Lindsey Nelson was an American sportscaster best known for his long career calling play-by-play of college football and New York Mets baseball.
The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the 20 male and female varsity intercollegiate athletics programs that represent the University of Tennessee in Knoxville,Tennessee. The Volunteers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). In January 2021,Danny White was introduced as the Volunteers' Director of Athletics.
John W. Mauer was an American college basketball,baseball and football coach and multi-sport college athlete. During the course of his 36-year collegiate coaching career,Mauer was the head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky,Miami University (Ohio),the University of Tennessee,the U.S. Military Academy,and the University of Florida. John was the head coach of the Tennessee baseball team. John also served as the defensive backs coach for Tennessee under head coach General Robert Neyland. After coaching his college coaching career,John worked under Vince Lombardi scouting players for the Green Bay Packers. Mauer also scouted for the San Francisco 49ers,Atlanta Falcons,and New York Giants.
John Terrill Majors was an American professional football player and college coach. A standout halfback at the University of Tennessee,he was an All-American in 1956 and a two-time winner of the Southeastern Conference Most Valuable Player award,in 1955 and 1956. He finished second to Paul Hornung in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1956. After playing one season in the Canadian Football League (CFL),Majors became a college assistant coach. He served as the head coach at Iowa State University (1968–1972),the University of Pittsburgh,and Tennessee (1977–1992),compiling a career college football record of 185–137–10. His 1976 Pittsburgh squad won a national championship after capping a 12–0 season with a victory in the Sugar Bowl. Majors was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1987.
Carl William Torbush Jr. is former American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Louisiana Tech University in 1987,the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1997 to 2000,and East Tennessee State University (ETSU) from 2013 to 2017,compiling a career college football record of 31–48. Torbush was also the head baseball coach at Southeastern Louisiana University from 1977 to 1979,tallying a mark of 75–58. On December 8,2017,Torbush announced his retirement from coaching.
Mark Beal Banks was an American football,basketball and baseball player,coach,and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Central University of Kentucky—now known as Centre College—in Danville,Kentucky (1909–1911),Ohio Wesleyan University (1912),Ohio University (1913–1917),Drake University (1918–1920),the University of Tennessee (1921–1925),and Hartwick College (1941–1948),compiling a career college football record of 100–73–10. Banks was also the head basketball and head baseball coach at Ohio Wesleyan,Ohio,Drake,and Tennessee. He played football,basketball,and baseball at Syracuse University.
Dana Xenophon Bible was an American football player,coach of football,basketball,and baseball,and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi College (1913–1915),Louisiana State University (1916),Texas A&M University,the University of Nebraska (1929–1936),and the University of Texas (1937–1946),compiling a career college football record of 198–72–23. Bible was also the head basketball coach at Texas A&M from 1920 to 1927 and the head baseball coach there from 1920 to 1921. In addition,he was the athletic director at Nebraska from 1932 to 1936 and at Texas from 1937 to 1956. Bible was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951.
George Cafego was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He played college football at the University of Tennessee,earning varsity letters 1937 - 1939,and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Brooklyn Dodgers,Washington Redskins,Boston Yanks. He served as the head baseball coach at the University of Wyoming in 1950 and at his alma mater,Tennessee,from 1958 to 1962. Cafego was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1969.
Homer C. Rice is a former American football player,coach,and college athletics administrator. As Director of Athletics at Georgia Tech,Rice successfully developed and implemented the Total Person Program which is now the model for NCAA Life Skills Program that is in place at universities throughout the nation.
Rick Wolff is an American book editor,author,college coach,broadcaster,and former professional baseball player. He is the son of Hall of Fame Sportscaster Bob Wolff. He is currently Senior Executive Editor at Large with Kevin Anderson and Associates and hosts "The Sports Edge" on WFAN Sports Radio.
The 1951 College World Series was the fifth NCAA-sanctioned baseball tournament that determined a national champion. The tournament was held as the conclusion of the 1951 NCAA baseball season and was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha,Nebraska from June 13 to June 17. The tournament's champion was the Oklahoma Sooners,coached by Jack Baer. The Most Outstanding Player was Sidney Hatfield of Tennessee. Oklahoma won national championships in football,wrestling,and baseball in the 1950–51 academic year.
The Houston Cougars baseball team is the college baseball team of the University of Houston. Along with the university's other athletic teams,the baseball team is a member of the American Athletic Conference as a Division I team. They play their home games at Schroeder Park. In addition to numerous NCAA Tournament appearances,the Cougars have made two College World Series appearances. Houston has been led by head coach Todd Whitting since 2011.
Fred James Hatfield,nicknamed "Scrap Iron",was a Major League Baseball infielder who played nine seasons in the Major Leagues with the Boston Red Sox (1950–52),Detroit Tigers (1952–56),Chicago White Sox (1956–57),Cleveland Indians (1958) and Cincinnati Redlegs (1958). He batted left-handed,threw right-handed,and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 171 pounds (78 kg).
David Scott Serrano is a former American baseball coach and pitcher. Serrano formerly served as head coach at Cerritos College from 1984 to 1985 and at California State University,Fullerton from 1986 to 1987 for coach Augie Garrido. He served as the head coach at University of California,Irvine from 2005 to 2007,Cal State Fullerton from 2008 to 2011,the University of Tennessee from 2012 to 2017 and CSU Northridge from 2020–2022.
The Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represents the University of Tennessee in NCAA Division I college baseball. Along with most other Tennessee athletic teams,the baseball team participates in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Conference. The Volunteers play all on-campus home games at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
Rollin Joseph Lutz was an American professional baseball player and coach,who was the first Caucasian to manage a team in Japanese professional baseball.
The Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represents California State University,Fullerton in NCAA Division I college baseball.
Billy Wilhelm was an American college baseball coach who was the head coach of the Clemson Tigers from 1958 to 1993. In his 36 seasons as head coach,Wilhelm had a record of 1,161–536–10. Before coming to Clemson,Wilhelm played several seasons of minor league baseball and served one season as an assistant baseball coach at North Carolina.
Bradley Walker was a Nashville attorney who,in his youth,was found to be naturally proficient at virtually any sport he tried,including football,baseball,track,boxing,tennis and golf—in all these sports he either set records or won championships or awards.
Matthew A. Bragga is an American baseball coach and former Utility player,who is the current head baseball coach of the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. He played college baseball at Kentucky for coach Keith Madison from 1991 to 1994. He then served as the head coach of the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (2004–2018) and the Rice Owls (2019–2021).
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