Jack Stallings

Jack Stallings

Biographical details
Born	(1931-04-08)April 8, 1931 Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	June 19, 2018(2018-06-19) (aged 87) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
1951–1952	Wake Forest
1953	Roanoke Ro-Sox
1953–1954	Greensboro Patriots
1954	Bluefield Blue-Grays
Position(s)	Second baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1955	Wake Forest (Asst)
1956–1957	North Carolina (Asst)
1958–1959	Winston-Salem (NC) Hanes H.S.
1960–1968	Wake Forest
1969–1974	Florida State
1976–1999	Georgia Southern
Head coaching record
Overall	1,259–799–10
Medal record Men's baseball Representing United States Pan American Games 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.

At Georgia Southern, he was named the TAAC Coach of the Year four times and Southern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year twice.

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

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1960–1968)
1960	Wake Forest	14–7	7–7	5th
1961	Wake Forest	23–7	9–5	3rd
1962	Wake Forest	20–11	10–5	1st	District 3 Finals
1963	Wake Forest	28–11	11–3	1st	District 3 Finals
1964	Wake Forest	23–7	9–4	2nd
1965	Wake Forest	14–15	7–7	3rd
1966	Wake Forest	12–12	7–7	3rd
1967	Wake Forest	8–15–1	4–8–1	7th
1968	Wake Forest	10–24–1	5–15–1	8th
Wake Forest:		152–109–2
Florida State Seminoles (Independent) (1969–1974)
1969	Florida State	38–13–1
1970	Florida State	49–9–1			College World Series
1971	Florida State	41–17
1972	Florida State	45–23			District 3 playoffs
1973	Florida State	38–21
1974	Florida State	37–25–1
Florida State:		248–108–3
Georgia Southern Eagles (Independent) (1976–1979)
1976	Georgia Southern	36–18
1977	Georgia Southern	38–25–1
1978	Georgia Southern	35–15
1979	Georgia Southern	46–15			Atlantic Regional semifinals
Georgia Southern Eagles (Trans-American / Trans-Atlantic Conference) (1980–1991)
1980	Georgia Southern	38–21–1			Atlantic Regional first round
1981	Georgia Southern	41–22–1	9–0	1st (East)
1982	Georgia Southern	34–33	5–5	2nd (East)
1983	Georgia Southern	38–24
1984	Georgia Southern	32–37	13–4	1st (East)
1985	Georgia Southern	41–23	14–3	1st (East)
1986	Georgia Southern	36–23–1	12–6	1st (East)
1987	Georgia Southern	33–30–1	13–5	1st (East)	Atlantic Regional
1988	Georgia Southern	30–27	13–4	1st (East)
1989	Georgia Southern	33–27	12–6	2nd (East)
1990	Georgia Southern	50–19	17–1	1st (East)	College World Series
1991	Georgia Southern	32–27	10–8	3rd (East)
Georgia Southern Eagles (Southern Conference) (1992–1999)
1992	Georgia Southern	31–27	15–6	3rd
1993	Georgia Southern	38–21	18–5	1st
1994	Georgia Southern	31–25	15–7	2nd
1995	Georgia Southern	35–24	14–10	2nd
1996	Georgia Southern	46–14	17–3	1st	Atlantic Regional
1997	Georgia Southern	34–26	18–6	T–1st
1998	Georgia Southern	22–30	9–15	6th
1999	Georgia Southern	29–29	13–15	6th
Georgia Southern:		859–582–5
Total:		1259–799–10
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Awards

• American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame

See also

• List of college baseball coaches with 1,100 wins