Ray Tanner

Ray Tanner
	Tanner in 2012
Current position
Title	Athletic director emeritus
Team	South Carolina
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Born	March 25, 1958; Smithfield, North Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
1977–1980	NC State
Position(s)	Shortstop
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1987	NC State (assistant)
1988–1996	NC State
1997–2012	South Carolina
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2012–2024	South Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	1,133–489–3 (.698)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2x National Championships (2010, 2011); 3x SEC Regular season Championships (2000, 2002, 2011); SEC Tournament championship (2004); 6x SEC East Division Championships (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2012); ACC Tournament championship (1992);
Awards
	3x National Coach of the Year (2000, 2010, 2011); 1990 ACC Coach of the Year; 3x SEC Coach of the Year (1998, 2000, 2011);

Donald Ray Tanner Jr. (born March 25, 1958) was a former baseball coach at the University of South Carolina. Tanner began this role after leading the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program for sixteen seasons. He is currently the athletic director emeritus and a senior advisor to the president at South Carolina after being replaced as athletic director by Jeremiah Donati on December 5, 2024.

His record at South Carolina was 738–316 (.700). He 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. On April 11, 2010, Tanner recorded the 1,000th win of his career with a 2–0 victory over Vanderbilt, becoming the 44th Division I coach to reach the milestone.