Jack Stallings | |
Birth Date: | 8 April 1931 |
Birth Place: | Durham, North Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1951–1952 |
Player Team1: | Wake Forest |
Player Years2: | 1953 |
Player Team2: | Roanoke Ro-Sox |
Player Years3: | 1953–1954 |
Player Team3: | Greensboro Patriots |
Player Years4: | 1954 |
Player Team4: | Bluefield Blue-Grays |
Player Positions: | Second baseman |
Coach Years1: | 1955 |
Coach Team1: | Wake Forest (Asst) |
Coach Years2: | 1956–1957 |
Coach Team2: | North Carolina (Asst) |
Coach Years3: | 1958–1959 |
Coach Team3: | Winston-Salem (NC) Hanes H.S. |
Coach Years4: | 1960–1968 |
Coach Team4: | Wake Forest |
Coach Years5: | 1969–1974 |
Coach Team5: | Florida State |
Coach Years6: | 1976–1999 |
Coach Team6: | Georgia Southern |
Overall Record: | 1,259–799–10 |
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]