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Chris Terry
Head Coach
Phone: 573-288-6374
Office: ARC
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Bio:
Chris Terry is set to begin his third season as the skipper of the Wildcat baseball program when the 2009-10 school year begins in August.
Terry has led the Wildcats to a 63-38 (.624) overall record, including a 43-25 (.632) mark in conference play, in two seasons at the helm of the Wildcat program. He guided the Wildcats to a 33-22 record in 2009 after posting a 30-16 overall record and a berth in the NAIA Region V Tournament in 2008. The Wildcats finished third in the Heart of America Athletic Conference in 2009 after placing fifth overall and third in their division in 2008. His 2009 team was 4-3 against ranked opponents, including a victory over Southern Arkansas University, which was ranked anywhere from one to three in various NCAA Division II polls at the time the Wildcats played them.
During his first season, the Wildcats set four team records for pitching, including lowest earned run average, fewest runs allowed fewest earned runs allowed and fewest walks. In addition, Wildcat hurlers established themselves nationally, finishing first in runs allowed per game and earned runs allowed per game among all NAIA schools. The Wildcats were also second nationally in ERA and fifth in opponent's batting average.
During the 2009 season, the Wildcats were the top fielding team in the HAAC, making 73 errors on 1,738 chances for a fielding percentage of .958. In addition, they were ranked in the top five in all of the major categories. The Wildcats were ranked fourth in batting, fourth in runs batted in, second in ERA and fourth in batters struck out.
Terry had four all-conference first team selections in 2009, including HAAC Player of the Year Steve Rinaudo, and eight all-conference players overall. One player, Jack Mikel, was also named as a league Gold Glove outfielder. In two seasons, Terry has coached 15 all-conference selections, including five first team honorees.
Terry's players have also excelled in the classroom and his 2009 team led all C-SC men's athletic programs with a 3.020 GPA. Four players have been named NAIA Scholar-Athletes during his two seasons. The Wildcats led all conference schools with three NAIA Scholar-Athlete selections in 2009.
Prior to coming to Culver-Stockton, Terry served as the head baseball and physical education teacher at Sheldon High School in Sacramento, Calif., from 2001 to 2007.
While at Sheldon, Terry guided the Huskies to three California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) playoff appearances and the 2004 Delta League championship. He sported a 100-54 (.649) overall record in his time as head coach of the Huskies and was named the 2004 Delta League coach of the year.
During the summer time, Terry served as an associate manager of the Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox, an elite collegiate wood bat team that plays in the Horizon Air Summer Series, in four of the past five years. Since 2003, 30 players have signed professional contracts from Yuba-Sutter.
In addition, Terry has had the honor of being one of five high school coaches to be invited to work and serve as a hitting instructor at the Stanford University All-Star Camp in Palo Alto, Calif. He has served on the camp staff since 2001.
Terry was a two-year letterman at Missouri Valley College during his playing days, earning All-Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) second team honors as a catcher his senior season.
He graduated from MVC with a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1996 and earned a master’s degree in kinesiology from California State University-Sacramento in 2006.
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