Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame
Head Coach of Georgia Southern's 1962 National Champion Baseball Team... Served as Coach, Athletic Business Manager and Athletic Director from 1948 until his death in 1984... Born November 26, 1920 in Ray City, Georgia; died October 25, 1984 in Atlanta... Received bachelor’s (1947) and master’s (1948) degrees from Easter Kentucky University... Was assistant basketball coach, 1948-62; athletic business manager, 1957-74, and athletic director 1967-74, but is best remembered as head baseball coach from 1949 through 1966 and again in 1968... Had career record of 320-205 and led Georgia Southern to four National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics District 25 championships... The 1962 squad's national title was the first ever for a Georgia Southern team... Led GSC to second place finishes in 1960 and 1968, and a third place standing in 1964... Served as president of NAIA Baseball Coaches Association (1962-64) and was a member of the U.S. Olympic baseball Committee in 1964... Inducted into the U.S. Baseball Federation Hall of Fame and the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame... Was NAIA National ‘Coach of the Year’ in 1963... As administrator, led Georgia Southern from NAIA to NCAA Division II status in 1970 and to Division I level a year later... Eagle baseball, golf and tennis all represented school at NCAA I championship events during 1973-74 season... Named 1974 Georgia Sports ‘Administrator of the Year’ by Georgia Athletic Hall of Fame... Baseball Stadium was name in his honor in 1985.
