Jack Leggett

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Jack Leggett

Title	Head coach
College	Clemson University
Sport	Baseball
Team record	680-309-1 (.687)
Born	March 5, 1954 (1954-03-05) (age 54)
Place of birth	Bangor, Maine
Career highlights
Overall	1,057-599-1 (.638)
Championships
1985 Southern Conference 1986 Southern Conference 1987 Southern Conference 1988 Southern Conference 1989 Southern Conference 1994 Atlantic Coast Conference 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference
Awards
1994 ACC Coach-of-the-Year 1995 ACC Coach-of-the-Year 2006 ACC Coach-of-the-Year
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978-1982 1983-1991 1991-1994 1994-Present	Vermont Western Carolina Clemson (AC) Clemson (HC)

Jack Leggett (born March 5, 1954), is the head baseball coach for Clemson University. In 15 seasons, he has led the Tigers to 680 wins (an average of 46 per season). In every season until 2008, the Tigers have reached the NCAA Tournament, including the College World Series five times.

He was named ACC Coach of the year in 1994 and 1995. In 1994, his team won 57 games (second most in ACC history). He has a career record of 1057-599-1 (.638), with six conference titles, and 17 NCAA Tournament appearances.

Leggett served as head coach for five years at Vermont and nine years at Western Carolina University. He had 302 career wins at Western Carolina and led the Catamounts to five NCAA Tournaments (1985-89), and five Southern Conference titles. Under his guidance, the Catamounts averaged 33 wins a season during his time in Cullowhee, NC

Leggett was inducted into the Western Carolina University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.^[1]