John Savage (baseball)

John Savage

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	UCLA
Conference	Big Ten
Record	676–463–2 (.593)
Biographical details
Born	(1965-02-27) February 27, 1965 (age 59)
Alma mater	University of Nevada ('91)
Playing career
1984–1986	Santa Clara
1986	Billings Mustangs
1987	Salt Lake City Trappers
1987	Boise Hawks
1988	Reno Silver Sox
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988	Reno HS (assistant)
1992–1996	Nevada (assistant)
1997–2000	USC (PC)
2002–2004	UC Irvine
2005–present	UCLA
Head coaching record
Overall	764–547–3 (.583)
Tournaments	NCAA: 46–27
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA (2013) 3× CWS Appearances (2010, 2012, 2013) 4× PAC-12 (2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)
Awards
Baseball America National Coach of the Year (2013) ABCA National Coach of the Year (2013) Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Coach of the Year (2013) National Coach of the Year, CollegeBaseballInsider.com (2010) National Pitching Coach of the Year, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper (2019) Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2015, 2019) ABCA West Region Coach of the Year (2013, 2019) Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Assistant Coach of Year (1998)

John Joseph Savage (born February 27, 1965) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who currently serves as the head baseball coach for the UCLA Bruins.^[1] He played college baseball at Santa Clara for coaches Jerry McClain and John Oldham from 1984 to 1986 before playing in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) for three seasons (1986-1988). After serving as an assistant coach with Nevada and USC in the 1990s, he became the head coach for the UC Irvine Anteaters (2002–04). Savage became UCLA's head baseball coach in July 2004 and has guided the Bruins in that role for the past 18 seasons.

Savage is one of two head coaches in college baseball history, alongside Vanderbilt's Tim Corbin, to have guided his team to a College World Series title, produced the No. 1 overall MLB Draft selection, coached a Golden Spikes Award winner, and had a former player win the Cy Young Award in Major League Baseball. He is one of six coaches all-time with to have led his college program to the College World Series title and produced a No. 1 MLB Draft pick and at least one Golden Spikes Award winner, joining an illustrious group of current and former head coaches in Corbin, Skip Bertman (LSU), Jim Brock (Arizona State), Augie Garrido (Cal State Fullerton, Texas) and Jim Morris (Miami).^[2]