Mark Marquess is the 10th-winningest coach in the history of NCAA Division I baseball, with a career 1,326-669-7 (.664) record in 32 years at Stanford. INTRODUCTION 2009 SEASON OUTLOOK COACHING STAFF 2009 PLAYER PROFILES GRADUATED/DRAFTED 2008 SEASON REVIEW 2009 OPPONENTS BASEBALL HISTORY STANFORD PROFESSIONALS STANFORD UNIVERSITY WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM 35
9 Mark MARQUESS HEAD COACH The Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball Stanford (1969) 33rd Season Pronunciation: MAR-kwess It s great to have been able to coach as many years as I have at my alma mater. It s quite an honor to be able to do that, to be able to stay at one place all this time, and to be able to work with these student-athletes. I m very proud of our history and the success that we ve had on and off the field. One of the premier coaches in college baseball history, and a man whose name is synonymous with the Stanford baseball program, Mark Marquess enters his 33rd year at the helm of his alma mater in 2009. Since he arrived on The Farm as a two-sport athlete in baseball and football in the fall of 1965, Marquess impact upon Stanford baseball is beyond measure, even by the benchmark of his long list of on-field accomplishments. Perhaps more important than any of the wins or championships his club has produced is the nature of the program he has developed, both on and off the field. In his 40 years associated with the school, Marquess has been the architect of a Stanford program that is nationally recognized as one of winning baseball and quality student-athletes. A member of the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame, Marquess opens the season as the 10th-winningest coach in NCAA Division I baseball history fifth among active skippers with a career 1,326-669-7 (.664) record. Each of those 1,326 victories has come on The Farm, as he has won more games than any coach in any sport ever at Stanford. A three-time NCAA Coach of the Year recipient and nine-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year honoree, he has guided his Stanford clubs to 25 NCAA Tournament appearances, a pair of College World Series championships (1987 and 1988), six NCAA Super Regional titles, 15 NCAA Regional crowns and 12 Pac-10 regular season championships. Marquess owns a career 120-55 (.686) record in postseason play, including a 72-26 (.734) mark in NCAA Regionals, a 12-4 (.750) ledger in NCAA Super Regionals and a 36-25 (.590) record at the College World Series. Under Marquess guidance, Stanford has reached Omaha the pinnacle of the college baseball world in eight of the last 14 seasons. In a testament to the standard of winning baseball Marquess has created at Stanford, 31 of his first 32 teams have finished at.500 or better. He has presided over 19 teams that have won at least 40 games, including six clubs that have crested the 50-win plateau. Marquess led the Cardinal to a school-record stretch of 10 consecutive 40-win campaigns from 1995-2004. Marquess clubs have advanced to postseason play in 25 of a possible 32 seasons, including a school-record 13 straight campaigns from 1994-2006. Stanford has won at least one game in 24 of its trips to the NCAA Tournament under Marquess, while winning as many as four playoff contests in 14 different seasons. Marquess teams have played nearly.600 baseball in the Pac-10 (524-352,.598), long recognized as one of the best and toughest conferences in the country. Stanford has finished either first or second in the Pac-10 a total of 23 times in the last 28 seasons (including Southern Division finishes), while capturing 12 conference championships. The Cardinal has won at least two consecutive conference titles three different times under Marquess, as Stanford captured three straight crowns in both 1983-85 and 1997-2000 before winning back-to-back championships in 2003 and 2004. Perhaps the crowning moment of Marquess career came when the Cardinal captured back-to-back College World Series titles in 1987 and 1988, becoming one of only four programs in the 62-year history of the CWS to have ever won at least two consecutive titles. But there was much accomplished before and much has been done since. Stanford has reached the College World Series a total of 14 times and been in the CWS final on five occasions during Marquess tenure, including a stretch where the Cardinal finished second three times during a school-record string of five consecutive trips to Rosenblatt Stadium from 1999-2003. The trips to Omaha were just two shy of Oklahoma State s NCAA record run of seven in a row from 1981-87. Even more impressive, each of the 14 teams Marquess has skippered to the CWS has won at least one game. Both of Marquess championship clubs