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{{Short description|American baseball player and coach (1936–2024)}}
{{for multi|the South African field hockey player|Wayne Graham (field hockey)|the rugby union player|Wayne Graham (rugby union)}}
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| name = Wayne Graham
| image = Wayne Graham (cropped).jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Graham with [[Rice Owls baseball|Rice]] in 2006
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|04|06}}
| birth_place = [[Yoakum, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|09|03|1936|04|06}}
| death_place = [[Austin, Texas]], U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1956–1957
| player_team1 = [[Texas Longhorns baseball|Texas]]
| player_positions = [[Third base]], [[outfield]]
| coach_years1 = 1971–1979
| coach_team1 = [[Scarborough High School (Texas)|Scarborough HS (TX)]]
| coach_years2 = 1980
| coach_team2 = [[Spring Branch High School|Spring Branch HS (TX)]]
| coach_years3 = 1981–1991
| coach_team3 = [[San Jacinto College]]
| coach_years4 = 1992–2018
| coach_team4 = [[Rice Owls baseball|Rice]]
| overall_record = {{winning percentage|1,173|528|2|record=y}} <small>(college)</small>
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = [[College World Series]] ([[2003 College World Series|2003]])<br>5 [[JUCO World Series|NJCAA World Series]] (1985–1987, 1989, 1990)<br>[[Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament|SWC tournament]] ([[1996 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament|1996]])<br>3 [[Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament|WAC tournament]] (1997–1999)<br>9 [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] regular season (1997–2005)<br>7 [[Conference USA Baseball Tournament|C-USA tournament]] ([[2006 Conference USA Baseball Tournament|2006]], [[2007 Conference USA Baseball Tournament|2007]], [[2009 Conference USA Baseball Tournament|2009]], [[2011 Conference USA Baseball Tournament|2011]], [[2013 Conference USA Baseball Tournament|2013]], [[2014 Conference USA Baseball Tournament|2014]], [[2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament|2017]])<br>9 [[Conference USA|C-USA]] regular season (2006–2008, 2010–2015)
| awards = [[Baseball America College Coach of the Year|Baseball America Coach of the Year]] (1999)<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/wayne-graham-legendary-rice-coach-dies-at-88/ |title=Wayne Graham, Legendary Rice Coach, Dies at 88 |publisher=Baseball America}}</ref><br>5x [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC Coach of the Year]] (1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005)<br>5x [[Conference USA|C-USA Coach of the Year]] (2006–2008, 2010, 2012)<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Conference USA |title=Wayne Graham Inducted Into College Baseball Hall of Fame |url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2012/6/30/Wayne_Graham_Inducted_Into_College_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame.aspx?}}</ref>
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| CBASEHOF_year = 2012
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| position      = [[Third baseman]]
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| bats          = Right
| throws        = Right
| debutleague   = MLB
| debutdate     = April 10
| debutyear     = 1963
| debutteam     = Philadelphia Phillies
| finaldate     = October 4
| finalyear     = 1964
| finalteam     = New York Mets
| statleague    = MLB
| stat1label    = [[Games played]]
| stat1value    = 30
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| stat2value    = 58
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| stat3value    = .127
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* [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{mlby|1963}})
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'''Wayne Leon Graham''' (April 6, 1936 – September 3, 2024) was an American [[college baseball]] head coach. He is known for being the head baseball coach for the [[Rice Owls baseball|Rice Owls]] in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]]. He coached one [[College World Series]] championship team and five [[National Junior College Athletic Association|NJCAA]] World Series championship teams. Also a former professional [[baseball]] player, Graham played in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] and [[New York Mets]].

