Baseball coach sets record for most career victories
Longwood baseball coach Buddy Bolding recorded his 900th career win on May 10, 2011, giving him the most victories of any active college baseball coach in Virginia.
The 6-4 road win over James Madison University brought Bolding’s career record to 900-492-4. The 2011 season represented Bolding’s 30th 20-win season, including 24 straight 20-win seasons from 1981 to 2004, and his 23rd season with at least 25 wins.
Bolding has coached Longwood’s baseball team since 1978, leading the Lancers to six appearances in the NCAA Division II Tournament and two trips, in 1982 and 1991, to the Division II College World Series. The 1991 squad completed a school-record 41-8 campaign while advancing to the final four of the Division II national championship. Longwood’s baseball facility is named for Bolding.
