NOC Enid Jets Baseball Coach Ryan Bay earned his 700th win Saturday in a 15-2 rout of Redlands Community College.
Bay's career record is 700-489 in 21 seasons as a head coach.
"Coaches don't win games," Bay said. "Players do. Winning 700 wins is more about all the players and assistant coaches I've been fortunate to work with than me. I'm thankful for all of them."
NOC Athletic Director Alan Foster, who worked with Bay at Bacone College and at NOC Tonkawa and Enid, appreciates Bay as the leader of the Jets' program.
"I have been around at various locations for a lot of the 700 wins Coach Bay has accumulated," he said. "It is a testament to his consistency of putting quality teams on the field no matter the level. His players always compete hard and play well for him no matter where he has been. Ryan runs a first-class program and the milestone wins are just a reminder of what a quality coach he is and what a high-quality program he runs."
Bay, in his first season at NOC Enid, has led the Jets to a 29-15 record and are currently ranked 19th in the NJCAA Division II Poll.
Bay came to NOC Enid after serving nine years as head coach at NOC Tonkawa. During that span, Bay's Maverick squads produced five MLB draft picks, six NJCAA All-Americans, and 27 NCAA D1 players, while posting an overall mark of 317-177.
Before Tonkawa, Bay spent the previous six seasons as head coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma. He took over an eight-win team in 2009 and immediately shaped it into a contender, posting 26 victories. That 18-game swing was the single most significant one-year turnaround in school history. In 2010, Northwestern was one win shy of the NAIA National Tournament on the strength of a 35-22 overall record, the fifth-best finish in school history.
Prior to serving at NWOSU, Bay spent 2006-2008 as head coach at Bacone College and 2003-05 at William Woods University.
Bay lettered collegiately at Missouri Valley College. He was a four-year starter and two-time All-Conference performer in the Heart of America Conference. He led the conference in stolen bases during his junior year with 39. He received his Bachelor of Science in 1999 from Missouri Valley College and earned a Master of Education from NWOSU in 2002.