997-2005, Grayson County JC Head Coach |
| 1992-1996, Hill College Assistant Coach |
| Coaching Accomplishments |
| Produced two top 10 recruiting classes in his first two seasons at Oklahoma (2011 class ranked 21st) |
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| 44 position players drafted by MLB during his career |
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| Helped lead Oklahoma back to the College World Series in 2010, the program's 10th appearance and first since 1995 |
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| All six OU teams have hit over .300, including a .323 clip in 2006 (best since 1999) |
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| Won two NJCAA National Championships (1999, 2000) as a head coach at Grayson |
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| NJCAA National Coach of the Year (1999, 2000) |
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| Won five conference championships and made five appearances at the NJCAA World Series as a head coach at Grayson |
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| Playing History |
| 1990-91, Texas Tech University |
| 1988-89, Hill College |
| Education |
University of Texas at Tyler
Master's degree in education, 1994 |
Texas Tech University
Bachelor's degree in physical education, 1992 |
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 (2004-05) 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 first 40-win season.
Tadlock attended Hill College for two years before fi 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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