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Gary Adams (comedian)
Gary Adams may refer to: * Gary Adams (baseball) (born 1939), American college baseball coach * Gary Adams (golf) (1943–2000), salesman and founder of TaylorMade Golf * Gary K. Adams, president and CEO of CMAI {{hndis, Adams, Gary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Adams (baseball)
Gary Adams (born September 4, 1939) is an American former college baseball coach who served as the head baseball coach of the UCLA Bruins from 1975 to 2004. He also served as the first head coach at UC Irvine from 1970 to 1974, winning two Division II national championships there. Adams attended UCLA, where he played baseball from 1959 to 1962. After his playing career, Adams was an assistant coach at UC Riverside from 1965 to 1968 before becoming a head coach. Coaching career Adams was named the first head coach of the Division II UC Irvine baseball program prior to the 1970 season. Under Adams, the Anteaters reached the Division II NCAA tournament in each of the program's first five seasons. In both 1973 and 1974, the team advanced to the College World Series and won the Division II National Championship. Adams replaced Art Reichle as the head coach at UCLA following the 1974 season. Adams coached at UCLA for 30 seasons, appearing in 11 NCAA tournaments and the 1997 Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Adams (golf)
Gary Adams was an American salesman, founder of TaylorMade Golf, Founders Club, McHenry Metals, and nominal inventor of the modern "metal wood." After leaving college, he started working as a golf salesman. He observed new golf balls worked well with irons, but not wood clubs, so he started tinkering to create a metal driver. In 1979, Gary Adams borrowed $24,000 on his house and leased a 6,000 square foot building in McHenry, Illinois McHenry is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is located about 46 miles northwest of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 27,135. McHenry was at one time the county seat of McHenry County, which once included adj ... to found TaylorMade Golf. He originally had three employees and sold only one item, his newly invented 12-degree loft metalwood. He was awarded the National Golf Association man of the year in 1984. He was awarded the PGA Ernie Sabayrac award in 1995 for his contribution to golf. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |