1968 NCAA District III champions and College World Series participant
Three-time ACC Tournament Champions (1973, `74, `75)
General Information
Coached at NC State for 21 years (1967-87).
Guided NC State to its only College World Series appearance in only his second season (1968).
Coached three ACC Players of the Year (Chris Cammack - 1969, Mike Caldwell - 1971, Tracy Woodson - 1984).
Coached seven All-Americans.
Coached 69 players who were first- or second-team All-ACC.
Coached 28 players who were selected in the MLB draft.
Coached 12 future major league players.
Played 10 seasons in the major leagues (1952, 1955-63) for Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Athletics before coming to NC State as assistant basketball coach under Norm Sloan and head baseball coach.
Played baseball and basketball collegiately at Indiana University.