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{{Short description|American baseball coach}}

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| name = Larry Cochell
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| player_positions = 
| coach_years1 = 1967–1969
| coach_team1 = [[Emporia State Hornets baseball|Emporia State]]
| coach_years2 = 1970–1971
| coach_team2 = [[Creighton Bluejays baseball|Creighton]]
| coach_years3 = 1972–1976
| coach_team3 = [[Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles|Cal State Los Angeles]]
| coach_years4 = 1977–1986
| coach_team4 = [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball|Oral Roberts]]
| coach_years5 = 1987
| coach_team5 = [[Northwestern Wildcats baseball|Northwestern]]
| coach_years6 = 1988–1990
| coach_team6 = [[Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball|Cal State Fullerton]]
| coach_years7 = 1991–2005
| coach_team7 = [[Oklahoma Sooners baseball|Oklahoma]]
| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|1,331|813|3|record=y}}
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| championships = *1× [[College World Series]] (1994)
*2× [[List of Big West Conference baseball champions|PCAA]] (1973, 1974)
*5× [[List of Horizon League champions|Midwestern City Conference/Midwestern Collegiate Conference]] (1981–1983, 1985, 1986)
*1× Big West Conference (1990)
*2× Big Eight Conference (1992, 1995)
*1× Big 12 Conference Tournament (1997)
* [[Big West Conference|Big West Conference Baseball Coach of the Year]] (1990)
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'''Larry Cochell''' is an American former professional coach in [[NCAA Division I]] [[college baseball]]. He coached baseball for the [[Emporia State Hornets baseball|Emporia State Hornets]] (then known as Kansas State Teachers College), the [[Creighton Bluejays baseball|Creighton Bluejays]], the [[Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lagoldeneagles.com/documents/2016/5/19//Baseball_Media_Guide_2016.pdf?id=1502|title=16 baseball media guide - Cal State LA|website=lagoldeneagles.com|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref> the [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles]], the [[Northwestern Wildcats baseball|Northwestern Wildcats]], the [[Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball|Cal State Fullerton Titans]], and the [[Oklahoma Sooners baseball|Oklahoma Sooners]].

==Career==
He took three programs to the [[College World Series]], doing so with Oral Roberts in [[1978 College World Series|1978]], Cal State Fullerton [[1988 College World Series|1988]] & [[1990 College World Series|1990]], and Oklahoma in [[1992 College World Series|1992]], [[1994 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|1994]] & [[1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|1995]], being the first coach to do so (with [[Ron Polk]] and [[Andy Lopez]] doing the feat in later years). He went 8–10 in six appearances.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CWS Coaching Records (1947-2011) |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2012/8-CWScoachingrecords.pdf |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=NCAA.org}}</ref> It was with Oklahoma that he received his highest success, leading them to a [[College World Series|national championship]] at the [[1994 College World Series]] in his fifteen seasons with the club. During his time at Oklahoma, he had his two of his sons play on the team, Chad (1997–2000) and Craig (1992–1993), with the former playing 126 total games and hitting .255 for his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soonersports.com/ViewContent.dbml?CONTENT_ID=1961963&DB_OEM_ID=31000#Cochell__Cr_|title=Career Statistics - The Official Site of Oklahoma Sooner Sports|website=www.soonersports.com|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref> He is one of 56 coaches with over [[List of college baseball coaches with 1,100 wins|1,100 wins]], having a record of 1,331–813–3, 21st most.