==Early life==
Graham was born in [[Yoakum, Texas]] on April 3, 1936.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McTaggart |first1=Bryan |title=MLB mourns loss of college baseball titan Wayne Graham |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/wayne-graham-dies-aged-88 |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=MLB |date=4 September 2024}}</ref> His father, Earl, later moved the family to Houston for work, but also was employed as a Southwestern Conference umpire.<ref name="Chron3"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.houstonlibrary.net/oral-history/wayne-graham.php|title=Oral History Transcript, Houston Oral History Project|access-date= September 11, 2015}}</ref> Wayne was the batboy for the 1945 semi-pro Finger Furniture baseball team coached by his father.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shelbyestus.com/rice/1945Postbaseball.jpg|title=1945 Houston Post photo|access-date= September 11, 2015}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Graham attended [[Reagan High School (Houston)|Reagan High School]] in Houston, winning a Texas state baseball championship in 1952.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Galvan |first1=Jaime |title=Legendary Rice Owls baseball coach Wayne Graham dies at age 88 |url=https://www.khou.com/article/sports/wayne-graham-rice-owls-baseball/285-eee9593e-f96d-4f82-a8ba-5f558b0aa976 |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=KHOU |date=4 September 2024}}</ref> He subsequently played college baseball and studied engineering at the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=grahawa01 |title =Wayne Graham Stats
| publisher= Baseball Almanac |access-date= December 10, 2012}}</ref> where he played two seasons under coach [[Bibb Falk]].<ref name=mlb>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/wayne-graham-dies-aged-88|title=MLB mourns loss of college baseball titan Wayne Graham|work=MLB.com|date=September 4, 2024|first=Brian|last=McTaggart}}</ref> In order to earn money to support his wife and two children at the time, Wayne left school to pursue a professional baseball career.<ref name="Chron3">{{cite news |last1=Barron |first1=David |title=Like many at Rice, coach is a true scholar in his field |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/rice/article/like-many-at-rice-coach-is-a-true-scholar-in-his-1851688.php |access-date=7 September 2024 |date=16 June 2006}}</ref>

Graham was signed by the Phillies as an amateur [[free agent]] in 1957.<ref name=mlb/><ref name="grahambbref">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grahawa01.shtml|title =Wayne Leon Graham| publisher= Baseball-Reference.com |access-date= December 10, 2012}}</ref> He played eleven years in pro ball, with the Phillies and Mets organizations. Graham was named Texas minor league player of the year in 1962 after hitting .311 for the [[Dallas Rangers|Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wayne Graham |url=https://www.tshof.org/store/p113/Wayne_Graham.html |publisher=Texas Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref>

Graham received two brief MLB call-ups in the early 1960s. In early {{by|1963}}, he was recalled by the Phillies, playing in ten games for [[Manager (baseball)|manager]] [[Gene Mauch]].<ref name=mlb/> Graham then appeared in twenty games for the [[1964 New York Mets season|1964 New York Mets]] under the tutelage of legendary skipper [[Casey Stengel]].<ref name=mlb/> He batted .127 in 55 at-bats in his short major league career.<ref name="grahambbref"/>

==Coaching career==

===High school===
When his playing career ended, Graham returned to the University of Texas to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education in 1970, and he later added a master's degree in physical education at the [[University of Houston]] in 1973.<ref name="Chron2">{{cite news |last1=Duarte |first1=Joseph |title=Turned down twice for UH baseball job, Wayne Graham ended up just fine |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/rice/article/Turned-down-twice-for-UH-baseball-job-Wayne-12914497.php |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=Houston Chronicle |date=15 May 2018}}</ref>

His coaching career began at [[Scarborough High School (Texas)|Scarborough High School]] in Houston.<ref name=mlb/> Graham coached for nine seasons at Scarborough and one year at [[Spring Branch High School]] before moving on to coach junior college baseball at [[San Jacinto College]] in Houston.<ref name=mlb/>

