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Jim Brock
Jim Brock was the head coach of the Arizona State Sun June 12, 1994, three days after his team’s season ended,
Devils baseball team for 23 years.[1] Brock died of colon cancer. He was 57. Brock was posthu-
Arizona State’s second varsity baseball coach was Jim mously voted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in
Brock who coached at ASU for 23 years (1972–1994). Dur- January 1995.
ing his first year as head coach, Brock managed his team Brock coached two College World Series Champion-
to a 64-6 record. That record still holds the NCAA all- ship teams, and was named National Coach of the Year
time winning percentage in a single season (.914). Jim four different times in his career at ASU (1977, 1981, 1984,
Brock’s all-time record at ASU is 1,100- 440. Brock also 1988). Brock sent 175 players into professional baseball -
led ASU to 13 College World Series appearances. In 1994, an average of almost eight per year. Brock coached seven
Brock battled liver and colon cancer that would take his first round picks, all of ASU’s three Golden Spike winners.
life one day after the conclusion of the College World He was five-time winner of the Pacific Ten Conference
Series. Though his strength was waning, Brock did not (PAC-10) Coach of the Year. Jim Brock’s No. 33 was retired
miss a conference game through the ’94 season. He led by ASU. In 2006, Bobby Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at
his team through the regional tournament at Knoxville, Brock Ballpark was dedicated to the late Dr. Brock.[2]
Tennessee, and was in the dugout when the Sun Devils
beat University of Miami, 4-0, in the Series opener.
Speaking in little more than a whisper, he gave his team
References
an inspirational pep talk after a scoreless first inning [1] Jim Brock, 57, Baseball Coach Who Led Collegiate
when he sensed that the Sun Devils were flat. "You can Champions
make an assumption that you’ll be up because it’s the Col- [2] Eager, B. (2001). Maroon and gold. Champaign, IL :
lege World Series," Brock said, "But you spend so much USA Sports Publishing L.L.C..
emotion in the final game of the regional that you some- Persondata
times have to find a way to regain that emotion." On his Name Brock, Jim
way to Rosenblatt Stadium (home of the College World
Series), for the second game of the Series, Brock’s con- Alternative names
dition worsened. The Sun Devils went on to lose to the Short description
University of Oklahoma, 4-3, in the home half of the Date of birth
eleventh inning. Brock was airlifted from Omaha to a Me-
Place of birth
sa hospital shortly before game number three. His Sun
Devils went on to hit five home runs to eliminate top Date of death 1994
seeded Miami, 9-5, and present him with his 1,100th Place of death
coaching victory. Later, Oklahoma eliminated ASU from
the series and went on to capture the national title. On
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