won the title after having their back against the wall. His 1987 team won the first CWS crown in school history, finished the season 53-17 overall and was 21-9 in the Pac-10 Southern Division winning the league title by five full games. But, the Cardinal had to win its final three CWS contests after a second-round loss to claim the title, defeating Oklahoma State in the championship game. Stanford completed the back-to-back feat in 1988 by winning eight postseason elimination games, four in both the CWS and the NCAA Northeast Regional, concluding its unbelievable run by defeating league rival Arizona State in the CWS championship. Stanford s recent near misses for another national title began in 2000 when the Cardinal went unbeaten in its CWS bracket before dropping a 6-5 heartbreaker to LSU in the championship game. In 2001, Stanford again swept through its bracket before falling to Miami in the championship contest. Two years later, the Cardinal made a run through the 2003 CWS losers bracket with three straight wins in elimination games to reach the championship again, extending Rice into the final game of the inaugural best-of-three CWS championship series. Marquess became the 23rd NCAA Division I baseball coach to reach the 1,000-win mark, with a victory over Florida State on February 9, 2001. He picked up his 1,100th career victory with a February 17, 2003 win over Nevada. Win number 1,200 came against California on March 5, 2005, while he reached the 1,300-win plateau by defeating top-ranked Arizona State on April 6, 2008 at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond. Marquess recorded his 100th career postseason win in Stanford s NCAA Super Regional-clinching victory over Long Beach State on June 7, 2003. Stanford s success under Marquess has paid dividends at the next level as well, as his players are normally very visible on the radar screens of professional baseball scouts. A 36 WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM
Marquess Year-By-Year There are more rewards in coaching the longer you do it, and it really has nothing to do with the baseball end of it. When I see how a former player that is now 35 or 40 years old with young kids really appreciated the athletic and academic experience at Stanford, that s the real reward. total of 146 Cardinal players have been chosen in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft over the past 24 seasons, including 20 in the last 22 years that were taken in either the first round or as a Compensation A pick. Nine players from Marquess 2008 club were selected, while Jason Castro was the 10th overall pick and Jeremy Bleich was grabbed in the first compensation round. Marquess has also developed several fine young coaches that were either former assistants or players on The Farm, including Jeff Austin (assistant coach Stanford), David Esquer (head coach California), Mark Machtolf (head coach Gonzaga), Dave Nakama (former head coach San Francisco State; assistant coach Stanford), Mark O Brien (head coach Santa Clara) and Ed Sprague (head coach Pacific). The accolades have streamed Marquess way throughout his illustrious career at Stanford, including three NCAA Coach of the Year selections (1985, 87, 88). His most recent major honor came in 2003 when he earned his ninth Pac-10 Coach of the Year award. He was previously chosen as the Pac-10 Southern Division Coach of the Year seven times in the final 16 seasons of the league (1983, 85, 87, 90, 94, 97, 98) and the Pacific- 10 Coach of the Year during the first season of the conference s restructuring in 1999. The 2008 Cardinal began the season picked to finish near the bottom of the Pac-10 and well away from the postseason, but Marquess led his club back to Omaha. After losing its NCAA Regional opener, Stanford tied a school record for one postseason with seven straight victories. The Cardinal staved off elimination four times in Regional action and overcame a 6-2, fifth-inning deficit to defeat Pepperdine in the Regional title game, then swept host Cal State Fullerton in the Super Regional. Stanford eventually settled for a tie for third at the College World Series, concluding a season which featured some of Marquess best work to date. The Cardinal finished 41-24-2 for the 19th 40-win season of his tenure, including a 14-10 mark in a Pac-10 Conference that sent four clubs to the NCAA Tournament. Marquess had arguably his most challenging season in 2007 as the Cardinal played below.500 for most of the year before winning nine of its last 10 games to finish with at an even.500 (28-28). The late run wasn t enough to vault the Cardinal into the playoffs, but a sweep at USC in the final three-game series of the regular season allowed Stanford to lift itself past