Lenoir-Rhyne University

• Location: Hickory, NC
• Nickname: Bears
• Conference: South Atlantic Conference 1990-present; North State Conference 1930-1961; Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1962-1974, 1985-1989
• Division: II
• Ballpark: Durham Field

Lenoir-Rhyne University was known as Lenoir-Rhyne College until 2008.

Notable Alumni

• Justin Dean, outfielder
• Paul Jones, minor league infielder
• Wes McGuire, coach
• George Murphy, politician
• Don Padgett, catcher-outfielder
• Frank Pait, college coach
• Buz Phillips, pitcher
• Ken Rudisill, minor league outfielder
• Dick Smith, outfielder
• Herman Starrette, pitcher
• Thomas St. Clair, minor league pitcher

Coaches

• Norman LaMotte, 1924
• Dick Gurley, 1925-1932
• Pat Shores, 1933-1942
• Shore Neal, 1944-1947
• Art Faircloth, 1948
• Troy Washam, 1949-1953
• Mac Erwin, 1954-1956
• Hanley Painter, 1957-1961
• Odell Moose, 1962
• Walt Cornwell, 1963-1970
• Curtis Threatt, 1974-1977
• Billy Alton, 1978-1980
• Jack Patterson, 1981-1983
• Bruce Ollis, 1984
• Danny Thompson, 1985-1987
• John Hamilton, 1988-1996
• Frank Pait, 1997-2007
• Paul Knight, 2008-2013
• Tom Fleenor, 2014-2019*
• Chaz Frank, 2019 (interim)
• Chris Ramirez, 2020-2024
• Adam Skonieczki, 2025-present

*Fleenor was fired in April 2019

Assistant Coaches

• Micah Baumfeld, 2023-
• John Hendricks, 2004-2008
• Frank Pait
• Adam Skonieczki, 2020-2024

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1924	12-2
1925	7-9
1926	13-7
1927	9-6-1
1928	7-6
1929	10-6
1930	12-4
1931	4-9
1932	6-12
1933	8-9
1934	12-6
1935	11-7-1
1936	11-6
1937	8-10
1938	8-11
1939	16-3
1940	11-8
1941	6-12
1942	13-4
1944	2-2
1945	3-3
1946	12-3
1947	7-11
1948	8-10
1949	9-6
1950	11-9
1951	15-4
1952	19-2
1953	16-2
1954	12-5
1955	7-11
1956	13-9
1957	11-8
1958	10-7
1959	11-8
1960	7-9-2
1961	11-7
1962	16-3
1963	27-11-1
1964	5-12
1965	8-10
1966	12-6
1967	10-6
1968	5-8
1969	3-12
1970	2-10
1974	2-12
1975	5-20
1976	12-13
1977	12-13
1978	10-17
1979	13-22
1980	15-19
1981	8-19
1982	5-17
1983	4-15
1984	4-18
1985	20-14
1986	19-17
1987	10-20
1988	10-24
1989	13-20-1
1990	15-25	10-11
1991	25-17	12-9	SAC
1992	23-13	11-10
1993	16-17	10-11
1994	24-12	13-7	SAC
1995	20-21	10-11	SAC
1996	29-17	12-9	SAC
1997	20-21	9-12	SAC
1998	24-17-1	11-6	SAC
1999	20-24	7-11	SAC
2000	31-20	13-10	SAC
2001	33-18	15-5	SAC / Division II Regionals
2002	32-20	11-10	SAC
2003	21-26	7-14	SAC
2004	23-25	8-13	SAC
2005	28-23	9-12	SAC
2006	24-27	8-13	SAC
2007	35-18	12-11	SAC
2008	23-32	10-11	SAC
2009	24-23	10-11	SAC
2010	21-24	11-13
2011	13-34	7-19
2012	12-37	8-19
2013	21-29	12-15
2014	20-28	10-17
2015	27-21	11-18
2016	33-18	12-12	SAC
2017	22-26	6-18
2018	27-22	13-14	SAC
2019	23-27	7-17
2020	15-11	4-5
2021	23-18	19-13	SAC
2022	46-13	17-7	SAC / Division II Regionals
2023	38-16	15-9	SAC
2024	30-22	16-14	SAC
2025	50-15	23-7	SAC / Division II Regionals / Division II Super Regionals / Division II CWS
2026	37-13-1	23-9-1	SAC