Todd Whitting
{{Short description|American Baseball player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Todd Whitting
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Houston
| current_conference = Big 12
| current_record = {{Winning percentage|474|363|1|record=y}}
| contract =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|6|13}}
| birth_place = Dalhart, Texas, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1991–1992
| player_team1 = Houston
| player_years2 = 1993
| player_team2 = Navarro College
| player_years3 = 1994–1995
| player_team3 = Houston
| player_positions = Second baseman
| coach_years1 = 1996–2003
| coach_team1 = Houston (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2004–2005
| coach_team2 = TCU (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 2006–2010
| coach_team3 = TCU (associate HC)
| coach_years4 = 2011–present
| coach_team4 = Houston
| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|474|363|1|record=y}}
| tournament_record =
| championships =
- 2 AAC tournament (2014, 2017)
- 3 AAC regular season (2015, 2017, 2018)
| awards =
- AAC Coach of the Year (2018)
| coaching_records =
}}
Todd Ross Whitting (born June 13, 1972) is an American college baseball coach and former player who currently serves as the head coach of the Houston Cougars baseball team. Prior to his current position, Whitting served as associate head coach for the TCU Horned Frogs under Jim Schlossnagle, where the team made their first College World Series appearance.{{cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/houston/7091686.html |title=Whitting returns to Houston dugout |author=Campbell, Steve |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=2010-07-02 |accessdate=2010-07-05}}
Whitting spent all but one of the first 12 years of his adult life at Houston as a player or coach. From 1991 to 1995 (except for 1993, which was spent at Navarro College), he played second base under Bragg Stockton and Rayner Noble. He graduated from Houston with a degree in kinesiology.{{cite web |url=http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/070310aab.html |title=Todd Whitting Returns to Houston as Baseball Head Coach |publisher=Houston Cougars athletics |date=2010-07-02 |accessdate=2010-07-05}} He served as an assistant at Houston under Noble until 2003, when he left for TCU.
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Whitting's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.{{cite web|title=2013 Conference USA Baseball Standings|url=http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_cusa.htm|work=D1Baseball.com|publisher=Jeremy Mills|accessdate=May 29, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518065443/http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_cusa.htm|archivedate=May 18, 2013|url-status=dead}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Houston Cougars
|startyear=2011
|conference=Conference USA
|endyear=2013
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2011
| name = Houston
| overall = 27–32
| conference = 12–12
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2012
| name = Houston
| overall = 18–35–1
| conference = 5–18–1
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2013
| name = Houston
| overall = 36–22
| conference = 13–11
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Houston Cougars
|startyear=2014
|conference=American Athletic Conference
|endyear=2023
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2014
| name = Houston
| overall = 48–18
| conference = 14–9
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason = NCAA Super Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2015
| name = Houston
| overall = 43–20
| conference = 16–8
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2016
| name = Houston
| overall = 36–23
| conference = 11–12
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2017
| name = Houston
| overall = 42–21
| conference = 15–9
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2018
| name = Houston
| overall = 38–25
| conference = 16–8
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2019
| name = Houston
| overall = 32–24
| conference = 12–12
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2020
| name = Houston
| overall = 6–9
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = Canceled due to COVID-19
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2021
| name = Houston
| overall = 19–34
| conference = 7–21
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2022
| name = Houston
| overall = 37–24
| conference = 13–11
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2023
| name = Houston
| overall = 36–23
| conference = 17–6
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Houston Cougars
|startyear=2024
|conference=Big 12 Conference
|endyear=
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2024
| name = Houston
| overall = 26–28
| conference = 7–21
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2025
| name = Houston
| overall = 30–25
| conference = 12–17
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Houston
| overall = {{Winning percentage|474|363|1|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|170|175|1|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = {{Winning percentage|474|363|1|record=y}}
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/whitting_todd00.html Houston Cougars profile]
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