Jack Stallings

Jack Stallings
Biographical details
Born(1931-04-08)April 8, 1931
Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedJune 19, 2018(2018-06-19) (aged 87)
Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
1951–1952Wake Forest
1953Roanoke Ro-Sox
1953–1954Greensboro Patriots
1954Bluefield Blue-Grays
Position(s)Second baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1955Wake Forest (Asst)
1956–1957North Carolina (Asst)
1958–1959Winston-Salem (NC) Hanes H.S.
1960–1968Wake Forest
1969–1974Florida State
1976–1999Georgia Southern
Head coaching record
Overall1,259–799–10
Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1951 Buenos Aires Team

Jack Thomas Stallings (April 8, 1931 – June 19, 2018) was an American college baseball head coach. He was the head coach of Wake Forest University, Florida State University, and Georgia Southern University. He also helped manage the United States national baseball team in 1970 and 1973 and was an administrator for the 1984 US Olympic Team and the 1988 US Olympic Team. With over 1,200 games won as a head coach, he ranks 28th all-time with the most wins by any Division I coach, with his 859–582–5 tenure at Georgia Southern being a record for most wins and games coached. His #1 jersey is retired by the program.[1]

At Georgia Southern, he was named the TAAC Coach of the Year four times and Southern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year twice.[2][3][4]

He died on June 19, 2018, at the age of 87.[5]

  1. ^ "ABCA Hall of Fame".
  2. ^ "2018 GS Baseball Media Guide" (PDF).
  3. ^ http://seminolesweb-8b76.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-Media-Guide-for-web.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wake/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/yearbyyear.pdf Archived 2018-05-25 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ Georgia Southern Mourns the Passing of Jack Stallings