the Trojans out of the Pac-10 cellar. His 2006 club had a similar season, but caught fire a little earlier and carried the hot streak to its 13th straight postseason appearance. The Cardinal then put together its best stretch of baseball with a dominating three-game sweep of the NCAA Austin Regional, ending the season for defending College World Series champion Texas on its home field in the process. Stanford s clutch victory over the Longhorns in the winners bracket game on the second day of the Regional was sandwiched by a pair of victories over North Carolina State in its opening postseason game as well as the Regional championship contest, which the Cardinal was playing in for the eighth consecutive season. Stanford s year came to an end when the Cardinal ran into eventual CWS winners Oregon State at the NCAA Corvallis Super Regional, but the Cardinal finished the season 33-27 overall. Marquess 2005 team advanced to the championship game of the NCAA Waco Regional before falling to host and eventual CWS participant Baylor, 4-3 in 12 innings. The squad finished with a 34-25 overall record and was 12-12 in the Pac-10 to tie for sixth place. His 2004 club was among the very best in college baseball. Stanford spent 10 weeks as Baseball America s No. 1 club and captured a second straight Pac-10 title in a campaign that saw the Cardinal win the second-most regular season games in school history (44). Although Stanford was eliminated by Long Beach State in an NCAA Regional, the team finished with a 46-14 overall record and was ranked ninth in final polls by both Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball. Marquess 2003 unit dominated NCAA Regional and Super Regional action with five consecutive victories to reach the College World Series for a school-record fifth straight season. In Omaha, Stanford set a new College World Series standard by playing eight games before finally succumbing to Rice in the third and deciding contest of the inaugural CWS Championship Series. Stanford s 13 postseason games the last 10 of which were televised live by ESPN were also a school record, as were its 10 postseason victories. Year Record Pac-10 (Place) Postseason Year Record Pac-10 (Place) Postseason 1977 43-23 (.652) 5-13 (3rd-T)* 1995 40-25 (.615) 20-10 (2nd)^ T5th CWS 1978 35-20-1 (.634) 6-12 (3rd-T)* 1996 41-19 (.683) 19-11 (2nd)^ West Regional 1979 35-23 (.603) 13-17 (5th-T)^ 1997 45-20 (.692) 21-9 (1st)^ T3rd CWS 1980 29-24 (.547) 13-17 (5th)^ 1998 42-14-1 (.746) 22-8 (1st)^ West Regional 1981 43-22 (.662) 16-14 (2nd)^ Central Regional 1999 50-15 (.769) 19-5 (1st) T3rd CWS 1982 49-18-1 (.728) 20-10 (2nd)^ T5th CWS 2000 50-16 (.758) 17-7 (1st-T) 2nd CWS 1983 41-17-1 (.707) 20-10 (1st)^ T5th CWS 2001 51-17 (.750) 17-7 (2nd) 2nd CWS 1984 38-26-1 (.582) 18-12 (1st-T)^ West II Regional 2002 47-18 (.723) 16-8 (2nd) T3rd CWS 1985 47-15 (.758) 23-7 (1st)^ T5th CWS 2003 51-18 (.739) 18-6 (1st) 2nd CWS 1986 38-23 (.623) 18-12 (2nd-T)^ Midwest Regional 2004 46-14 (.767) 16-8 (1st) NCAA Regional 1987 53-17 (.757) 21-9 (1st)^ NCAA Champions 2005 34-25 (.576) 12-12 (6th-T) NCAA Regional 1988 46-23 (.667) 18-12 (2nd)^ NCAA Champions 2006 33-27 (.550) 11-13 (5th-T) NCAA Super Regional 1989 30-28 (.517) 12-18 (4th)^ 2007 28-28 (.500) 9-15 (8th) 1990 59-12 (.831) 24-6 (1st)^ T3rd CWS 2008 41-24-2 (.627) 14-10 (2nd) T3rd CWS 1991 39-23 (.629) 18-12 (2nd)^ West II Regional Totals 1326-669-7 (.664) 524-352 (.598) 12 Conference Titles 1992 39-23 (.629) 17-13 (2nd)^ South II Regional 2 CWS Titles 7 Super Regional Appearances (6 Titles) 1993 27-28 (.491) 10-20 (6th)^ 14 CWS Appearances 25 Regional Appearances (15 Titles) 1994 36-24 (.600) 21-9 (1st)^ Central Regional *Pacific-8 ^Pac-10 Southern Division INTRODUCTION 2009 SEASON OUTLOOK COACHING STAFF 2009 PLAYER PROFILES GRADUATED/DRAFTED 2008 SEASON REVIEW 2009 OPPONENTS BASEBALL HISTORY STANFORD PROFESSIONALS STANFORD UNIVERSITY WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM 37
Mark Marquess File Overall Record 1,326-669-7 (.664, 32 seasons) Record At Stanford Same Pac-10 Record 524-352 (.598) Postseason Record 120-55 (.686, 25 appearances) NCAA Regionals 72-26 (.735, 25 Appearances, 15 titles) NCAA Super Regionals 12-4 (.750, 7 Appearances, 6 titles) College World Series 36-25 (.590, 14 appearances, 2 titles) Collegiate Coaching Career Stanford Head Coach (1977-present) Stanford Assistant Coach (1972-76) 2 College World Series Titles (1987, 88) 5 College World Series Championship Appearances (1987, 88, 2000, 01, 03) 14 College World Series Appearances (1982, 83, 85, 87, 88, 90, 95, 97, 99, 2000, 01, 02, 03, 08) 6 NCAA Super Regional Titles (1999, 2000, 01, 02, 03, 08) 7 NCAA Super Regional Appearances (1999, 2000, 01, 02, 03, 06, 08) 15 NCAA