Jim Wells (baseball)

Jim Wells (born March 21, 1955) is an American college baseball coach, formerly the head coach at Northwestern State and Alabama. Overall, in 18 seasons as a Division 1 head coach, he compiled a 714–335 record. In 18 seasons, he won five regular season conference titles, eight post-season conference championships, as well as 13 of 17 tournament appearances. Three of his teams advanced to the College World Series.

Jim Wells
Current position
TitleHead Coach
Biographical details
Born (1955-03-21) March 21, 1955
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1989LSU (Asst.)
1990–1994Northwestern State
1995–2009Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall817–411
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SLC Regular Season: 1991, 1993, 1994
SEC Regular Season: 1996, 2006
SEC Tournament: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003
Awards
SEC Coach of the Year: 1996, 2002

Wells guided the Crimson Tide to NCAA tournament appearances in 10 out of his 12 seasons there. His teams also won the SEC tournament six times. In 1996, and 2002, he won the SEC Coach of the Year awards.

On September 1, 2009, Wells officially announced his retirement as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball program. Wells retired after 15 seasons as head coach of the Crimson Tide, posting a 625–322 (.656) overall record during his tenure. Alabama hired Mitch Gaspard to replace Wells.[1]

Awards and honors
  • Three college world series appearances
  • Two SEC championships
  • Three SEC West Division Titles
  • Six SEC Tournament Championships
  • Four 50 win seasons, including 12 40 win seasons
  • Two time SEC coach of the year
  • 1997 Baseball America Coach of the Year

Year-by-year record
Year School Overall Conference
1990Northwestern State38–139–9
1991Northwestern State40–2113–5
1992Northwestern State29–269–13
1993Northwestern State40–1418–6
1994Northwestern State45–1516–5
1995Alabama42–2319–11
1996Alabama50–1920–10
1997Alabama56–1420–9
1998Alabama46–1819–9
1999Alabama53–1622–8
2000Alabama42–2416–14
2001Alabama32–2315–15
2002Alabama51–1520–10
2003Alabama38–2414–16
2004Alabama29–2610–20
2005Alabama40–2317–13
2006Alabama44–2120–10
2007Alabama31–2615–15
2008Alabama35–2816–14
2009Alabama37–2118–11
OVERALL817–411

References
  1. Baseball Coach Jim Wells Retires; Mitch Gaspard Named Head Coach
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