Rayner Noble
Rayner Noble at Cougar Field
Biographical details
Born (1961-08-07) August 7, 1961
Crowell, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
1980–1983Houston
1983–1984Daytona Beach Astros
1985–1986Columbus Astros
1986–1987Tucson Toros
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1990Houston (assistant)
1991–1994Rice (assistant)
1995–2010Houston
Head coaching record
Overall551–420 (.567)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • 2x C-USA Coach of the Year (1999, 2000)
  • ABCA South Central Region Coach of the Year (2002)

James Rayner Noble (born August 7, 1961) is an American former baseball coach and player. He last served as NCAA Division I college baseball head coach at the University of Houston. In 13 years of coaching Houston Cougars baseball, he is the winningest coach in Cougars history. Noble's coaching career record is 526-388. (.581).

A native of Houston, Texas, Noble attended Spring Woods High School and holds both a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Houston.

From 1983 to 1987, Noble played Minor League Baseball in the Houston Astros organization.[1]

Noble wore one of the highest numbers in college baseball (#85, as opposed to his playing #9), which he said he wore to remind himself of becoming a Christian in 1985.

After suffering the first consecutive losing seasons of his career, UH parted ways with Noble on June 4, 2010.[2]

On September 17, 2021, Noble was inducted into the University of Houston Hall of Honor.

Head coaching record

Noble in 2008
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Houston Cougars (Southwest Conference) (1995–1996)
1995 Houston 26–296–187th
1996 Houston 29–289–15T–6th
Houston Cougars (Conference USA) (1997–2010)
1997 Houston 40–2319–82ndNCAA Regional
1998 Houston 34–2521–62nd
1999 Houston 40–2420–71stNCAA Regional
2000 Houston 48–1821–41stNCAA Super Regional
2001 Houston 29–3020–72ndNCAA Regional
2002 Houston 48–1722–71stNCAA Super Regional
2003 Houston 37–3018–124thNCAA Super Regional
2004 Houston 30–2919–11T–4th
2005 Houston 29–3016–135th
2006 Houston 39–2218–62ndNCAA Regional
2007 Houston 28–2812–12T–4th
2008 Houston 42–2414–104thNCAA Regional
2009 Houston 27–3113–11T–3rd
2010 Houston 25–3211–13T–5th
Houston: 551–420 (.567)259–162 (.615)
Total:551–420 (.567)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑ "Rayner Noble". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-01. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Berman, Mark (2010-06-04). "Noble No Longer UH Baseball Coach". KRIV. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
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