American college baseball coach
John Yurkow Title Head coach Team Penn Conference Ivy League Record 227–188–1 1995–1999 Rowan
Position(s) Second baseman 2000–2001 Rowan (Asst.) 2002–2005 Duke (Asst.)2007–2013 Penn (Asst.)2014–present Penn
Overall 227–188–1 Tournaments NCAA: 2–4
2x Ivy League Tournament: (2023, 2024)
2x Ivy League: (2022, 2023)
3x Gehrig Division: (2014, 2015, 2017)
Ivy League Coach of the Year (2023)
John Yurkow an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Penn Quakers baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2014 season .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Raised in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey , Yurkow attended Gloucester Catholic High School .[ 5]
Yurkow played second base at Rowan University , and earned his first coaching position with the Profs immediately after graduation. He served two years before moving to Duke for four seasons. He then accepted a position at Penn as the top assistant to head coach John Cole , who had previously coached him at Rowan. Upon Cole's firing after the 2013 seasons, Yurkow was elevated to the head coaching position.
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Yurkow's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[ 6]
Statistics overview
Season
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason
Penn Quakers (Ivy League ) (2014–present)
2014
Penn
24–17
15–5
T-1st (Gehrig)
2015
Penn
22–15
16–4
T-1st (Gehrig)
2016
Penn
19–22
10–10
T-2nd (Gehrig)
2017
Penn
23–22
13–8
T-1st (Gehrig)
Ivy League Championship Series
2018
Penn
16–25–1
9–11–1
5th
2019
Penn
23–18
11–10
4th
2020
Penn
3–5
0–0
Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021
Penn
6–8
0–0
Penn was only Ivy League school to play baseball
2022
Penn
33–15
17–4
T-1st
Ivy League Championship Series
2023
Penn
34–16
16–5
1st
NCAA Regional
2024
Penn
24–25
11–11
T–3rd
NCAA Regional
Penn:
227–188–1
118–68–1
Total: 227–188–1
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
References
^ a b "John Yurkow bio" . Penn Quakers. Archived from the original on 2014-09-23. Retrieved September 6, 2013 .^ a b Scott Chappellear (July 15, 2013). "Washington Township native John Yurkow named head coach at Penn" . South Jersey Times . Archived from the original on September 6, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2013 . ^ a b "Yohn Yurkow Bio" . Duke Blue Devils. Archived from the original on 2014-09-23. Retrieved September 6, 2013 .^ a b Rich Fisher (May 24, 1999). "Lighting The Fire For Rowan John Yurkow Was The Spark Plug For The Profs This Season" . Philadelphia Inquirer . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2013 . ^ Chappelear, Scott. "Washington Township native John Yurkow named head coach at Penn" , South Jersey Times
^ "2014 Ivy League Standings" . IvyLeagueSports.com . Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. Retrieved June 4, 2014 .