Chris Sperry
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| name = Chris Sperry
| image = Chris Sperry (3416426621) (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Sperry with Portland in 2009
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|11|11}}
| birth_place = Vancouver, Washington, U.S.
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1985–1987, 1989
| player_team1 = Portland
| coach_years1 = 1996–1997
| coach_team1 = Centralia (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1998–2015
| coach_team2 = Portland
| overall_record = 346–602–1
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Christopher P. Sperry is a former American college baseball coach, formerly the head coach of the Portland Pilots baseball team from 1998 to 2015.{{cite web|url=http://portlandpilots.com/coaches.aspx?rc=440&path=baseball|publisher=Portland Pilots|title=2013 Baseball Coaching Staff|accessdate=March 3, 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/index.ssf/2012/04/university_of_portlands_baseba.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=April 27, 2012|accessdate=March 3, 2014|title=University of Portland baseball coach Chris Sperry knew early he wanted to coach}}{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf/2012/03/bald-faced_truth_with_john_can_235.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|title='Bald-Faced Truth' with John Canzano: Portland Pilots baseball head coach Chris Sperry (audio)|date=March 2, 2012|accessdate=March 3, 2014}}
Sperry played four seasons at Portland as an infielder and catcher, earning All-Pac-10 honors in 1987 and helping the Pilots to the Conference Tournament title in 1989. He played a single season in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He later served as an assistant coach at A.C. Davis High School in Yakima, Washington from 1993 through 1995, while also assisting area American Legion Baseball teams. Sperry became an assistant at Centralia, serving for two seasons, and was the head coach of the 1997 Oregon team at the Olympic Trials. He earned a spot as top assistant at Portland State in September 1997, but left before seeing a game played to become head coach at Portland. He held the position for 18 seasons before the school fired him at the end of the 2015 season.
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Portland Pilots|conference=West Coast Conference|startyear=1998|endyear=2015}}
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| championship =
| season = 1998
| name = Portland
| overall = 10–39
| conference = 5–22
| confstanding = 8th (8)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1999
| name = Portland
| overall = 23–28
| conference = 16–14
| confstanding = 2nd Coast (4)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2000
| name = Portland
| overall = 24–27
| conference = 13–17
| confstanding = 3rd West (4)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2001
| name = Portland
| overall = 20–34
| conference = 9–21
| confstanding = 4th West (4)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2002
| name = Portland
| overall = 24–30
| conference = 16–14
| confstanding = 2nd West (4)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2003
| name = Portland
| overall = 9–45–1
| conference = 5–24–1
| confstanding = 4th West (4)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2004
| name = Portland
| overall = 12–44
| conference = 6–24
| confstanding = 4th West (4)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2005
| name = Portland
| overall = 17–36
| conference = 7–23
| confstanding = 4th West (4)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2006
| name = Portland
| overall = 15–37
| conference = 3–18
| confstanding = 8th (8)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2007
| name = Portland
| overall = 21–30
| conference = 7–14
| confstanding = 7th (8)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2008
| name = Portland
| overall = 21–33
| conference = 3–18
| confstanding = 8th (8)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2009
| name = Portland
| overall = 25–26
| conference = 7–14
| confstanding = 7th (8)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2010
| name = Portland
| overall = 34–18
| conference = 14–7
| confstanding = 2nd (8)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2011
| name = Portland
| overall = 23–31
| conference = 11–10
| confstanding = T-3rd (8)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2012
| name = Portland
| overall = 27–25
| conference = 12–12
| confstanding = 6th (9)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2013
| name = Portland
| overall = 18–36
| conference = 8–16
| confstanding = 8th (9)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2014
| name = Portland
| overall = 11–41
| conference = 5–22
| confstanding = 10th (10)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2015
| name = Portland
| overall = 12–42
| conference = 7–20
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Portland|overall=346–602–1|confrecord=154–310–1}}
{{CBB yearly record end|overall=346–602–1}}
References
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External links
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Category:Baseball players from Vancouver, Washington
Category:Centralia Trailblazers baseball coaches
Category:High school baseball coaches in the United States