Barry Shollenberger

With Alabama from 1980 to 1994, Shollenberger amassed 487 wins, 334 losses and 1 tie. During this time period, Shollenberger appeared at the championship game during the 1983 College World Series and was the Baseball America College Coach of the Year that year. Apart from coaching, Shollenberger was a minor league pitcher from 1961 to 1965. While with the Waterloo Hawks, Shollenberger received the Midwest League Top MLB Prospect Award in 1962.

In 1980, Shollenberger became the baseball coach for the University of Alabama. With the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team, Shollenberger's players appeared in the championship game of the 1983 College World Series. Shollenberger remained with Alabama until he left the team in 1994. Before leaving the team, Shollenberger had an overall record of 487 wins, 334 losses and 1 tie.

In 1974, Shollenberger went to the University of Alabama to become an assistant baseball coach. He stayed as assistant coach until 1976 when he resumed his head coach career with the Middle Georgia Junior College baseball team. After the 1976 season, Shollenberger obtained a head baseball coach position with Western Kentucky University in 1977 and stayed as their head coach until 1979. With the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers baseball team, Shollenberger had 77 wins, 64 losses and 3 ties.

For his post-secondary education, he first earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1965 from Moravian College. He later attended Tampa University in the 1960s as a graduate student. Throughout the 1970s, Shollenberger completed a Master of Arts at Western Kentucky University and a Doctor of Education at the University of Alabama.

While with the Hawks, Shollenberger received the Midwest League Top MLB Prospect Award in 1962. Shollenberger was named Baseball America College Coach of the Year in 1983 as the University of Alabama's head coach. He also became part of a hall of fame for Moravian.

Shollenberger began his minor league baseball career as a pitcher in 1961. He started with the Waterloo Hawks before moving to the Rocky Mount Leafs and Tampa Tarpons in the 1960s. After tendinopathy forced Shollenberger to end his pitching career in 1965, he had a career total of seventeen wins and fifteen losses. Shollenberger switched to coaching when he became the head baseball coach at the Brewster Technical High School in 1965. Outside of baseball, he was a defensive football coach for Tampa Bay before his promotion to head coach in 1970. He remained in his head coaching positions until 1973.

In 1960, Shollenberger joined the Mitchell Kernels as part of the Basin League. For Mitchell, Shollenberger had experience as a left fielder and primarily held the position of relief pitcher. In 1961, Shollenberger continued his semi-professional in the Basin League when he became part of the Sturgis Titans. While with Sturgis, Shollenberger was a pitcher while also serving as a one-game replacement umpire. During these two years, Shollenberger pitched for Moravian College. With Moravian, Shollenberger and the team won the Middle Atlantic Conference in 1960.

Barry John Shollenberger (born 1941) is a retired American baseball and football coach. During his career, Shollenberger worked in both sports while with Tampa Bay Technical High School from 1965 to 1973. In college baseball, Shollenberger started out with the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team as an assistant coach in 1974. He then became the head coach for the Middle Georgia Junior College team in 1976. As the head coach for Western Kentucky University from 1977 to 1979, Shollenberger had 77 wins, 64 losses and 3 ties.

In 1941, Shollenberger was born in Pennsylvania. During the 1950s, Shollenberger attended Reading High School and began his baseball career there. With the Reading Red Knights, Shollenberger was a pitcher in the East Penn League from 1957 to 1959. At the end of the 1950s, Shollenberger was part of the American Legion Baseball league with Berks County and Pulaski. While in the American Legion, Shollenberger pitched in the 1959 All-Star game for Pennsylvanian teams and was named one of the Most Valuable Players after the event.