Rodney Hennon

Rodney Hennon (born November 11, 1969) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Georgia Southern Eagles baseball team. He has held that position since the 2000 season. He played at Western Carolina, where he earned All-Conference honors and helped the team to two NCAA Regional appearances. He played professionally for one season with the Kentucky Rifles before turning to coaching. He served as an assistant coach at Western Carolina for four years before ascending to the top job. After two seasons, he moved to Georgia Southern. In his first two seasons with the Eagles he was named Southern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year.[1][2][3][4]

Rodney Hennon

Hennon in 2014
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Georgia Southern
Conference	Sun Belt
Record	720–499
Biographical details
Born	November 11, 1969
Playing career
1990–1993	Western Carolina
Position(s)	OF
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1997	Western Carolina (assistant)
1998–1999	Western Carolina
2000–present	Georgia Southern
Head coaching record
Overall	798–536
Tournaments	Sun Belt: 9–7 NCAA: 2–10
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
SoCon Coach of the Year: 2000, 2001 Southern Conference Champion: 2000, 2002, 2009, 2011, 2014

Head coaching record

Below is a table of the years that Hennon has been a head coach.

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Western Carolina Catamounts (Southern Conference) (1998–1999)
1998	Western Carolina	42–15	20–6	3rd
1999	Western Carolina	36–22	18–10	3rd
Western Carolina:		78-37	38-16
Georgia Southern Eagles (Southern Conference) (2000–2014)
2000	Georgia Southern	38–23	23–7	1st	NCAA Regional
2001	Georgia Southern	42–20	21–9	1st
2002	Georgia Southern	39–25	18–11	4th	NCAA Regional
2003	Georgia Southern	39–21	19–10	2nd
2004	Georgia Southern	34–25	21–9	3rd
2005	Georgia Southern	38–22	18–11	2nd
2006	Georgia Southern	31–27	16–11	4th
2007	Georgia Southern	34–28	13–14	6th
2008	Georgia Southern	33–25	16–11	4th
2009	Georgia Southern	42–17	20–8	2nd	NCAA Regional
2010	Georgia Southern	34–24	19–11	4th
2011	Georgia Southern	36–26	18–12	5th	NCAA Regional
2012	Georgia Southern	33–27	15–15	6th
2013	Georgia Southern	27–32	13–17	7th
2014	Georgia Southern	40–28	15–12	3rd	NCAA Regional
Georgia Southern Eagles (Sun Belt Conference) (2015–present)
2015	Georgia Southern	30–27	18–12	4th	Sun Belt Tournament
2016	Georgia Southern	36–26	16–14	6th	Sun Belt Tournament
2017	Georgia Southern	38–21	18–12	3rd (West)	Sun Belt Tournament
2018	Georgia Southern	30–26	18–11	T-3rd (West)	Sun Belt Tournament
2019	Georgia Southern	35–24	18–12	1st (West)	Sun Belt Tournament
2020	Georgia Southern	11–5	0–0	(West)	Season canceled due to COVID-19
Georgia Southern:		720–499	353–229
Total:		801–530-1
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches

References

1. "Baseball Coaching Staff". Georgia Southern Eagles. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
2. Devin Golden (January 1, 2014). "Dalton High grad Rodney Hennon has built coaching legacy at Georgia Southern". Dalton Daily Citizen.
3. "Hennon takes the ball for GSU". Savannah Morning News. June 30, 1999. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
4. "GSU's Hennon leads by example". Savannah Morning News. May 26, 2004. Retrieved April 15, 2016.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)