STANFORD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Mark Marquess, a National College Baseball Hall of Famer who coached Stanford to a pair of national titles over 41 years beginning in 1977, has died. He was 78.<\/p>\n
The school announced Friday that Marquess died, but provided no details on the cause. <\/p>\n
A fixture for more than four decades in the dugout at Sunken Diamond on campus, Marquess guided the Cardinal to consecutive NCAA championships in 1987 and \u201988. <\/p>\n
Long known as \u201c9\u201d for his No. 9 jersey, he retired in 2017 and ranks as the fourth-winningest coach in Division I history with a 1,627-878-7 (.649) career record.<\/p>\n
Marquess typically arrived on campus in the wee hours of the morning when most were still in bed, then would go to sleep early to get ready for the next day.<\/p>\n
As the wins piled, Marquess remained humble and grounded \u2014 he certainly wasn’t keeping track of where he ranked among the best of all-time \u2014 determined never to get too high or too low.<\/p>\n
\u201cReally, I don\u2019t think about it,\u201d Marquess said in early 2008. \u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of you get busy and as a coach you worry about the next one. You worry about the ones you lost, too much. … When I think about it, it just means I\u2019ve been coaching a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
A former first baseman, he played both baseball and football for Stanford when he arrived at the university in 1965. Marquess would go on to become a three-time NCAA Coach of the Year \u2014 in 1985, \u201887 and \u201988 \u2014 and a nine-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Along with the two College World Series titles, Stanford made 30 NCAA Tournament appearances, reached six NCAA Super Regionals and won 18 regionals during his tenure. The Cardinal also won the conference regular-season title 11 times.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis man was Stanford baseball,\u201d said David Esquer, Stanford\u2019s current coach who played for Marquess on The Farm. \u201cHe was my coach, and like a father to me. I wouldn\u2019t be where I am today without him. This is a great loss for the Stanford community, the Stanford baseball family and myself. I love that man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marquess was also a member of the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame, the American Baseball Coaches\u2019 Association Hall of Fame and the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
Marquess, who played in the Chicago White Sox organization from 1969-73 and reached Triple-A, also coached USA Baseball to an Olympic gold medal in 1988 when the sport was a demonstration event in Seoul, South Korea.<\/p>\n
He always loved his role in the the college game and so appreciated working at someplace like Stanford, taking great pride in not only finding players himself along with his staff but also developing them \u2014 many into future pros.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things, at the professional level a manager can say, \u2018Well, I\u2019m just not getting the players, it\u2019s the general manager.\u2019 You can put blame elsewhere,\u201d Marquess said. \u201cIn our game, I recruit them, I do everything, so it all falls to me. You can\u2019t blame it on somebody else. The nice thing about Stanford is it kind of sells itself academically, the campus. I mean, what\u2019s not to like?\u201d<\/p>\n
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