Regional Titles (1982, 83, 85, 87, 88, 90, 95, 97, 99, 2000, 01, 02, 03, 06, 08) 25 NCAA Regional Appearances (1981, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08) 12 Pac-10 Titles (1983, 84, 85, 87, 90, 94, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 03, 04 First 8 Southern Division) 3-Time NCAA Coach Of The Year (1985, 87, 88) 9-Time Pac-10 Coach Of The Year (1983, 85, 87, 90, 94, 97, 98, 99, 2003 First 7 Southern Division) ABCA West Region Coach Of The Year (2001) 1,000th Career Win (February 9, 2001) 1,100th Career Win (February 17, 2003) 1,200th Career Win (March 5, 2005 1,300th Career Win (April 6, 2008) 100th Career Postseason Win (June 7, 2003) International Coaching Career USA Baseball Olympic Head Coach (1988) USA Baseball Head Coach (1981, 87, 88) USA Baseball Assistant Coach (1984) Gold Medal (1988 Seoul Olympics) Gold Medal (1981 Intercontinental Cup) Gold Medal (1981 World Games) Silver Medal (1987 Intercontinental Cup) International Coach of the Year (1988) Collegiate Playing Career First-Team All-American (1967) Second-Team All-American (1968) Two-Time All-Pac-8 (1967, 68) Stanford First Baseman (1967-69) Stanford Football (1966-68) International Playing Career Gold Medal (1967 USA Pan American Games) Professional Playing Career Chicago White Sox Organization (1969-73) Other Activities President, USA Baseball (1989-98) College Education Bachelor s Degree, Political Science, Stanford (1969) Master s Degree, Political Science, San Jose State (1976) Personal Born March 24, 1947 Wife Susan Children Bridget Dunnington, Anne Lohman, Maureen Marquess Grandchildren Ella Dunnington, Reagan and Gan Dunnington (twins), Wyatt Lohman In addition, the Cardinal won its first outright Pac-10 title since 1999, finished with a 51-18 overall record to rank tied for third on the school s single-season victory list and became the fourth Stanford team to reach the 50-win mark in five years. In 2002, Stanford reached a bracket final to finish tied for third at the College World Series and posted a 47-18 overall record. The Cardinal swept its first six postseason contests and won a total of seven playoff games, but a pair of CWS losses to eventual national champion Texas ended its season. Marquess club entered the year as the nation s consensus No. 1 team and stayed on top of the Baseball America poll until April 1, but a mini-slide in late April relegated the Cardinal to second place in the Pac-10. Marquess guided a young and inexperienced 2001 Stanford team with no seniors on its roster to a third straight College World Series appearance, reaching Omaha after winning a total of four elimination games in NCAA Regional and Super Regional play. Stanford ended up reaching the championship game at the CWS for the second straight year, before falling to Miami. The Cardinal recorded its third straight 50-win campaign, finishing 51-17 as Marquess garnered ABCA West Region Coach of the Year honors. In 2000, Marquess and one of his most experienced, and arguably best, Cardinal teams was within six outs of Stanford s third CWS title, holding a 5-2 lead over LSU into the bottom of the eighth inning of the championship game. However, the Tigers scored four times over the final two innings for a 6-5 win. Still, Marquess club finished the season with a 50-16 record to give Stanford back-toback 50-win seasons for the first time in school history. The Cardinal also shared the Pac-10 regular season championship with Arizona State and UCLA, after beating the Bruins in each of the final two regular season games. Marquess 1999 club finished tied for third at the College World Series and won a Southern Division Pac-10 title. The team went on an incredible run toward the end of the season, winning 23 of 24 games including its first seven contests of the postseason. Back-to-back losses to Florida State in a CWS bracket final eventually ended the Cardinal s campaign at 50-15, marking only the third time in school history and the first since 1990 that a Stanford squad had reached the 50-win mark. The Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Directorship of Baseball This Directorship was established in 1987 with a gift from Clarke A. Nelson and his late wife Elizabeth S. Nelson, both Stanford alumni. Mr. Nelson received his BA in History in 1954. While at Stanford, he earned a Block S letter in baseball. Mrs. Nelson attended Stanford from 1951 to 1953. Clarke Nelson earned an MBA from Harvard and was a senior executive of the Carnation Company for many years. He is currently President of the Teton Pines Country Club in Jackson, Wyoming. Mark Marquess is a three-time NCAA Coach of the Year and has been named Pac-10 Coach of the Year on nine occasions. His 1998 team spent a college baseball