Allen Gum

Allen Gum (born July 22, 1969) is an American baseball coach and player. He played college baseball at Crowder College from 1988 to 1989 before transferring to Southern Arkansas. He then served as the head coach of the Southern Arkansas Muleriders (2006–2010) and the Central Arkansas Bears (2011–2021). Gum currently coaches at Shiloh Christian School in Springdale, Arkansas.

Pre-collegiate coaching Gum played two seasons at Crowder College before completing his eligibility at Southern Arkansas. Both seasons with the Muleriders, he batted above .300 and helped lead the team to conference championships. In his junior season, Southern Arkansas reached the NAIA World Series, where Gum was awarded the Charles Berry Hustle Award. He then served as an assistant coach at Sheridan High School in Sheridan, Arkansas for six years before becoming head coach at Batesville High School in Batesville, Arkansas in 2000. He remained at Batesville through the 2003 season, compiling a record of 75–25, and finishing as state runners up in both 2002 and 2003. Gum announced that the 2021 season would be his last at Central Arkansas, retiring from coaching.

Gum accepted the head coaching job at Shiloh Christian School in Springdale, Arkansas in February 2024.

Head coaching record