John Yurkow
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamPenn
ConferenceIvy League
Record197–154–1
Playing career
1995–1999Rowan
Position(s)Second baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2001Rowan (Asst.)
2002–2005Duke (Asst.)
2007–2013Penn (Asst.)
2014–presentPenn
Head coaching record
Overall197–154–1
TournamentsNCAA 2–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Ivy League Tournament (2023) *2x Ivy League (2022, 2023)
  • Gehrig Division: (2014, 2015, 2017)
Awards
  • 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 24–1715–5T-1st (Gehrig)
2015 Penn 22–1516–4T-1st (Gehrig)
2016 Penn 19–2210–10T-2nd (Gehrig)
2017 Penn 23–2213–8T-1st (Gehrig)Ivy League Championship Series
2018 Penn 16–25–19–11–15th
2019 Penn 23–1811–104th
2020 Penn 3–50–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Penn 6–80–0Penn was only Ivy League school to play baseball
2022 Penn 33–1517–4T-1stIvy League Championship Series
2023 Penn 34–1616–51stNCAA Regional
Penn: 203–154–1107–60–1
Total:203–154–1

      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

  1. 1 2 "John Yurkow bio". Penn Quakers. Archived from the original on 2014-09-23. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 1 2 "Yohn Yurkow Bio". Duke Blue Devils. Archived from the original on 2014-09-23. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Rich Fisher (May 24, 1999). "Lighting The Fire For Rowan John Yurkow Was The Spark Plug For The Profs This Season". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  5. ↑ Chappelear, Scott. "Washington Township native John Yurkow named head coach at Penn", South Jersey Times, July 14, 2013. Accessed December 10, 2018. "'There are recruits who we’ve been working with for months,' said Yurkow, a Gloucester Catholic High School graduate and Washington Township native."
  6. ↑ "2014 Ivy League Standings". IvyLeagueSports.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
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