Auburn baseball and head coach Butch Thompson announced Daron Schoenrock as the program's new volunteer assistant and pitching coach on Aug. 1, 2022.
Schoenrock comes to the Plains with 38 years of coaching experience, including the last 18 seasons as the head coach at Memphis. His career also includes seven seasons as a pitching coach and recruiting coordinator in the Southeastern Conference at Kentucky (1998-99), Georgia (2000-01) and Mississippi State (2002-04).
Following his playing career at Tennessee Tech (1980-84), Schoenrock landed his first coaching gig as a graduate assistant at his alma mater for the 1985 season. He then served as a graduate assistant at Murray State from 1986-87 before becoming the head coach at Lincoln Memorial University from 1988-89.
Schoenrock and Thompson first crossed paths during his assistant coaching stint at Birmingham-Southern from 1990-97, where he served as Thompson’s pitching coach from 1991-92 before becoming coaching colleagues from 1994-96 and leading the Panthers to a third-place finish in the 1995 NAIA World Series.
From there, Schoenrock moved on to his aforementioned coaching stints in the SEC, helping lead Georgia to the 2001 College World Series, before eventually taking over as the head coach at Memphis on June 29, 2004. After orchestrating the second largest turnaround in NCAA Division I Baseball in his second season with the program in 2006. Schoenrock ultimately led the Tigers to 463 wins and the 2007 NCAA Tournament, marking the program’s first tournament appearance in 13 seasons. Schoenrock was also named the 2013 Conference USA Coach of the Year.
In his 38 years of coaching, Schoenrock has sent 111 players into professional baseball, including 68 pitchers. Nine of his former players have made it to Major League Baseball, including 2006 Cy Young Award Winner and three-time All-Star Brandon Webb, six-time All-Star Jonathan Papelbon, who ranks 11th on the MLB career saves list (368), and 10-year MLB veteran Paul Maholm, who was the eighth overall pick in 2003.
Along with his on-field coaching duties, Schoenrock was the Chairman of the Conference USA Baseball Coaches from 2008-13 and Chairman of the American Athletic Conference Baseball Coaches from 2014-18. He has also served on the American Baseball Coaches Association Lefty Gomez Award Committee (2003-11) and NCAA Baseball Regional Advisory Committee (2014-17).
Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and raised in Fayetteville, Tennessee, Schoenrock earned his bachelor's degree from Tennessee Tech in 1984 and master’s degree from Murray State in 1987. He is married to Carol Cawood Schoenrock, and they have two sons, Erik and Bret.
Schoenrock comes to the Plains with 38 years of coaching experience, including the last 18 seasons as the head coach at Memphis. His career also includes seven seasons as a pitching coach and recruiting coordinator in the Southeastern Conference at Kentucky (1998-99), Georgia (2000-01) and Mississippi State (2002-04).
Following his playing career at Tennessee Tech (1980-84), Schoenrock landed his first coaching gig as a graduate assistant at his alma mater for the 1985 season. He then served as a graduate assistant at Murray State from 1986-87 before becoming the head coach at Lincoln Memorial University from 1988-89.
Schoenrock and Thompson first crossed paths during his assistant coaching stint at Birmingham-Southern from 1990-97, where he served as Thompson’s pitching coach from 1991-92 before becoming coaching colleagues from 1994-96 and leading the Panthers to a third-place finish in the 1995 NAIA World Series.
From there, Schoenrock moved on to his aforementioned coaching stints in the SEC, helping lead Georgia to the 2001 College World Series, before eventually taking over as the head coach at Memphis on June 29, 2004. After orchestrating the second largest turnaround in NCAA Division I Baseball in his second season with the program in 2006. Schoenrock ultimately led the Tigers to 463 wins and the 2007 NCAA Tournament, marking the program’s first tournament appearance in 13 seasons. Schoenrock was also named the 2013 Conference USA Coach of the Year.
In his 38 years of coaching, Schoenrock has sent 111 players into professional baseball, including 68 pitchers. Nine of his former players have made it to Major League Baseball, including 2006 Cy Young Award Winner and three-time All-Star Brandon Webb, six-time All-Star Jonathan Papelbon, who ranks 11th on the MLB career saves list (368), and 10-year MLB veteran Paul Maholm, who was the eighth overall pick in 2003.
Along with his on-field coaching duties, Schoenrock was the Chairman of the Conference USA Baseball Coaches from 2008-13 and Chairman of the American Athletic Conference Baseball Coaches from 2014-18. He has also served on the American Baseball Coaches Association Lefty Gomez Award Committee (2003-11) and NCAA Baseball Regional Advisory Committee (2014-17).
Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and raised in Fayetteville, Tennessee, Schoenrock earned his bachelor's degree from Tennessee Tech in 1984 and master’s degree from Murray State in 1987. He is married to Carol Cawood Schoenrock, and they have two sons, Erik and Bret.