record 15 straight weeks atop the Baseball America poll and beat eventual national champion USC by a single game to win the Pac-10 Southern Division title before being upset in NCAA Regional action. Pitcher Jeff Austin, who is in his second season as an assistant coach at Stanford in 2009, became Stanford s third National Player of the Year winner. The 1997 club finished tied for third at the College World Series, losing to eventual champion LSU in a bracket final. Marquess team captured a Pac-10 Southern Division title with a 21-9 conference mark en route to a 45-20 overall record. Marquess returned the Cardinal to Omaha in 1995 after a four-year absence from college baseball s promised land, while his 40-25 club started a school-record streak of 10 consecutive 40-win seasons. Stanford tied for fifth at the CWS and took second in the Pac-10. Mark Marquess is in his 33rd season at the helm of one of the most admired and respected baseball programs in the country in 2009. The Cardinal saved its best baseball for conference play in 1994, when Marquess guided his team to a Pac-10 Southern Division crown. Stanford finished 21-9 against the Pac-10 Southern Division (Six-Pac) to qualify for a NCAA Regional, despite a 15-15 record outside of conference play that left the Cardinal with a 36-24 overall mark. Marquess led a potent 1990 Cardinal club to a school record for wins, as Stanford finished 59-12. After capturing the Pac-10 Southern Division title, Stanford swept through the NCAA West I Regional in four games and eventually tied for third at the College World Series. Marquess guided Stanford to a 47-15 overall record, won the Pac-10 Southern Division title and finished in a tie for fifth place at the College World Series in 1985. The Cardinal ended the regular season as the nation s top-ranked team in the ESPN/Collegiate Baseball national poll. During the season, Marquess became the winningest coach in Stanford Baseball history, surpassing the 326 victories of his predecessor Ray Young (1968-76). His 1983 and 1984 teams gave Marquess his first two Pac-10 Southern Division crowns, with the 1983 squad also becoming his second consecutive College World Series club. Marquess took his first group to Omaha in 1982, when the Cardinal came within one victory of becoming the first team in school history to reach the 50-win mark. Stanford finished the campaign with a 49-18-1 overall record, while its College World Series appearance was the program s first since 1967 when Marquess himself was a first-team All-America first baseman. Marquess has also been a well-known coach on the international level. In 1988, he won International Coach of the Year honors after leading the United States Olympic team to a gold medal that year at the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Marquess guided his club to a 4-1 38 WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM
record, defeating Japan, 5-3, on September 28 to capture the first gold medal in baseball for the United States. Prior to arriving in Seoul, Marquess led the national team to the silver medal at the 15th World Amateur Baseball Championships in Italy. The Americans posted an 11-2 mark in the tourney, losing both games to gold medalist Cuba in the bottom of the ninth inning. For the summer, the USA squad posted a 42-11 overall record. As head coach of the USA national team, Marquess skippered the club to a silver medal at the 1987 Intercontinental Cup Tournament in Cuba. In the summer of 1984, he served as an assistant coach on the USA squad that competed at the World Amateur Championships that were also played in Cuba. As head coach of USA Baseball in 1981, Marquess guided the U.S. collegiate team to a gold medal at the World Games in Santa Clara. Following that accomplishment, he led the club to the gold medal at the Intercontinental Cup in Edmonton, Canada. His squad edged Cuba, 5-4, in the finals to mark the first time since 1970 that the United States had beaten the Cubans in international competition. In addition, Marquess became the only person ever to post victories over the Cuban team as both a player and a coach. From 1989-98, Marquess served as President of USA Baseball, an organization that handles all aspects of amateur baseball from the youth level through the college-aged player and the Olympic squad. Marquess success as a coach can be traced to his days as a player. A three-year starter at first base for Stanford (1967-69), he earned first-team All-America honors in 1967 and garnered second-team All-America recognition in 1968. He was also named first-team All-Pac-8 and All- District-8 both seasons. Marquess name is still etched in the school s record book, as his.404 batting average in 1967 is fifth all-time on the