Floyd Temple
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| Biographical details | |
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| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Coffeyville, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Lawrence, Kansas, U.S. |
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| Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1954–1981 | Kansas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 437–396–7 |
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Floyd O. Temple (February 3, 1926 – June 29, 2012) was the head coach of the University of Kansas baseball team from 1954 to 1981. He also managed and played in the minor leagues in the early 1950s.
A third baseman, Temple was born in Coffeyville, Kansas, and began his professional career in 1950, playing for the Gladewater Bears of the East Texas League, hitting .167 in 15 games. He played for the Iola Indians of the Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League in 1951 and 1952, hitting .292 and .295 respectively. Overall, he hit .278 in 110 minor league games. He also managed the Indians for parts of the 1951 and 1952 seasons.[1]
Following his professional career, he became the head coach of the University of Kansas baseball team. He compiled a record of 437–396–7 in his 28 seasons with the team, becoming its winningest head coach ever. His #13 jersey was placated on the right-center field wall at Hoglund Ballpark.[2]
In 1965, Temple managed the Rapid City Chiefs of the Basin League, a collegiate summer baseball league.[3]
He coached multiple future major league players, including Steve Renko, Bob Allison and Chuck Dobson.[4]
He was inducted into the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.[5] He died, aged 86, in Lawrence, Kansas.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Kansas Jayhawks (Big Seven Conference / Big Eight Conference) (1954–1981) | |||||||||
| 1954 | Kansas | 10–5 | 4–4 | 4th | |||||
| 1955 | Kansas | 6–16 | 2–10 | 7th | |||||
| 1956 | Kansas | 14–5 | 6–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 1957 | Kansas | 11–11 | 9–8 | 4th | |||||
| 1958 | Kansas | 14–8–2 | 11–6 | 4th | |||||
| 1959 | Kansas | 9–11 | 5–11 | 6th | |||||
| 1960 | Kansas | 11–13 | 7–11 | 6th | |||||
| 1961 | Kansas | 5–14 | 2–12 | 8th | |||||
| 1962 | Kansas | 16–11 | 13–8 | 3rd | |||||
| 1963 | Kansas | 15–10 | 11–8 | 3rd | |||||
| 1964 | Kansas | 16–11 | 11–10 | 4th | |||||
| 1965 | Kansas | 12–13 | 8–12 | 6th | |||||
| 1966 | Kansas | 8–17 | 3–15 | 8th | |||||
| 1967 | Kansas | 12–15 | 6–13 | 7th | |||||
| 1968 | Kansas | 7–20 | 4–14 | 8th | |||||
| 1969 | Kansas | 12–14 | 7–12 | 6th | |||||
| 1970 | Kansas | 15–8 | 10–7 | 2nd | |||||
| 1971 | Kansas | 11–22 | 6–15 | 8th | |||||
| 1972 | Kansas | 20–10 | 11–9 | 3rd | |||||
| 1973 | Kansas | 11–15 | 5–13 | 7th | |||||
| 1974 | Kansas | 17–22 | 6–12 | 7th | |||||
| 1975 | Kansas | 15–25 | 5–13 | 7th | |||||
| 1976 | Kansas | 23–14 | 6–8 | 4th | |||||
| 1977 | Kansas | 22–23–1 | 5–5 | 2nd | |||||
| 1978 | Kansas | 34–13–1 | 8–4 | 2nd | |||||
| 1979 | Kansas | 34–12–1 | 11–9 | 3rd | |||||
| 1980 | Kansas | 26–19 | 12–9 | 3rd | |||||
| 1981 | Kansas | 32–19 | 13–14 | 3rd | |||||
| Total: | 437–396–7 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Floyd Temple Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jayhawk History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1965 Basin League Photo Gallery". www.attheplate.com. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) Baseball Players". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees Bios". Wichita Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 15, 2010.
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