Gary Ward (born September 9, 1940) is an American former baseball coach.
He was the head baseball coach at Oklahoma State University from 1978 to 1996, compiling a record of 953–313–1.
Ward won 16 Big Eight Conference championships at OSU, including 14 in a row from 1982 to 1995.
During his tenure, he became only the 24th coach in college baseball history to gain 1,000 career wins.
[2] From 1971 to 1979, he served as the head baseball coach at Yavapai Junior College.