1. Ray Tanner is currently the athletic director emeritus and a senior advisor to the president at South Carolina.
15 Facts About Ray Tanner
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Ray Tanner led USC to three consecutive College World Series appearances in 2002,2003, and 2004; three consecutive College World Series Finals appearances in 2010,2011, and 2012; two College World Series Championships in 2010 and 2011; and coached the USA Baseball National Team during the 2003 summer.
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Ray Tanner played for Sam Esposito, starting four seasons at shortstop and third base.
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Ray Tanner became an assistant coach to NCSU coach Sam Esposito immediately after his playing days were over.
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Ray Tanner remained in that position from 1980 to 1987, when Esposito retired and Tanner was named his successor.
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Ray Tanner's teams earned bids to the NCAA tournament during seven of his nine seasons as head coach at NCSU, including five straight from 1990 to 1994.
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Ray Tanner was named ACC Coach of the Year in 1990.
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Ray Tanner arrived at South Carolina prior to the start of the 1997 season.
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In 1999, Ray Tanner led the Gamecocks to the SEC East Division title for the school's first division crown.
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Ray Tanner led the Gamecocks to the 2010 and 2011 NCAA College World Series Championship.
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Ray Tanner was named SEC Coach of the Year in 1998,2000, and 2011.
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On July 13,2012, Ray Tanner was named director of athletics at South Carolina.
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Ray Tanner served as an assistant coach in 1993 and again in 1995 and 1996, coaching at the Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Ray Tanner received a bachelor of science degree in recreational administration from NC State in 1980 and is married to the former Karen Donald, a native of Charleston, South Carolina.
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On November 10,2010, Ray Tanner was initiated into the Chi Omega chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity at South Carolina.