25 - Lew Jenkins
| Title: | Head Coach |
| Phone Number: | 240-895-4312 |
| Email Address: | lwjenkins@smcm.edu |
| Year: | 18th Season |
| College: | Maryland '59 |
Lew Jenkins has been the skipper of the St. Mary's baseball program for nearly 20 years as Jenkins begins his 18th season in 2012. He first served the Seahawk baseball team as an assistant coach in 1994 before being named the head coach starting with the 1995 season.
| JENKINS' YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD | |||
| Year | Overall | Conference | Postseason |
| 1995 | 15-18 | 4-6 | CAC First Round |
| 1996 | 16-18 | 6-4 | CAC Semifinals |
| 1997 | 13-22 | 1-9 | CAC First Round |
| 1998 | 21-9 | 6-4 | CAC Semifinals |
| 1999 | 26-7 | 8-2 | CAC regular-season champions; CAC Finals |
| 2000 | 22-6 | 7-3 | CAC Semifinals |
| 2001 | 19-15 | 5-5 | CAC First Round |
| 2002 | 13-26-1 | 3-7 | CAC Fourth Round |
| 2003 | 11-20 | 3-7 | CAC Third Round |
| 2004 | 21-17-1 | 3-7 | CAC Second Round |
| 2005 | 18-18 | 3-7 | CAC Third Round |
| 2006 | 16-23 | 3-7 | CAC Second Round |
| 2007 | 17-20 | 3-7 | CAC Third Round |
| 2008 | 19-21-1 | 9-9 | CAC Second Round |
| 2009 | 15-22 | 7-11 | CAC Third Round |
| 2010 | 9-24 | 4-14 | CAC Second Round |
| 2011 | 19-16 | 9-9 | CAC Third Round |
| Totals | 290-302-3 | 84-118 | |
The all-time winningest coach in the 42-year history of the program, Jenkins' 290 career wins include three consecutive 20-win seasons, marking the first three ever such seasons in program history. The Seahawks claimed the CAC regular-season title and finished as CAC runners-up in 1999 with a 26-7 record, earning him CAC Co-Coach of the Year honors. That year's mark set team records for most wins (26) and best winning percentage (.788).
During his tenure, Jenkins has coached two league rookies of the year (Steve Oursler, Chris Segal) as well as the 1999 player of the year (Oursler). He has also mentored 22 Seahawks to 33 all-conference selections (11 first team and 22 second team).
Jenkins is best known in the state of Maryland for his 25 years as the head coach of Surrattsville High School baseball in Clinton, where he won 326 games, No. 1 on the state's all-time list at the time of his retirement. In addition to coaching baseball, he served as an athletic director and a physical education teacher as well as a coach for wrestling, soccer and football. Jenkins left Surrattsville after the 1993 season with a lifetime winning percentage of .718. After the state playoff system took effect in 1975, his teams qualified for postseason play 18 straight years. Jenkins won 11 Prince George's County titles at a time when that area was considered a hotbed of baseball talent.
During his 40+ year coaching career, he has notched over 600 wins between his high school and college coaching days. After his retirement from high school coaching, Jenkins spent three seasons as an assistant at two of the premier Division I programs in the region, Georgetown and George Washington Universities. Several players from those teams went on to play professional baseball.
Jenkins has 25 years of scouting experience, having scouted for the Texas Rangers and the Pittsburgh Pirates as well as the Major League Scouting Bureau. He coached youth baseball teams at the national and international level, including mentoring the U.S. Junior National Team for four years.
In 1994, he was inducted into the Maryland State Association of Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in acknowledgement of his stellar career at Surrattsville. In 1991, he was awarded the U.S. Baseball Foundation's National Service Award. Jenkins was also enshrined in the Maryland State Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1994.
A 1959 graduate of the University of Maryland, he earned his master's in physical education from George Washington.
Jenkins lives in Waldorf with his wife, Marian. The couple has three grown sons and five grandchildren.