==Controversy and aftermath==
On April 29, 2005, reports surfaced that he used racial remarks to describe one of his players, notably saying in an interview before an [[ESPN2]] telecast of the Oklahoma-[[Wichita State University|Wichita State]] game that “There are honkies and white people and there are niggers and black people. Dunigan is a good black kid ... There’s no nigger in him.”, which he used to describe Oklahoma's freshman outfielder [[Joe Dunigan III]]. On May 1, 2005, he resigned, with [[Sunny Golloway]] serving as interim head coach for the rest of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=2051357|title=OU's Cochell: Resigning was 'right thing to do'|date=2 May 2005|website=ESPN.com|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref> After the resignation, he was offered positions in minor league baseball and work in Europe, but he turned them down, citing how he wanted to spend time with his family and deal with his health, particularly blockage in two of his arteries that were found around the time of his stepping down.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=208791712|title=OU Baseball Media Guide|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB yearly record start|type=coach}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Emporia State Hornets baseball|Kansas State Teachers College]]|startyear=1967|endyear=1969|conference=[[Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference]]}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=1967
|name=Emporia State
|overall=16–17
|conference=
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=1968
|name=Emporia State
|overall=25–14
|conference=
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=1969
|name=Emporia State
|overall=29–13
|conference=
|postseason=[[NAIA World Series]]}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
|name=Emporia State
|overall={{Winning percentage|72|44|record=y}} 
|confrecord=
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Creighton Bluejays baseball|Creighton Bluejays]]|startyear=1970|endyear=1971|conference=Independent}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1970 NCAA University Division baseball season|1970]]
|name=Creighton
|overall=25–7
|conference=
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1971 NCAA University Division baseball season|1971]]
|name=Creighton 
|overall=24–21
|conference=
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
|name=Creighton
|overall={{Winning percentage|49|28|record=y}}
|confrecord=
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles]]|startyear=1972|endyear=1974|conference=[[Big West Conference|Pacific Coast Athletic Association]]}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1972 NCAA University Division baseball season|1972]]
|name=Cal State Los Angeles
|overall=23–27
|conference=12–6
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship=conference
|season=[[1973 NCAA University Division baseball season|1973]]
|name=Cal State Los Angeles
|overall=31–20
|conference=13–5
|confstanding=1st
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship=conference
|season=[[1974 NCAA Division I baseball season|1974]]
|name=Cal State Los Angeles
|overall=35–18
|conference=18–5
|confstanding=1st
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles]]|conference=Independent|startyear=1975|endyear=single}}
{{CBB yearly record entry 
|season=[[1975 NCAA Division I baseball season|1975]]
|name=Cal State Los Angeles
|overall=12–30
|conference=
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles]]|conference=[[West Coast Conference|West Coast Athletic Conference]]|startyear=1976|endyear=single}}
{{CBB yearly record entry 
|season=[[1976 NCAA Division I baseball season|1976]]
|name=Cal State Los Angeles
|overall=16–33
|conference=4–14
|confstanding =7th
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
|name=Cal State Los Angeles
|overall={{Winning percentage|117|128|record=y}}
|confrecord=
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball|Oral Roberts Titans]]|startyear=1977|endyear=1980|conference=Independent}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1977 NCAA Division I baseball season|1977]]
|name=Oral Roberts
|overall=35–17
|conference=
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1978 NCAA Division I baseball season|1978]]
|name=Oral Roberts
|overall=45–12
|conference=
|postseason=[[1978 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1979 NCAA Division I baseball season|1979]]
|name=Oral Roberts
|overall=34–24
|conference=
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1980 NCAA Division I baseball season|1980]]
|name=Oral Roberts
|overall=38–16
|conference=
|postseason=[[1980 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|Midwest Regional]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball|Oral Roberts Titans]]|startyear=1981|endyear=1986|conference=[[Horizon League|Midwestern City Conference/Midwestern Collegiate Conference]]}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship = confboth
|season=[[1981 NCAA Division I baseball season|1981]]
|name=Oral Roberts
|overall=45–10–1
|conference=6–0
|confstanding=1st {{Small|(South)}}
|postseason=[[1981 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|Midwest Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship=confboth
|season=[[1982 NCAA Division I baseball season|1982]]
|name=Oral Roberts
|overall=49–13
|conference=7–1
|confstanding=1st {{Small|(South)}}
|postseason=[[1982 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|Midwest Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1983 NCAA Division I baseball season|1983]]
|championship = confboth
|name=Oral Roberts
|overall=51–17
|conference=9–1
|confstanding =1st {{Small|(South)}}
|postseason=[[1983 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|Midwest Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1984 NCAA Division I baseball season|1984]]
|name=Oral Roberts
|overall=38–23–1
|conference=7–5
|confstanding =2nd {{Small|(South)}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship = confboth
|season=[[1985 NCAA Division I baseball season|1985]]
|name=Oral Roberts
|overall=50–19
|conference=10–2
|confstanding =1st {{Small|(South)}}