school s single-season list and his 15 career triples are tied for fifth. In addition, Marquess is one of only 10 to have both played in and coached at the College World Series, and he also competed on the 1967 USA Pan American Games team that captured the gold medal. A member of the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, he is one of 34 members of the Stanford Baseball family to have a place in the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. One of the greatest two-sport athletes ever on The Farm, he complimented his collegiate baseball career with three seasons on the Stanford football Alabama 2 1 0 Appalachian State 1 0 0 Arizona 95 57 0 Arizona State 79 73 0 Arkansas 3 1 0 Auburn 2 0 0 Baylor 0 1 0 Boise State 1 0 0 BYU 2 1 0 California 127 64 1 Cal Poly 28 2 0 Cal Poly Pomona 1 0 0 Cal State Dominguez Hills 0 1 0 Cal State Fullerton 53 38 0 Cal State Hayward 13 0 1 Cal State Los Angeles 8 0 0 Cal State Northridge 1 1 0 Campbell 1 0 0 Chico State 3 1 0 Clemson 2 0 0 Florida State 9 9 0 Fordham 1 0 0 Fresno State 55 31 0 Georgia 3 4 0 Georgia Southern 1 0 0 Mark Marquess and members of his family pose for a photograph prior to a game during the 2006 season. squad as a quarterback, split end, defensive back and punt returner. After graduation, Marquess signed with the Chicago White Sox organization in 1969 and spent four seasons as a professional baseball player before getting a taste of coaching as a player/coach with the Des Moines (Iowa) Triple-A team in 1973. He was also an assistant coach on the Boulder Collegians squad that captured the 1975 National Semi-Pro championship. The following year, his Boulder team placed third at the national tourney. Prior to his appointment as head coach at Stanford in 1977, Marquess spent five seasons (1972-76) as an assistant under Ray Young. Marquess now officially serves as the Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball at Stanford. The Nelsons, through a large gift to the baseball program, endowed the position in 1987. His success in the dugout and on the field has led to some other exciting and noteworthy experiences. Marquess made his broadcasting debut for CBS during the network s coverage of the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis. After winning the College World Series and Olympic gold medal in 1988, he was asked to throw Marquess vs. Opponents Opponent W L T Opponent W L T Opponent W L T Opponent W L T Gonzaga 1 1 0 Hawaii 15 10 1 Humboldt State 3 0 0 Illinois-Chicago 1 0 0 James Madison 1 0 0 Kansas 10 2 0 Kentucky 2 0 0 Lamar 3 1 0 Lewis & Clark 1 0 0 Long Beach State 6 3 0 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 0 0 Loyola Marymount 5 1 0 LSU 1 3 0 Maine 0 3 0 Marist 2 0 0 Miami (Fla.) 3 5 0 Michigan 0 1 0 Middle Tennessee State 1 0 0 Minnesota 3 1 0 Mississippi State 2 0 0 Nebraska 6 2 0 Nevada 18 8 0 North Carolina 1 0 0 North Carolina State 2 0 0 Northeastern 1 0 0 Notre Dame 3 0 0 Oklahoma 1 1 0 Oklahoma State 1 4 0 Oral Roberts 1 2 0 Oregon 2 0 0 Oregon Coll. of Education 2 0 0 Oregon State 24 15 0 Pacific 34 6 1 Penn State 1 0 0 Pepperdine 17 5 0 Rice 4 2 0 Richmond 1 0 0 Rutgers 1 0 0 Sacramento State 22 13 0 Saint Mary s 45 8 1 San Diego 0 1 0 San Diego State 5 0 0 San Francisco 51 9 0 San Francisco State 17 1 0 San Jose State 59 22 0 Santa Clara 92 33 1 Sonoma State 3 0 0 South Carolina 5 1 0 St. John s 1 1 0 Stanislaus State 9 0 0 out the first pitch before Game 4 of the 1988 World Series on October 19 at the Oakland Coliseum. Later, President Ronald Reagan honored Marquess and the Olympic championship squad at a White House reception. He also served as a color commentator for the baseball venue during NBC s coverage at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. In 2001, Marquess and the Cardinal played in the opening game at the College World Series in which President George W. Bush threw out the first pitch. Marquess earned his bachelor s degree in political science from Stanford in 1969. He completed his master s degree in political science at San Jose State in 1976. Marquess and his wife, Susan, reside in Mountain View. They have three daughters Bridget Dunnington, Anne Lohman and Maureen Marquess. Bridget and her husband, Gan, have a six-year old daughter, Ella, and twoyear-old twins, Reagan and Gan. Anne and her husband, Chris, have a fourth-year-old son, Wyatt. Both families make their home in Los Altos. Maureen lives and works in New York City. Stetson 1 0 0 TCU 1 1 0 Tennessee 0 1 0 Texas 23 20 1 Texas A&M 1 0 0 Texas-San Antonio 1 0 0 Texas Tech 2 1 0 Tulane 2 1 0 UC Davis 24 8 0 UC Irvine 2 0 0 UC Riverside 4 0 0 UC Santa Barbara 15 12 0 UCLA 98 65 0 UNLV 3 4 0 USC 109 84 0 U.S. International 0 1 0 Valdosta State 1 0 0 Washington 28 13 0 Washington State 27 6 0 Western Carolina 0 1 0 Wichita State 1 0 0 Wisconsin 1 0 0 Wyoming 1 0 0 Totals 1,326 669 7 INTRODUCTION 2009 SEASON OUTLOOK COACHING STAFF 2009 PLAYER PROFILES GRADUATED/DRAFTED 2008 SEASON REVIEW 2009 OPPONENTS BASEBALL HISTORY STANFORD PROFESSIONALS STANFORD UNIVERSITY WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM 39
