Ray Tanner is in his 12th season as the head baseball coach at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. His record since arriving at Carolina in 1997 is 540-243 . He led Carolina to three consecutive College World Series appearances in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and coached the USA Baseball National Team during the 2003 summer. His South Carolina team has qualified for nine consecutive NCAA postseasons , and is one of only two programs in the nation to appear in the Super Regionals 7 out of the past 8 years.