Mark Marquess

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Mark Marquess
Sport(s) College baseball
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Stanford University
Conference Pacific-12 Conference
Biographical details
Born March 24, 1947 (1947-03-24) (age 64)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972-1976
1977-present
Stanford (Asst.)
Stanford
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1987 College World Series
1988 College World Series
Awards
NCAA Coach of the Year: 1985, 1987, 1988

ABCA West Region Coach Of The Year: 2001

Mark Marquess (born March 24, 1947) is the head coach of the Stanford Cardinal baseball team.

In his 34 years at Stanford (through the end of the 2010 season), he has compiled a record of 1,387–619–7 (.661). His teams have made the postseason 23 times, and have had a record of 109–50 there. In the NCAA Regionals, his teams have a 65–25 record. In the NCAA Super Regionals, his teams have a 10–2 appearance. In the College World Series, he has compiled a 34–23 record, winning back-to-back national titles in 1988 and 1988. On April 3, 2011, Marquess won his 1,400th game. He is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.

He attended Stanford from 1965 to 1969, where he played baseball and football, he was also a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity.[1] He spent four years in minor league baseball with the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds organizations, the last year as a player-coach for the Iowa Oaks, the White Sox' top affiliate. While still with the Oaks, he became an assistant coach at his alma mater in 1972, and was named head coach in 1977. He has spent nearly all of his adult life on the Farm as a player or coach.

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[edit] Coaching Highlights

  • 5 College World Series Championship Appearances (1987, '88, 2000, '01, '03)
  • 15 College World Series/NCAA Regional Titles (1982, '83, '85, '87, '88, '90, '95, '97, '99, 2000, '01, '02, '03, '06, '08)
  • 6 NCAA Regional Titles (1999, 2000, '01, '02, '03, '08)
  • 25 NCAA Regional Appearances (1981, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '87, '88, '90, '91, '92, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, 2000, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '08)
  • 12 Pac-10 Titles (1983, '84, '85, '87, '90, '94, '97, '98, '99, 2000, '03, '04 - First 8 Southern Division)
  • 9-Time Pac-10 Coach Of The Year (Southern Division: 1983, '85, '87, '90, '94, '97, '98; Pac-10: 1999, 2003)
  • 1,000th Career Win (February 9, 2001)
  • 1,400th Career Win (April 3, 2011)
  • 100th Career Postseason Win (June 7, 2003)
  • He is top ten among all active division 1 coaches in wins

[edit] International coaching

  • USA Baseball Olympic Head Coach (1988)
  • USA Baseball Head Coach (1981, '87, '88)
  • USA Baseball Assistant Coach (1984)
  • Gold Medal (1988 Seoul Olympics)
  • Gold Medal (1981 Intercontinental Cup)
  • Gold Medal (1981 World Games)
  • Silver Medal (1987 Intercontinental Cup)
  • International Coach of the Year (1988)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[[Category:Stanford Cardinal baseball players]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Rainbow, vol. 132, no. 3, p. 50
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