1. Mickey Sullivan was the head baseball coach at Baylor from 1974 to 1994.
16 Facts About Mickey Sullivan
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Mickey Sullivan grew up in Houston, Texas and graduated from Sam Houston High School in 1950.
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Ultimately, while never becoming a full-time starter, Mickey Sullivan went on to be a three-year letter winner under head coach George Sauer.
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Mickey Sullivan spent the 1954 season playing minor league baseball for the Artesia Numexers of the Longhorn League, a Class C affiliate of the Eagles.
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Mickey Sullivan began the 1955 season with the Class A Sioux City Soos of the Western League until being called up to the Eagles for the last 52 games.
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Mickey Sullivan spent the 1956 and 1957 season with the Eagles before retiring.
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Mickey Sullivan became an assistant football, baseball, and basketball coach at Bellaire High School before moving to Westbury High School where Mickey Sullivan was an assistant football coach and the head baseball coach.
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Mickey Sullivan ultimately returned to Bellaire High School as the head football coach.
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Mickey Sullivan served a scout for the Philadelphia Phillies where, among other players, he scouted Nolan Ryan.
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Mickey Sullivan returned to Baylor in 1969 as the freshman football coach.
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In 1972, Grant Teaff promoted Mickey Sullivan to recruiting coordinator, a position he held until 1978.
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In 1974, Mickey Sullivan became Baylor Bears baseball's 17th head coach, a position he would hold for the next 21 seasons.
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Mickey Sullivan endured just three losing seasons over those 21 years, leading Baylor to three Southwest Conference tournament championships and back-to-back trips to the College World Series in 1977 and 1978.
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Mickey Sullivan coached thirty-one players who were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, including four who were selected in the first round: Jon Perlman, Stan Hilton, Pat Combs, and Scott Ruffcorn.
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Mickey Sullivan coached ten players who went on to play Major League Baseball: Steve Macko, Perlman, Andy Beene, Fritzie Connally, Lee Tunnell, Ken Patterson, Blaine Beatty, Combs, Ruffcorn, and Dean Crow.
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On March 22,2012, Mickey Sullivan died at the age of 80 after a long battle with cancer.