Background
Schlossnagle grew up in Smithsburg, Maryland and attended Smithsburg schools.
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Jim Schlossnagle
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After three seasons on the staff at Elon, Schlossnagle spent 1993 on the staff at Clemson before accepting the Associate Head Coach position at Tulane in 1994. He spent eight years at Tulane, including a trip to the College World Series in 2001. In 2002, Schlossnagle was hired as the head coach at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. A year later, he led the Rebels to a 47-17 record, which included winning both the regular season title and conference tournament in the Mountain West Conference, as well as the Rebel"s first National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament bid since 1996.
On August 9, 2003, Schlossnagle was named the head coach at Texas Christian University, whose baseball program had just completed its first year in the brand-new Lupton Stadium.
During his first season in Fort Worth, 2004, he led the Horned Frogs to a then-school record 39 wins and a Conference United States of America Tournament Championship, clinching their first National Collegiate Athletic Association bid since 1994. Only to finish behind Jack Connell in all-time wins.
Achievements
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In 2010, Schlossnagle was named National Coach of the Year by the National College Baseball Writers Association, and he has won 8 conference Coach of the Year awards in his 14-year head coaching career. In 2005 and 2006, the Horned Frogs won their second and third consecutive conference tournament championships (2006 was in the Mountain West), which went along with two more National Collegiate Athletic Association Regional appearances. In his first three years at Texas Christian University, Schlossnagle coached four players who appeared on All-America teams: Robbie Findlay (Honorable Mention in 2004), Lance Broadway (1st Team in 2005), Jake Arrieta (2nd Team in 2006) and Chad Huffman (3rd Team in 2006). Schlossnagle became the winningest coach in Texas Christian University baseball history on February 21, 2016, with his 518th win.