===San Jacinto===
Beginning in 1981, Graham turned San Jacinto into one of the best junior college baseball teams in the country.<ref name="Chron1"/> After regular conference titles in Graham's first few seasons, the Gators became a dominant force in 1984 when they began a run of seven consecutive 50-win seasons and berths in the [[NJCAA]] World Series in [[Grand Junction, Colorado|Grand Junction]], [[Colorado]]. After losing in the 1984 championship game, San Jacinto won three consecutive titles from 1985 to 1987.<ref name="Chron1"/> After falling short again in 1988 by taking second place, the Gators went back-to-back in 1989 and 1990.<ref name=cbs>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/legendary-rice-baseball-coach-wayne-graham-dies-at-88-college-baseball-hall-of-famer-turned-program-around/|title= Legendary Rice baseball coach Wayne Graham dies at 88: College Baseball Hall of Famer turned program around |work=CBS Sports|date=September 4, 2024|first=Mike|last=Axisa}}</ref> Those five national titles in six years eventually led to Graham being named Junior College Coach of the Century by ''Collegiate Baseball''.<ref name=cbs/> In 1988, Graham skippered the [[Hyannis Mets]], a [[collegiate summer baseball]] team in the [[Cape Cod Baseball League]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/apa/yarmouth/sharedview.article.aspx?href=BAR%2F1988%2F01%2F21&id=Ar01012&sk=87DE7BF8&viewMode=image |title=Hyannis Mets Get New Coach |page=10 |newspaper=Barnstable Patriot |location=Barnstable, MA |date=January 21, 1988}}</ref> In his 11 seasons at San Jacinto, Graham posted a 675–113 record (.856 win percentage), earned five national coach of the year awards, and produced multiple professional players, most notably pitchers [[Roger Clemens]] and [[Andy Pettitte]].<ref name=cbs/><ref name=mlb/>

===Rice===
Graham took over at Rice in 1992.<ref name=cbs/> He inherited a program that had tallied only seven winning seasons in 78 years of [[Southwest Conference]] play<ref name=cbs/> and had only finished above fourth place once. As at San Jacinto, he turned the program into a national powerhouse. A program that had never before qualified for the [[NCAA Division I Baseball Championship|NCAA Division I baseball tournament]] made 23 consecutive tournament appearances (1995–2017) and won 20 consecutive regular-season or tournament conference championships (1996–2015) in three different conferences (Southwest Conference, [[Western Athletic Conference]], and [[Conference USA]]).<ref name=mlb/> Rice has also been to the [[College World Series]] seven times (1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, and 2008).<ref name=cbs/> Graham's crowning achievement was the [[2003 College World Series]], in which Rice won its first national championship in any sport in its 91-year history.<ref name=cbs/> Not one to rest on his laurels, Graham quipped during a post-game interview, "We want to do it again."<ref>{{cite book |title=Baseball America 2004 Almanac: A Comprehensive Review of the 2003 Season |date=2004 |publisher=Baseball America, Inc. |isbn=9780945164234 |page=376 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mlqR6hQON2kC |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> On April 16, 2016, Graham won his 1,100th Division I game (3–2 over [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers|Western Kentucky]]).  He has more than 1,600 wins as a collegiate head coach.<ref>Rice Athletics: http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/graham_wayne00.html</ref> Graham was also largely responsible for Rice's on-campus baseball stadium, [[Reckling Park]], being built in 2000.<ref name="Chron1">{{cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Glynn |title=The Wayne Graham era at Rice draws to a close |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/rice/article/The-Wayne-Graham-era-at-Rice-draws-to-a-close-12926791.php |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=Houston Chronicle |date=21 May 2018}}</ref>

