Jim Toman
{{Short description|American baseball coach}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jim Toman
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|11|28}}
| birth_place = Monroeville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date =
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| alma_mater = North Carolina State University '85
| player_years1 = 1981–1984
| player_team1 = NC State
| coach_years1 = 1989
| coach_team1 = FIU (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1990–1996
| coach_team2 = NC State (asst.)
| coach_years3 = 1997–2007
| coach_team3 = South Carolina (asst.)
| coach_years4 = 2008–2016
| coach_team4 = Liberty
| coach_years5 = 2017–2018
| coach_team5 = College of Charleston (AHC)
| coach_years6 = 2019–2022
| coach_team6 = Middle Tennessee
| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|406|308|2|record=y}}
| tournament_record = NCAA DI: 2–4
Big South: 20–13
C-USA: 1–4
| championships = Big South, North Division: 2014
Big South Tournament: 2013
| awards = Big South Coach of the Year: 2014
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James Michael Andrew Toman (born November 28, 1961) is an American college baseball coach and former player. He had been head coach of Liberty from the 2008 season until 2016. Under Toman, Liberty has qualified for two NCAA tournaments.{{cite web|title=Jim Toman |url=http://www.liberty.edu/flames/index.cfm?PID=10867&CoachID=810&TeamID=1 |website=Liberty.edu |publisher=Liberty Athletic Communications |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714221536/http://www.liberty.edu/flames/index.cfm?PID=10867&CoachID=810&TeamID=1 |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }} He also served as the head coach of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (2019–2022).
Playing career
Toman, a 1985 graduate of NC State, played baseball for the Wolfpack from 1981–1984. He served as a team captain in 1983 and 1984 and was named to the All-Tournament Team at the 1984 ACC tournament. His teammates included Doug Davis, Dan Plesac, Doug Strange, and Tracy Woodson. When Woodson became the head coach at Richmond ahead of the 2014 season, the two coached against each other.{{cite news|last1=Lang |first1=Chris |title=Flames Survive Slugfest with Richmond |url=http://www.newsadvance.com/sports/liberty_university/flames-survive-slugfest-with-richmond/article_d013971e-bf8a-11e3-9f83-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |work=NewsAdvance.com |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140707043317/http://www.newsadvance.com/sports/liberty_university/flames-survive-slugfest-with-richmond/article_d013971e-bf8a-11e3-9f83-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm |archivedate=July 7, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
Coaching career
=Assistant positions=
After graduating, Toman worked as a high school coach for several years before starting his college coaching career in 1989 with a one-year stint at FIU. From 1989 to 1991 he was the pitching coach of the Brewster Whitecaps, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite news | title = Cape Baseball Notes | pages = 31 | newspaper = The Cape Codder | location = Orleans, MA | date = March 17, 1989 | url = https://snow-library.com/viewer/4871?medianame=1989_thecapecodder_vol44_issue22_orleans_000031 }}{{cite news | title = Cape Cod League | pages = 17 | newspaper = The Cape Codder | location = Orleans, MA | date = July 9, 1991 | url = https://snow-library.com/viewer/5341?medianame=1991_thecapecodder_vol46_issue54-1_orleans_000017 }} Toman returned to his alma mater to serve as an assistant to Ray Tanner at NC State; he held the position from 1990–1996. When Tanner left for South Carolina for the 1997 season, Toman went with him and worked as an assistant for the Gamecocks from 1997–2007. In 2002, he was named the ABCA/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year.{{cite web |url=https://www.abca.org/ABCA/Awards/Assistant_Coach_of_the_Year/default.aspx |title=ABCA/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year |publisher=AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION |work=www.abca.org |accessdate=October 25, 2018}}
=Liberty=
Toman left South Carolina to become the head coach at Liberty for the 2008 season. At his introductory press conference, Toman said, "I am very honored and excited to accept the head coaching position at Liberty University. My wife and family are also very excited to join the Liberty family and work in a Christian environment. I have enjoyed my 11 years at the University of South Carolina and take away many fond memories. I appreciate the opportunity Ray Tanner gave me to be a member of his staff. I am ready to get started on putting a quality staff together and continuing to move the program forward, having success both in conference and nationally."{{cite news|title=USC Assistant Named Liberty Head Baseball Coach |url=http://www.goupstate.com/article/20070624/SCSPORTS/70624001?tc=ar |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |work=GoUpstate.com |date=June 24, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714131618/http://www.goupstate.com/article/20070624/SCSPORTS/70624001?tc=ar |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
