Jack Leggett (born March 5, 1954) is a retired American head

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coach. He was recently the head coach of the

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from 1994 to 2015. Under Leggett, the Tigers reached the

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six times. As of the end of the 2012 season, he had a career record of 1,224–694–1, with seven conference tournament titles and 23 NCAA Tournament appearances. He was named

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Baseball Coach of the year in 1994, 1995 and 2006. In 1994, his team won 57 games, a record for the second most single-season wins in ACC history (behind the record 60 wins set by the 1991 Clemson team).

Coaching career

Leggett served as head coach for five years at

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and nine years at Western Carolina. He became the head coach at Vermont prior to the 1978 season. After coaching the Vermont club baseball team in 1977, Leggett had brought the program back to varsity status, after it had been cut following the 1971 season. He set a program record for wins (22) in 1981, and Vermont appeared in consecutive ECAC New England Division I Tournaments in 1981 and 1982. In 1981, Leggett managed the

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, a

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team in the prestigious

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. At Western Carolina, he had 302 career wins and led the Catamounts to five NCAA Tournaments (1985–89), and five

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titles. Under his guidance, the Catamounts averaged 33 wins a season during his time in Cullowhee, N.C. He is the only person to be the head coach at both NCAA Division I schools nicknamed the Catamounts (Vermont and Western Carolina). Leggett was inducted into the Western Carolina University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Vermont Principals Association Hall of Fame in 2009.VPA Hall of Fame Inductees
/ref> In 2014, Leggett will be inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Leggett was a member of the 2015 class of the

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. The son of former

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swim coach Les Leggett, he grew up in

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and was a three-sport athlete at South Burlington High School, winning state titles in baseball and football. He attended the

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where he earned all-conference honors in both

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(defensive back, kicker) and

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(infielder), captaining the Black Bears in 1976 when they advanced to the

. In football, he holds the Maine record for longest field goal, a 52-yarder.

Head coaching record

References

External links

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Vermont Sports Hall of Fame profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leggett, Jack 1954 births Living people Cape Cod Baseball League coaches Clemson Tigers baseball coaches Maine Black Bears baseball players Maine Black Bears football players People from South Burlington, Vermont Vermont Catamounts baseball coaches Western Carolina Catamounts baseball coaches Baseball players from Vermont Sportspeople from Bangor, Maine Baseball coaches from Vermont Players of American football from Vermont

Coaching career

Head coaching record

See also

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