32 Dean STOTZ ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Stanford (1975) 33rd Season Pronunciation: STAHTZ Coaching Staff One of the nation s top recruiters and talent evaluators throughout his career, Dean Stotz continues his long run at Stanford in 2009. Stotz enters his 33rd season as the right-hand man for head coach Mark Marquess and 10th as the program s associate head coach. Long considered among the nation s best coaches, Stotz has been instrumental to the success of a program that has enjoyed tremendous success during his stay on The Farm including a pair of College World Series titles, three CWS runner-up showings, 14 appearances in Omaha, six NCAA Super Regional triumphs, 15 NCAA Regional titles, 12 conference crowns, 25 postseason appearances and 1,326 overall victories. Stotz has been involved in all phases of coaching in his expansive role on the staff. He currently serves as the team s primary hitting instructor and third base coach, while also handling various offensive and defensive aspects of the game. A hallmark of our program has been the consistency of our coaching staff, said Marquess. I am very fortunate and Stanford is very fortunate to have had Dean for so many years. He is one of the top coaches in the country, and he has been invaluable to our program s success. I don t know of any other college baseball programs that have been able to have their head coach and top assistant together for as long as we have had here at Stanford. Dean does a great job in all aspects, Marquess continued. He is very knowledgeable, and can coach all phases of the game which he has. He has a vast range of talent, and great baseball instincts. He has also helped keep our program at the top due to his tremendous recruiting. It is no surprise that the Cardinal has become an offensive powerhouse since Stotz moved back to his current role as the team s primary hitting coach in 1997. After falling under the.300 mark in three of the four years that Stotz moved to the mound to work with the team s pitchers from 1993-96, the club has hit at least.305 in nine of the first 12 seasons (1997-2004, 2007) that he has returned to his role of instructing Cardinal hitters. Stanford has also recorded four of its top five team batting averages in school history during the span. In his first year back as the hitting coach, Stanford s bats responded with a.334 mark that is second all-time on The Farm and just three percentage points shy of the.337 school record posted by the 1981 club. Stanford put up the third-best mark in school history in 2004, finishing with a.324 batting average after flirting with the school record for much of the campaign. Stanford has also tallied four of the school s top-10 single-season run totals over the last12 campaigns, including a school-record 582 in 1997. The Cardinal offense also crossed the plate 516 times in 2000 to rank eighth, while placing ninth with 511 runs in 2003 and 10th with 507 runs in 2002. Under Stotz recent watch, Cardinal offenses have also recorded five of the school s top-10 single-season hit totals (including a record 802 in 1997), seven of the top doubles campaigns, and six years where the club s total bases ranked among Stanford s 10 best outputs. Long a hallmark of Stotz hitters, the 2008 Cardinal were exceptional in the clutch, boasting a.340 average with runners in scoring position. Stanford pounded out at least 10 hits in 40 of the team s 67 games en route to a.299 average, while the College World Series club lifted that mark to.301 over 11 postseason contests. Stanford has also increased its long ball totals under Stotz guidance. The 1997 team hit 102 home runs to become the first club in school history to break the 100-home run mark, while the 2004 squad belted 96 roundtrippers for the second-highest total in Stanford annals. Stotz has recently helped develop hitters such as 2008 American League MVP candidate Carlos Quentin, along with current major leaguers Chris Carter, Sam Fuld, Ryan Garko, Jody Gerut and Jed Lowrie. Four of his protégés were selected in the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft, while Jason Castro became the 10th overall selection after his batting average jumped 209 points and his home run total increased by 13 over the previous season. Likewise, he helped develop Sean Ratliff into the Pac-10 s co-home run leader and a fourth round draft