From 2008–2014, Toman's first seven seasons, Liberty won at least 30 games each year and at least 40 games three times. After losing in the Big South championship game in 2008, 2010, and 2012, the Flames reached their first NCAA tournament under Toman in 2013. In the Big South tournament, which Liberty hosted at the newly built Liberty Baseball Stadium, the Flames went 4–0 to win the championship; in the championship game, Liberty defeated top-seeded Campbell, 2–1, after an Ashton Perritt RBI single broke a 1–1 tie in the top of the ninth. At the Columbia Regional, the Flames went 2–2, beating second-seeded Clemson twice and losing to host South Carolina twice.{{cite web|last1=Sorenson |first1=Eric |title=Liberty's About Face |url=http://www.collegebaseballtoday.com/2010/04/17/libertys-about-face/ |website=CollegeBaseballToday.com |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200442/http://www.collegebaseballtoday.com/2010/04/17/libertys-about-face/ |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |date=April 17, 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|last1=Ryan |first1=Sean |title=Uncommon Success in the Commonwealth of Virginia |url=http://www.collegebaseballinsider.com/12Preseason/12BSCLiberty.html |website=CollegeBaseballInsider.com |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714221446/http://www.collegebaseballinsider.com/12Preseason/12BSCLiberty.html |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |date=February 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|last1=Rogers |first1=Kendall |title=Rising Head Coaches Make Moves |url=http://www.perfectgame.org/articles/View.aspx?article=7858 |website=PerfectGame.org |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714131343/http://www.perfectgame.org/articles/View.aspx?article=7858 |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |date=December 16, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|last1=Slater |first1=Darryl |title=After Liberty Gets Historic Win Over Clemson, Jim Toman Spews Gold About Expectations and His Mohawk |url=http://spur.postandcourier.com/2013/05/31/liberty-historic-win-clemson-jim-toman-spews-gold-expectations-mohawk/ |publisher=Post & Courier |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714234000/http://spur.postandcourier.com/2013/05/31/liberty-historic-win-clemson-jim-toman-spews-gold-expectations-mohawk/ |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |date=May 31, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
In 2014, Liberty qualified for the NCAA tournament with an at-large bid. The Flames won the Big South's North Division and swept the conference's major awards, with Toman winning Coach of the Year. At the Charlottesville Regional, the team went 0–2, losing games to Arkansas and Bucknell.{{cite web|title=Big South Announces 2014 Baseball Annual Award Winners |url=http://www.bigsouthsports.com/entries/big-south-announces-2014-baseball-annual-award-winners |website=BigSouthSports.com |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193022/http://www.bigsouthsports.com/entries/big-south-announces-2014-baseball-annual-award-winners |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |date=May 18, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|last1=Lang |first1=Chris |title=Liberty Baseball Plagued by Mechanism of Big South |url=http://www.newsadvance.com/sports/liberty_university/liberty-baseball-plagued-by-mechanism-of-big-south/article_c493bbda-ea4b-11e3-9555-0017a43b2370.html |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |work=NewsAdvance.com |date=June 2, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612160304/https://newsadvance.com/sports/liberty_university/liberty-baseball-plagued-by-mechanism-of-big-south/article_c493bbda-ea4b-11e3-9555-0017a43b2370.html |archivedate=June 12, 2022 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|last1=Lang |first1=Chris |title=Bucknell Eliminates Liberty from NCAA Baseball Regional |url=http://www.roanoke.com/sports/colleges/bucknell-eliminates-liberty-from-ncaa-baseball-regional/article_4739038e-e929-11e3-a960-0017a43b2370.html |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |work=Roanoke.com |publisher=The Daily Progress |date=May 31, 2014 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140707043333/http://www.roanoke.com/sports/colleges/bucknell-eliminates-liberty-from-ncaa-baseball-regional/article_4739038e-e929-11e3-a960-0017a43b2370.html |archivedate=July 7, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
In 2011, Liberty set a Big South record with seven draftees. In 2012, the Flames had two players drafted in the top ten rounds.{{cite web|title=MLB Amateur Draft Picks Who Came from "Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA)" |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=df5c152d&exact=1&query_type=key_school |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720204046/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=df5c152d&exact=1&query_type=key_school |archivedate=July 20, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
On June 24, 2016 Toman resigned from Liberty as their baseball coach.
