Craig Gibson

Biography

GIBSON HIGHLIGHTS Overall Record: 728-504 (.591 winning percentage) 22 seasons as Mercer Head Coach (Hired in 2004) Education: Mercer, 1986 & 1988 1 Golden Spikes Award winner, 9 All-Americans 4 NCAA Regional appearances (2010, 2013, 2015, 2019) 3 conference tournament championships 4 regular season conference championships (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) 34 student-athletes selected in MLB Draft With a philosophy based on the concepts of striving for excellence in the classroom, reaching out in the community and team achievement on the field, Mercer head coach Craig Gibson has led his alma mater to unparalleled success over 22 seasons at the baseball program's helm. Since taking over for the legendary Barry Myers in 2004, Gibson has guided the Bears from the depths of the Atlantic Sun Conference to the top of the Southern Conference, all while establishing Mercer as one of the most respected programs in the southeast. Consistency has become the standard under Gibson, as Mercer is one of just three NCAA Division I programs with 35 wins for 13 seasons (2010-23), joining LSU and Vanderbilt. A large part of that success is due to the program’s dominance at OrthoGeorgia Park at Claude Smith Field. The program is 253-117 overall at home since the start of the 2012 campaign, including a 24-4 mark in 2014 to rank seventh in the nation with a .857 winning percentage. The Bears have captured a number of program-defining victories over some of the nation’s elite with Gibson at the helm. Merce

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