Bill Holowaty

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Bill Holowaty
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head Coach
Head coaching record
Overall 1404-525–7
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4x (1982 College World Series, 1990 College World Series, 1998 College World Series, 2002 College World Series)
Awards

National Coach-of-the-Year 4x

Regional Coach-of-the-Year 14x

National championship 4x

Bill Holowaty (born Little Falls, New York) is a retired head coach who coached the Eastern Connecticut State University Baseball team for 45 years (1967–2012).[1] He is the most successful coach in the history of New England intercollegiate athletics and led Eastern Connecticut State's Baseball team to four Division III College World Series victories.[2]

Coaching career[edit]

Holowaty enjoyed a successful coaching career. He took the Baseball team to the postseason 39 out of 45 times, while 14 of those teams advanced to the Division III College World Series. In total, he won 1404 out of 1936 games (72.5%). He has the third most wins by any Division III coach all time and has the thirteenth highest winning percentage by a Division III coach all-time.[1][3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Anthony, Mike (26 April 2013). "Eastern Baseball Coach Bill Holowaty Retires". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 14 May 2013. 
  2. ^ "Bill Holowatty". Eastern Connecticut Department of athletics. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 
  3. ^ "Bill Holowaty". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2013-05-10.