=After Liberty=
On August 4, 2017, it was announced that Toman would become the assistant head coach for the College of Charleston Cougars baseball team.{{cite web |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/college-of-charleston-baseball-coach-chad-holbrook-settles-into-job/article_405ad944-7895-11e7-96dd-4f9c68578459.html |title=College of Charleston baseball coach Chad Holbrook settles into job, adds Toman to staff |author=Andrew Miller |date=August 4, 2017 |publisher=Post and Courier |work=www.postandcourier.com |accessdate=June 19, 2018}}
=Middle Tennessee=
On June 20, 2018, Toman was named the head coach of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball program.{{cite web |url=https://www.dnj.com/story/sports/college/mtsu/2018/06/20/mtsu-baseball-jim-toman-takes-over-blue-raider-program/715775002/ |title=Jim Toman, former College of Charleston assistant and recruiter, named MTSU baseball coach |author=Cecil Joyce |date=June 20, 2018 |publisher=Daily News Journal |work=www.dnj.com |accessdate=June 21, 2018}}
In August 2022, a few weeks after being arrested on suspicion driving while intoxicated in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Toman resigned as MTSU's head coach.{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Lucas |title=MTSU baseball coach resigns weeks after DUI arrest |url=https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/murfreesboro/mtsu-baseball-coach-resigns-weeks-after-dui-arrest/ |access-date=7 December 2022 |publisher=WKRN |date=29 August 2022}}
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Toman's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.{{cite web|title=2014 Liberty Flames Baseball Record Book |url=http://www.liberty.edu/media/1912/baseball/recordbook/2014_Baseball_Record_Book.pdf |website=Liberty.edu |publisher=Liberty Athletic Communications |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714175514/http://www.liberty.edu/media/1912/baseball/recordbook/2014_Baseball_Record_Book.pdf |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=2013 Big South Baseball Record Book |url=http://issuu.com/bigsouthpr/docs/baseball_record_book_2013/17?e=1996766/1002051 |publisher=Big South Conference |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714132753/http://issuu.com/bigsouthpr/docs/baseball_record_book_2013/17?e=1996766/1002051 |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 12, 2020 }}{{cite web|title=2013 Big South Conference Baseball Standings |url=http://www.d1baseball.com/2013/conferences/standings_bigsouth.htm |website=D1Baseball.com |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203620/http://www.d1baseball.com/2013/conferences/standings_bigsouth.htm |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=2014 Big South Conference Baseball Standings |url=http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_bigsouth.htm |website=D1Baseball.com |accessdate=July 4, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603120611/http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_bigsouth.htm |archivedate=June 3, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
{{CBB yearly record start | type = coach }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Liberty Flames
| conference= Big South Conference
| startyear = 2008
| endyear = 2016
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2008
| name = Liberty
| overall = 35–26–1
| conference = 14–7
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2009
| name = Liberty
| overall = 33–21
| conference = 17–9
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2010
| name = Liberty
| overall = 43–18
| conference = 19–8
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2011
| name = Liberty
| overall = 35–24
| conference = 18–9
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2012
| name = Liberty
| overall = 41–19
| conference = 14–10
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2013
| name = Liberty
| overall = 36–29
| conference = 13–11
| confstanding = 4th (North)
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = division
| season = 2014
| name = Liberty
| overall = 41–18
| conference = 23–3
| confstanding = 1st (North)
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2015
| name = Liberty
| overall = 33–23
| conference = 16–8
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2016
| name = Liberty
| overall = 31–28
| conference = 12–12
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Liberty
| overall = {{Winning percentage|328|206|1|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|146|77|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
| conference= Conference USA
| startyear = 2019
| endyear = 2022
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2019
| name = Middle Tennessee
| overall = 18–37
| conference = 11–19
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2020
| name = Middle Tennessee
| overall = 7–10
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
| postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2021
| name = Middle Tennessee
| overall = 24–29–1
| conference = 12–19–1
| confstanding = 4th {{small|(West)}}
| postseason = C-USA tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2022
| name = Middle Tennessee
| overall = 29–26
| conference = 17–13
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Middle Tennessee
| overall = {{Winning percentage|78|102|1|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|40|51|1|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = {{Winning percentage|406|308|2|record=y}}
}}
References
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