Dale Mitchell, Bobby Jack, Jackson Todd, Glen Castle, and Keith Drumright are two-time All-Americans to have played for the Sooners.
Prior to 2006, the Sooners hosted regionals at minor league parks in Oklahoma City, first All Sports Stadium and then the venue now known as Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.
Unlike many programs, such as LSU and USC, Oklahoma did not lack consistency among the coaching ranks in the early to mid 1900s.
[2] Jack Baer became the fourth head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners baseball program in 1942.
In his 10th year as coach, Baer led the program to new heights, claiming the 1951 national championship in baseball for the first time in school history.
An ESPN story published as a backdrop for the Sooners' 2022 Men's College World Series (MCWS) finals appearance noted that legendary OU football coach Bud Wilkinson, also the school's athletic director, "didn't care much for baseball, telling the team they couldn't go to Omaha, even after qualifying."
Under his direction, the Sooners claimed 4 straight Big Eight titles while also making 5 consecutive trips to the MCWS from 1972–1976.
Semore's career winning percentage of .697 ranks in the top 50 all-time in NCAA Division I history.
Assistant Stan Meek was named interim coach for the 1990 season, during which the Sooners finished 31–26 overall and failed to make the NCAA Division I baseball tournament for the first time since 1983.
To replace Meek, the Sooners traveled out west and hired Larry Cochell away from Cal State Fullerton.
Although Fullerton had long been considered a baseball powerhouse, OU offered Cochell a financial package that he could not turn down, and he became the seventh head coach in school history.
The Sooners returned to the NCAA tournament, but were quickly eliminated in regional play, losing their second game to eventual national champion LSU.
After defeating Miami for a second game and eliminating the Hurricanes, the Sun Devils were looking for revenge, but the Sooners rose to the occasion.
Cochell used racially insensitive remarks to describe Joe Dunigan III who was a freshman outfielder and is an African-American.
He led the program through one of the most successful eras of its history, including leading them to the 1994 championship, the first in over four decades, despite the quick exit that engulfed his departure, although he was invited back to the introduction of Pete Hughes as head coach in 2013.
The Sooners earned an berth in the 2005 NCAA tournament, but were eliminated in the Oxford regional finals by Ole Miss.
Following the 2005 season, the interim tag was removed from the title, and Golloway became head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners baseball program.
Prior to becoming head coach at OU, Golloway returned to Norman for his second stint with the Sooners Program.
Following the 2003 season, Golloway left Oral Roberts to return to Norman as associate head coach.
Oklahoma traveled to Houston to face the Rice Owls, with the winner earning a berth in the 2006 College World Series.
The Sooners would make it all the way to the Tempe regional finals, before coming up short against Arizona St. to end the 2008 season.
In his fourth full year as head coach at Oklahoma, Golloway was once again able to keep the program moving in the right direction.
OU finished second in the Big 12 posting a 17–10 record in conference play, only a half game behind Texas for the regular season title.
2 seed in the 2009 Big 12 baseball tournament, the Sooners posted a disappointing 1–2 record in pool play.
The Sooners earned their 10th appearance in the College World Series where they won their first game against the South Carolina Gamecocks 4–3.
[9] The Sooners reached the final of the College World Series, in which they lost against the Ole Miss Rebels.