John Yurkow
John Yurkow an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Penn Quakers baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2014 season.[1][2][3][4]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Penn |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 197–154–1 |
| Playing career | |
| 1995–1999 | Rowan |
| Position(s) | Second baseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2000–2001 | Rowan (Asst.) |
| 2002–2005 | Duke (Asst.) |
| 2007–2013 | Penn (Asst.) |
| 2014–present | Penn |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 197–154–1 |
| Tournaments | NCAA 2–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
Ivy League Tournament (2023) *2x Ivy League (2022, 2023)
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| Awards | |
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Raised in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, Yurkow attended Gloucester Catholic High School.[5]
Yurkow played second base at Rowan University, and earned his first coaching position with the Profs immediately after graduation. He served two years before moving to Duke for four seasons. He then accepted a position at Penn as the top assistant to head coach John Cole, who had previously coached him at Rowan. Upon Cole's firing after the 2013 seasons, Yurkow was elevated to the head coaching position. [1][2][3][4]
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Yurkow's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[6]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Quakers (Ivy League) (2014–present) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Penn | 24–17 | 15–5 | T-1st (Gehrig) | |||||
| 2015 | Penn | 22–15 | 16–4 | T-1st (Gehrig) | |||||
| 2016 | Penn | 19–22 | 10–10 | T-2nd (Gehrig) | |||||
| 2017 | Penn | 23–22 | 13–8 | T-1st (Gehrig) | Ivy League Championship Series | ||||
| 2018 | Penn | 16–25–1 | 9–11–1 | 5th | |||||
| 2019 | Penn | 23–18 | 11–10 | 4th | |||||
| 2020 | Penn | 3–5 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Penn | 6–8 | 0–0 | Ivy League opted-out of the season | |||||
| 2022 | Penn | 33–15 | 17–4 | T-1st | Ivy League Championship Series | ||||
| 2023 | Penn | 34–16 | 16–5 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Penn: | 203–154–1 | 107–60–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 203–154–1 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- "John Yurkow bio". Penn Quakers. Archived from the original on 2014-09-23. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- Scott Chappellear (July 15, 2013). "Washington Township native John Yurkow named head coach at Penn". South Jersey Times. Archived from the original on September 6, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- "Yohn Yurkow Bio". Duke Blue Devils. Archived from the original on 2014-09-23. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- Rich Fisher (May 24, 1999). "Lighting The Fire For Rowan John Yurkow Was The Spark Plug For The Profs This Season". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- Chappelear, Scott. "Washington Township native John Yurkow named head coach at Penn", South Jersey Times, July 14, 2013. Accessed December 10, 2018. "'There are recruits who we’ve been working with for months,' said Yurkow, a Gloucester Catholic High School graduate and Washington Township native."
- "2014 Ivy League Standings". IvyLeagueSports.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. Retrieved June 4, 2014.