2009 Baseball

Record: 34-17 Home: 21-3 Away: 12-10 Neutral: 1-4
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Terry Puhl - Head Coach

Coach Terry Puhl

Entering his second season as head coach of the Jaguars, Puhl guided the team to a 29-5 record.  The Jaguars enter the 2009 season ranked 27th in the country. 
 
Last summer, Puhl coached the Canadian Olympic Baseball Team at the Beijing Olympics.
 
Terry Puhl began his Major League Baseball career in 1977 with the Houston Astros. In his first Major League game, Puhl got his first hit and followed it with 1,360 more in a career that spanned 15 years and 1,531 games. Over his 15 year career, Puhl was a .280 hitter and one of the best defensive players to ever play the game. Puhl continues to hold the Major League Baseball all-time record for lifetime fielding percentage (.993) by an outfielder. In the post-season, Puhl batted .372 (16 for 43) in 13 games.

Highlights of Terry Puhl's career include being part of the Astros National League (NL) West Division championship teams in 1980 and 1986; being selected to the National League All-Star Team in 1978 and being named Canadian Baseball Player of the Year in 1981.

In the 1980 championship series against the Philadelphia Phillies, Puhl set a then NL Championship series record with a .526 batting average in a losing cause. Puhl was a key part of a strong nucleus of players that kept the Astros contending for championships during the late 1970's and 1980's.

In 1994, Puhl was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. The following year, he was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. On November 10, 2006 Terry will be inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame.

Puhl is also the head coach of the Canadian National Olympic Baseball Team.

 
Doug Heinold - Assistant Coach
Doug Heinold
 
Doug begins his second season working with the Jaguars and first as Jaguars' pitching coach. Heinold was first round draft pick of the New York Yankees following a standout high school career at Stroman High School. Heinold worked his way up to play AAA in Yankees organization before an arm injury cut his career short.
 
Robert Tripson - Assistant Coach
Robert Tripson 

Coach Tripson begins his second season with the Jaguars. "Trip" is a familiar face at Riverside Stadium, having spent 17 years as the head baseball coach at Victoria High School. Tripson is a graduate of Texas Lutheran University, and received his Master's degree from Prairie View A&M University. He is married to Joye and has 1 daughter and 2 grandchildren.