|postseason=[[1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|Midwest Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship = confboth
|season=[[1986 NCAA Division I baseball season|1986]]
|name=Oral Roberts
|overall=43–20
|conference=6–0
|confstanding =1st {{Small|(South)}}
|postseason=[[1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|Mideast Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
|name=Oral Roberts
|overall={{Winning percentage|428|172|1|record=y}}
|confrecord=
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Northwestern Wildcats baseball|Northwestern Wildcats]]|startyear=1987|endyear=single|conference=[[Big Ten Conference]]}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1987 NCAA Division I baseball season|1987]]
|name=Northwestern
|overall=23–20–1
|conference=5–11
|confstanding=T–4th {{Small|(West)}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
|name=Northwestern
|overall={{Winning percentage|23|20|1|record=y}}
|confrecord=
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball|Cal State Fullerton Titans]]|startyear=1988|endyear=1990|conference=[[Big West Conference|Pacific Coast Athletic Association / Big West Conference]]}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1988 NCAA Division I baseball season|1988]]
|name=Cal State Fullerton
|overall=43–18
|conference=12–3
|confstanding=3rd
|postseason=[[1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1989 NCAA Division I baseball season|1989]]
|name=Cal State Fullerton
|overall=30–27	
|conference=10–11
|confstanding=5th
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1990 NCAA Division I baseball season|1990]]
|championship=conference
|name=Cal State Fullerton
|overall=36–23
|conference=13–5	
|confstanding=1st
|postseason=[[1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
|name=Cal State Fullerton
|overall={{Winning percentage|109|68|record=y}}
|confrecord={{Winning percentage|35|19|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Oklahoma Sooners baseball|Oklahoma Sooners]]|startyear=1991|endyear=1996|conference=[[Big Eight Conference]]}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1991 NCAA Division I baseball season|1991]]
|name=Oklahoma
|overall=40–23
|conference=13–11
|confstanding=2nd
|postseason=[[1991 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|South Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship=conference
|season=[[1992 NCAA Division I baseball season|1992]]
|name=Oklahoma
|overall=43–24
|conference=17–7
|confstanding=T–1st
|postseason=[[1992 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1993 NCAA Division I baseball season|1993]]
|name=Oklahoma
|overall=31–24	
|conference=13–14
|confstanding=5th
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship = national
|season=[[1994 NCAA Division I baseball season|1994]]
|name=[[1994 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team|Oklahoma]]
|overall=50–17
|conference=21–9
|confstanding=2nd
|postseason=[[1994 College World Series|College World Series champions]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship=conference
|name=Oklahoma
|season=[[1995 NCAA Division I baseball season|1995]]
|overall=42–16
|conference=21–7
|confstanding=1st
|postseason=[[1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1996 NCAA Division I baseball season|1996]]
|name=Oklahoma
|overall=32–25
|conference=14–12
|confstanding=3rd
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Oklahoma Sooners baseball|Oklahoma Sooners]]|startyear=1997|endyear=2005|conference=[[Big 12 Conference]]}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1997 NCAA Division I baseball season|1997]]
|championship=conference tournament
|name=Oklahoma
|overall=39–20
|conference=18–11
|confstanding=4th
|postseason=[[1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|South I Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1998 NCAA Division I baseball season|1998]]
|name=Oklahoma
|overall=42–20
|conference=17–11
|confstanding=4th
|postseason=[[1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|Atlantic II Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[1999 NCAA Division I baseball season|1999]]
|name=Oklahoma
|overall =30–29	
|conference=12–18
|confstanding=8th
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[2000 NCAA Division I baseball season|2000]]
|name=Oklahoma
|overall =41–23
|conference=20–10
|confstanding=3rd
|postseason=[[2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|Baton Rouge Super Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[2001 NCAA Division I baseball season|2001]]
|name=Oklahoma
|overall =25–33–1
|conference=13–16–1
|confstanding=7th
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[2002 NCAA Division I baseball season|2002]]
|name=Oklahoma
|overall =35–27
|conference=15–12
|confstanding=4th
|postseason=[[2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|Clemson Super Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[2003 NCAA Division I baseball season|2003]]
|name=Oklahoma
|overall=23–31
|conference=10–17
|confstanding=7th
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[2004 NCAA Division I baseball season|2004]]
|name=Oklahoma
|overall=38–24
|conference=19–8
|confstanding=2nd
|postseason=[[2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|Coral Gables Super Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|season=[[2005 NCAA Division I baseball season|2005]]
|name=Oklahoma
|overall =23–20*
|conference= 7–11*
|confstanding=5th
|postseason={{refn|name=NCAA|group=N|On May 1, Cochell resigned from the program due to racially insensitive remarks, one month before the [[2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament]]. The team finished with an overall record of 35–26 (14–13 in the Big 12). [[Sunny Golloway]] led the team to the Tournament, where they lost in the Oxford Super Regional.}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
|name=Oklahoma
|overall={{Winning percentage|511|336|1|record=y}}
|confrecord={{Winning percentage|223|163|1|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = {{Winning percentage|1331|813|3|record=y}}
}}

==See also==
*[[List of college baseball career coaching wins leaders]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=2051357 Racial remarks]

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