In 2004, Graham once again presided over history, as three Rice pitchers were drafted in the first eight picks of the [[2004 Major League Baseball Draft]], the only time three teammates have ever been selected in the first round.<ref name=cbs/> Graham's Rice teams produced first-round picks [[Jose Cruz, Jr.]] (1995), [[Matt Anderson (baseball)|Matt Anderson]] (1997),<ref name=cbs/> [[Lance Berkman]] (1997),<ref name=cbs/> [[Bubba Crosby]] (1998), [[Kenny Baugh]] (2001), [[Jon Skaggs]] (2001), [[David Aardsma]] (2003), [[Philip Humber]] (2004),<ref name=cbs/> [[Jeff Niemann]] (2004),<ref name=cbs/> [[Wade Townsend]] (2004, 2005),<ref name=cbs/> [[Joe Savery]] (2007), and [[Anthony Rendon]] (2011).<ref name=cbs/> Eight of those players were pitchers, and Graham was known for developing players that went undrafted out of high school, such as Niemann and Townsend.<ref name="Chron1"/>

During the 2017 season, despite finishing in 6th place in Conference USA, Graham led Rice to their 23rd consecutive NCAA tournament. Needing to win the Conference USA tournament title to qualify for the NCAA tournament and to keep the streak alive, he led to Owls to the conference title. Rice won four consecutive games and rallied late in the championship to upset #11 nationally ranked [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball|Southern Miss]] 5–4 on a walk-off double.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Magee |first1=Patrick |title=Rice tops Southern Miss on walk-off before record crowd in C-USA title game |url=https://www.sunherald.com/sports/college/conference-usa/university-of-southern-mississippi/article153181094.html |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=Sun Herald |date=28 May 2017}}</ref> Graham never had a losing season as a high school or college coach until his final season at Rice in 2018. His contract was not extended after that season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/rice/article/The-Wayne-Graham-era-at-Rice-draws-to-a-close-12926791.php|title=The Wayne Graham era at Rice draws to a close|work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2018-06-06}}</ref>

In 2012, Graham was inducted into the [[College Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref name=cbs/>

