Steve Browning

Steve Browning
	Browning as coach of the Southern Arkansas Muleriders baseball team in 2013
Current position
Title	Athletic Director
Team	Southern Arkansas
Conference	Great American
Biographical details
Alma mater	Southern Arkansas
Playing career
1997–1998	Crowder
1999–2000	Southern Arkansas
Position(s)	OF
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2002	Southern Arkansas (Student Asst.)
2003–2005	Southern Arkansas (Grad. Asst.)
2006–2010	Southern Arkansas (Asst.)
2011–2016	Southern Arkansas
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2016–present	Southern Arkansas
Head coaching record
Overall	224–107
Tournaments	GSC: 4–1; GAC: 16–6; NCAA: 5–10
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1 – GSC Tournament Championship (2011); 3 – GAC Regular Season Championships (2012, 2013, 2015); 4 – GAC Tournament Championships (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Awards
	2012 GAC Coach of the Year

Steve Browning is an American former college baseball coach, currently serving as Athletic Director of the Southern Arkansas Muleriders. He was named to that position in the fall of 2012.^[1]

Pre-collegiate coaching

A native of Sheridan, Arkansas, Browning played two seasons at Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri before completing his eligibility at Southern Arkansas. Browning was a starter in the outfield during both his seasons at SAU and was a co-captain during his senior year. Browning hit .314 with 17 doubles, four home runs and 52 RBI in his two seasons for the Muleriders.^[2] Following his successful baseball playing career, Browning began his coaching career as a student assistant at SAU.

Collegiate coaching career

Browning spent ten seasons serving as a student assistant, graduate assistant, and assistant coach before being named head coach following the 2010 season. During his time at SAU, he has been a part of nine NCAA Regional teams and help guide the Muleriders to four regular season championships and six conference tournament titles. As the head coach, Browning has led all four of his teams to the conference tournament title with each receiving a bid to the NCAA Division II baseball tournament. Browning has had five players drafted into Major League Baseball. He has coached 18 first-team all-conference players, 16 second-team and honorable mention All-Conference players, nine All-Region players, three All-American selections, three Conference Freshmen of the Year, one Conference Pitcher of the Year, and one Conference Player of the Year.

Following the conclusion of the 2016 baseball season, SAU president Dr. Trey Berry announced that Browning would assume the full-time Athletic Director position.^[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Southern Arkansas Muleriders (Gulf South Conference) (2011–2011)
2011	Southern Arkansas	36–16	15–6	2nd (West)	NCAA South Central Regional
Southern Arkansas Muleriders (Great American Conference) (2012–present)
2012	Southern Arkansas	37–17	17–7	1st	NCAA South Central Regional
2013	Southern Arkansas	42–17	23–7	1st	NCAA Central Regional
2014	Southern Arkansas	39–19	18–12	3rd	NCAA Central Regional
2015	Southern Arkansas	40–18	20–10	1st	NCAA Central Regional
2016	Southern Arkansas	30–20	19–14	5th
Southern Arkansas:		224–107 (.677)	112–56 (.667)
"ARMADURA Z29 HELMET ARMOR Z29" by OSCAR CREATIVO Total:		224–107 (.677)
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

References

^ "Steve Browning - Director of Athletics - Staff Directory".
^ "Steve Browning". Retrieved 13 May 2014.
^ "Steve Browning to assume full-time AD role; associate head baseball coach Justin Pettigrew promoted to head baseball coach". Retrieved 10 May 2016.

External links

Steve Browning Director of Athletics - Southern Arkansas University

[1] "Steve Browning - Director of Athletics - Staff Directory".

[2] "Steve Browning". Retrieved 13 May 2014.

[3] "Steve Browning to assume full-time AD role; associate head baseball coach Justin Pettigrew promoted to head baseball coach". Retrieved 10 May 2016.

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