Jim Sherman, Delaware Blue Hens

Former standout outfielder and University of Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame member Jim Sherman is in his 18th year as the head coach of the Delaware Blue Hens baseball program in 2018, and his 24th year at the school.

The Delaware Blue Hens are coming off a 2017 campaign in which the team posted a 33-22 overall record and advanced to its first NCAA Regional since 2001. The Blue Hens led the Colonial Athletic Association in both hitting and pitching for the first time in program history. Delaware also became the first school to lead the conference in both categories since 2002.

Sherman served as Delaware’s associate head coach from 1995-2000. In 2001, he took over for Hall of Fame head coach Bob Hannah, who retired following the 2000 season after 36 years at the helm of the UD baseball program.

Sherman, who was inducted into the Delaware Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008, the University of Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009, and the Cape Cod Summer Baseball League Hall of Fame in 2012, is the 15th head coach in UD history and just the third since 1956.

He has compiled a 17-year mark of 509-417 at Delaware, good for a winning percentage of .550. In league play, he has led Delaware to a regular season mark of 221-204 (.520).

His 23-year overall head coaching record, which includes a seven-year stint at Wilmington (Del.) University in 1987-94, stands at an impressive 727-545 (.572). He coached his 1,000th career game as a collegiate head coach in Delaware’s CAA Tournament game vs. UNCW on May 25, 2012, in Harrisonburg, Va. Sherman won his 700th career game on March 12, 2017, and became just the second coach in UD history to win 500 games at Delaware on May 7, 2017.

Sherman has led the Delaware Blue Hens to the conference tournament 11 times in his 17 seasons, guiding squads to the league championship game four times with an America East title and NCAA Tournament berth in 2001 and Colonial Athletic Association runner-up finishes in 2004, 2007, and 2012. His Delaware teams have posted 30 or more wins eight times,  have had 13 winning seasons and have advanced to the CAA Tournament five times in the last six seasons. In 2017, the Blue Hens took home the CAA Tournament title, compiling a perfect 4-0 record and completing one of the most dominant runs in conference history. Delaware led all but two innings of the tournament, outscoring its opponents 38-14 over the four games.

In 2013, the Delaware Blue Hens went 33-22 overall and finished in thir...