Jack Leggett was born on March 5,1954 and is an American college baseball coach.
13 Facts About Jack Leggett
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Jack Leggett was recently the head coach of the Clemson Tigers from 1994 to 2015.
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Jack Leggett was named Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Coach of the year in 1994,1995 and 2006.
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Jack Leggett served as head coach for five years at Vermont and nine years at Western Carolina.
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Jack Leggett became the head coach at Vermont prior to the 1978 season.
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Jack Leggett set a program record for wins in 1981, and Vermont appeared in consecutive ECAC New England Division I Tournaments in 1981 and 1982.
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In 1981, Jack Leggett managed the Falmouth Commodores, a collegiate summer baseball team in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League.
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Jack Leggett is the only person to be the head coach at both NCAA Division I schools nicknamed the Catamounts.
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Jack Leggett was inducted into the Western Carolina University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Vermont Principals Association Hall of Fame in 2009.
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In 2014, Jack Leggett was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
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Jack Leggett was a member of the 2015 class of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame.
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The son of former University of Vermont swim coach Les Jack Leggett, he grew up in South Burlington, Vermont and was a three-sport athlete at South Burlington High School, winning state titles in baseball and football.
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Jack Leggett attended the University of Maine where he earned all-conference honors in both football and baseball, captaining the Black Bears in 1976 when they advanced to the College World Series.