==Death==
Graham died in Austin on September 3, 2024, at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Matt |title=Wayne Graham, who led Rice baseball to seven College World Series, dies at 88 |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college/article/rice-baseball-wayne-graham-dead-obit-19741881.php |access-date=4 September 2024 |publisher=Houston Chronicle |date=4 September 2024}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CBB yearly record start | type = coach }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Rice Owls baseball|Rice Owls]]
 | conference= [[Southwest Conference]]
 | startyear = 1992
 | endyear   = 1996
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1992 NCAA Division I baseball season|1992]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 29–26
| conference   = 15–21
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1993 NCAA Division I baseball season|1993]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 36–18
| conference   = 7–11
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1994 NCAA Division I baseball season|1994]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 34–21
| conference   = 12–6
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1995 NCAA Division I baseball season|1995]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 43–19
| conference   = 15–9
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason   = [[1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#South Regional at Baton Rouge, LA|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season       = [[1996 NCAA Division I baseball season|1996]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 42–23
| conference   = 9–15
| confstanding = t-6th
| postseason   = [[1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Midwest Regional|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Rice Owls baseball|Rice Owls]]
 | conference= [[Western Athletic Conference]]
 | startyear = 1997
 | endyear   = 2005
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season       = [[1997 NCAA Division I baseball season|1997]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 47–16
| conference   = 20–9
| confstanding = 1st <small>(South)</small>
| postseason   = [[1997 College World Series|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season       = [[1998 NCAA Division I baseball season|1998]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 46–17
| conference   = 26–4
| confstanding = 1st <small>(South)</small>
| postseason   = [[1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Central Regional at College Station, TX|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season       = [[1999 NCAA Division I baseball season|1999]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 59–15
| conference   = 25–5
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[1999 College World Series|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[2000 NCAA Division I baseball season|2000]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 43–23
| conference   = 19–11
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Houston Super Regional|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[2001 NCAA Division I baseball season|2001]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 47–20
| conference   = 26–10
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Lincoln Super Regional|NCAA Super Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[2002 NCAA Division I baseball season|2002]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 52–14
| conference   = 28–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[2002 College World Series|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season       = [[2003 NCAA Division I baseball season|2003]]
| name         = [[2003 Rice Owls baseball team|Rice]]
| overall      = 58–12
| conference   = 25–5
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[2003 College World Series|College World Series champions]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[2004 NCAA Division I baseball season|2004]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 46–14
| conference   = 24–6
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Baton Rouge Super Regional|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[2005 NCAA Division I baseball season|2005]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 45–19
| conference   = 21–9
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#New Orleans Super Regional|NCAA Super Regional]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Rice Owls baseball|Rice Owls]]
 | conference= [[Conference USA]]
 | startyear = 2006
 | endyear   = 2018
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season       = [[2006 NCAA Division I baseball season|2006]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 57–13
| conference   = 22–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[2006 College World Series|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season       = [[2007 NCAA Division I baseball season|2007]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 56–14
| conference   = 22–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[2007 College World Series|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[2008 NCAA Division I baseball season|2008]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 47–15
| conference   = 21–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[2008 College World Series|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season       = [[2009 NCAA Division I baseball season|2009]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 43–18
| conference   = 16–8
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = [[2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Baton Rouge Super Regional|NCAA Super Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[2010 NCAA Division I baseball season|2010]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 40–23
| conference   = 17–7
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Austin Super Regional|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season       = [[2011 NCAA Division I baseball season|2011]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 42–21
| conference   = 16–8
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason   = [[2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Santa Clara Super Regional|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[2012 NCAA Division I baseball season|2012]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 41–19
| conference   = 17–7
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Waco Super Regional|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season       = [[2013 NCAA Division I baseball season|2013]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 44–20
| conference   = 15–9
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Raleigh Super Regional|NCAA Super Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season       = [[2014 NCAA Division I baseball season|2014]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 42–20
| conference   = 23–7
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Austin Super Regional|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship=conference
| season= [[2015 NCAA Division I baseball season|2015]]
| name= Rice
|overall= 37–22
|conference=22–8
|confstanding=1st
| postseason= [[2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Baton Rouge Super Regional|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship   =
| season              = [[2016 NCAA Division I baseball season|2016]]
| name                = Rice
| overall               = 38–24
| conference       = 19–10
| confstanding     = 4th
| postseason      = [[2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Baton Rouge Super Regional|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship   = conference tournament
| season         = [[2017 NCAA Division I baseball season|2017]]
| name           = Rice
| overall        = 33–31
| conference     = 16–14
| confstanding   = 6th
| postseason     = [[2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship   = 
| season         = [[2018 NCAA Division I baseball season|2018]]
| name           = Rice
| overall        = 26–31–2
| conference     = 11–15–2
| confstanding   = 7th
| postseason     = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name       = Rice
| overall    = 1,173–528–2
| confrecord = 531–244–2
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 1,173–528–2
}}<ref name=swcstandings>{{cite web|title=Annual Conference Standings|url=http://www.boydsworld.com/data/|work=BoydsWorld.com|access-date=February 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220044845/http://www.boydsworld.com/data/|url-status=live|archive-date=February 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name=swctourney>{{cite web|title=2010 Texas Longhorns Baseball Media Guide: History|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tex/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/ba-0910-mg-history.pdf|publisher=Texas Sports Information|access-date=February 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112151012/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tex/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/ba-0910-mg-history.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 12, 2012}}</ref><ref name=wacmg>{{cite web|title=2011 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Media Guide|url=http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=205098049|work=WACSports.com|access-date=February 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614181402/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=205098049|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2012}}</ref><ref name=cusa13mg>{{cite web|title=2013 Conference USA Baseball Media Guide|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/CUSA13Baseball.pdf|access-date=February 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110221826/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/CUSA13Baseball.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 10, 2014}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Baseball}}
* [[List of college baseball career coaching wins leaders]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Baseballstats |mlb=115032 |espn=22241 |br=g/grahawa01 |fangraphs=1004938 |brm=graham001way |retro=G/Pgrahw101 }}
* {{SABR Baseball Biography Project|a1fd3a13}}
* [https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=grahawa01 Wayne Graham] at Baseball Almanac

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