Enos Semore

{{Short description|American college baseball coach (1931–2025)}}

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| name = Enos Semore

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|4|28}}

| birth_place = Haskell County, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|2|23|1931|4|28}}

| death_place =

| player_sport1=Baseball

| player_years2=1953–1956

| player_team2=Northeastern State

| player_sport3=Basketball

| player_years4=1952–1956

| player_team4=Northeastern State

| alma_mater =

| coach_years1 = 1963–1967

| coach_team1 = Bacone

| coach_years2 = 1968–1989

| coach_team2 = Oklahoma

| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|851|370|1|record=y}}

| bowl_record =

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| championships = 7 Big 8
1 JUCO World Series (1967)

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Enos Semore (April 28, 1931 – February 23, 2025) was an American college baseball coach.

Biography

Semore was born on April 28, 1931.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2000/05/21/enos-semore/62197340007/|title=Enos Semore|publisher=The Oklahoman|date=May 21, 2000|access-date=July 7, 2023}} He attended Keota High School and Northeastern State University, where he played baseball and basketball.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/columns/berry-tramel/2017/07/28/enos-semore-appreciates-the-people-who-paved-the-way/60585239007/|title=Enos Semore appreciates the people who paved his way|publisher=The Oklahoma|last=Trammel|first=Barry|date=July 28, 2017|accessdate=July 7, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://goriverhawksgo.com/honors/northeastern-state-athletics-hall-of-fame/enos-semore/65|title=Enos Semore (1989)|publisher=Northeastern State University athletics|access-date=July 7, 2023}} Semore was the head baseball coach at Bacone College from 1963 to 1967 and won a JUCO World Series title in 1967. After Bacone he was the head baseball coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1968 until 1989. During his tenure, the Sooners won 851 games, six conference championships and played in five College World Series. He resigned just days before the start of the 1990 season for medical reasons; assistant Stan Meek served as interim coach that season.{{cite news | title=Semore resigns from Oklahoma | newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner | date=January 19, 1990 | page=2C | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4cMTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RQcEAAAAIBAJ&dq=enos-semore&pg=4418%2C6619006 | accessdate=December 1, 2009}} Semore died on February 23, 2025, at the age of 93.[https://soonersports.com/news/2025/2/23/remembering-legendary-baseball-coach-enos-semore Remembering Legendary Baseball Coach Enos Semore]

Head coaching record

{{CBB yearly record start

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Oklahoma Sooners

| conference= Big Eight Conference

| startyear = 1968

| endyear = 1989

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1968

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 13–14

| conference = 10–8

| confstanding = 3rd

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1969

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 23–10

| conference = 17–4

| confstanding = 2nd

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1970

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 20–17

| conference = 10–9

| confstanding = 4th

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1971

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 24–11

| conference = 13–8

| confstanding = T–2nd

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1972

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 35–17

| conference = 12–8

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = College World Series

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1973

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 48–12

| conference = 17–4

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = College World Series

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1974

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 43–8

| conference = 18–3

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = College World Series

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1975

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 52–10

| conference = 15–3

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = College World Series

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1976

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 62–19

| conference = 15–3

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = College World Series

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 1977

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 37–11

| conference = 9–1

| confstanding = T–1st

| postseason = NCAA regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1978

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 39–20

| conference = 10–2

| confstanding = 1st

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 1979

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 36–27

| conference = 12–8

| confstanding = T–3rd

| postseason = NCAA regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1980

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 33–24–1

| conference = 8–10

| confstanding = 5th

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1981

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 40–15

| conference = 11–13

| confstanding = 5th

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1982

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 35–25

| conference = 11–6

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = NCAA regional

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1983

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 39–20

| conference = 18–6

| confstanding = 2nd

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1984

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 42–15

| conference = 14–4

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA regional

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1985

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 55–14

| conference = 18–6

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1986

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 44–21

| conference = 19–3

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1987

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 42–20

| conference = 17–7

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA regional

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1988

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 45–21

| conference = 16–8

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA regional

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1989

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = 44–19

| conference = 18–6

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = NCAA regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal|

| name = Oklahoma

| overall = {{winpct|851|370|1|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|297|129|record=y}}

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{{CBB yearly record end

| overall = {{winpct|851|370|1|record=y}}

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References