Bill Holowaty (born

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) is a retired head coach who coached the

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Baseball team for 45 years (1967–2012). He is the most successful coach in the history of

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intercollegiate athletics and led Eastern Connecticut State's Baseball team to four Division III

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victories.

Coaching career

Holowaty enjoyed a successful coaching career. He took the Baseball team to the postseason 39 out of 45 times, while 14 of those teams advanced to the Division III

. In total, he won 1404 out of 1936 games (72.5%). He has the third most wins by any Division III coach all time and has the thirteenth highest winning percentage by a Division III coach all-time. In 1973, he was assistant coach for the

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of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

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Coaching career

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