George Horton will remain with the Oregon Baseball team as Head Coach through 2020.
Despite a lackluster finish to the 2016 season and attendance trending down, the Oregon Ducks extended the contract of Head Coach George Horton on Tuesday.
The new deal was rumored a few months back and was finally completed with both sides agreeing that Horton would remain Head Coach at Oregon through the 2020 season giving him enough time for another turnaround. Last season the team failed to make the NCAA Tournament, but since the return of the program in 2010, Horton has had success taking the team to the postseason five times.
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The upcoming recruiting class should help reload a depleted Pitching Staff that saw the departure of David Peterson to the New York Mets in the MLB Draft. Despite the last few seasons being down, the team has a winning percentage over the .500 mark over the last six seasons. In a three year span between 2012-2014 the team won 40 games each season, one of just a handful of teams in the country to be that competitive.
George Horton and the Oregon Ducks have also had their share of injuries at key positions over the last six season, most notably to former Pitcher Cole Irvin to Tommy John Surgery. It not only unravelled a possible winning season, but it forced the Pitching Staff to make a tough decision at the time.
2017 will mark Horton’s seventh season at Oregon. He has been the only Head Coach with the Program since it returned in 2010. During that span 29 players have been selected in the MLB Draft and Oregon is beginning to get some notice as a place to play for recruits.