Tim Tadlock Assistant Coach Hitting Coach/Recruiting Coordinator     OU Baseball Coaching Staff

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 four seasons on the Sooners' staff.

OU has also thrived at the plate under Tadlock with above .300 batting averages in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, including the Big 12's second best mark at .317 overall and .300 in conference games. In addition, five OU hitters were selected in the last draft giving OU 14 in the last four years.

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.  Duke, Buechele and Jamie Johnson were all named All-Americans.  Also drafted in 2009 was Johnson (seventh round), Bryant Hernandez (ninth round), Aaron Baker (11th round) and Matt Harughty (26th round).

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 2009 class, which included four selected players in the last MLB Draft, was ranked No. 16 in the nation.

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),

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.