pick, while Cord Phelps was selected in the third round after hitting.353 with his first 13 collegiate homers. Stotz was also effective during a four-year stint as the team s pitching coach, while still maintaining other responsibilities with baserunning and catchers. In just his second season working with the team s pitchers in 1994, his staff posted a 3.74 ERA that was the best effort by a Cardinal group since 1977 (3.44). In 1995, the pitching corps produced a 4.08 team ERA while leading Stanford to a tie for fifth at the College World Series. In nine postseason contests in 1995, the Cardinal staff tossed five complete games, posted a 3.46 ERA and struck out 58 batters while walking just 14. In 1996, Stotz led a young staff to an even better 3.68 ERA and helped develop one of the top starting rotations in the nation in Kyle Peterson, Chad Hutchinson and Jeff Austin, all of whom went on to play Major League Baseball. In 1990, with Stotz heading up the team s defensive efforts, the Cardinal set a thenschool record by posting an impressive.972 fielding percentage, committing only 77 errors in the 71-game season. In addition to his fine work on the diamond, Stotz is also known throughout the nation for his consistent top-notch recruiting efforts, which often rank among the best in the land. Under his guidance, Stanford s 1987 and 1988 recruiting classes were named the best in the nation by Collegiate Baseball. Stotz efforts ranked in the top-five in the nation for five straight years (1989-93), while four of his last eight classes have been ranked in the top-10 by Baseball America. Dean is undoubtedly one of the top recruiters in the country, emphasized Marquess. He has an uncanny knack of being able to project how someone will play at the collegiate level. He is as good as it gets when it comes to evaluating talent. Stotz also has a key role in Stanford s long-running and successful baseball camps held each summer, including the program s All Star Camp that annually attracts some of the top high school baseball talent in the country. In addition, he has produced several videos that teach the finer points of the game. He was honored for all of his hard work and success when he was named the first recipient of the ABCA/ Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year Award in 1999. I have been blessed to have one of the greatest jobs in the world, said Stotz. I am fortunate to work with student-athletes who are not only motivated on the baseball field but also in the classroom. It gives me tremendous satisfaction to know that when the careers of our baseball players end on the field that they will have a great education to fall back upon. A 1975 graduate of Stanford with a Bachelor s degree in Economics, Stotz began his coaching career as an assistant at Cosumnes Junior College in 1976 after playing two years of collegiate baseball (1974 and 1975) at Stanford and two at Sacramento City College (1972 and 1973). Stotz was also a standout pitcher/first baseman for the Sacramento Airport Little League team that captured the Western USA title and competed in the Senior League World Series Championship in Gary, Indiana. Stotz and his wife, Kathy, reside in Palo Alto and have five children: Michael, John Robert, Tricia, Emma and Chipper. 40 WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM
10 Dave NAKAMA ASSISTANT COACH Willamette (1984) 10th Season Pronunciation: nuh-comma Regarded among the nation s finest assistant coaches and a reason why Stanford continues to develop some of the top players in collegiate baseball, Dave Nakama is in his 10th season and second stint on The Farm in 2009. Working primarily with Stanford s infielders and hitters while serving as the Cardinal first base coach during the season, Nakama also plays a primary role in the program s highly respected recruiting efforts. His nationwide evaluations have helped the Cardinal land recruiting classes that have ranked in Baseball America s top-10 during four of the last eight years. Nakama, who previously was on the Cardinal staff from 1997-98, returned to The Farm in 2002 after spending three seasons as the head coach at San Francisco State (1999-2001). In his nine campaigns overall with the Cardinal, he has helped lead Stanford to four College World Series appearances, three NCAA Super Regional titles, five NCAA Regional crowns, four Pac-10 championships and a 367-188-3 (.660) overall record. Dave Nakama is a great coach, commented Stanford head coach Mark Marquess. He is dedicated to the kids and our program, and he is extremely knowledgeable. There is no part of the game he can t coach, and he has the respect of our players. We are very fortunate to have someone of Dave s caliber on our staff. Along with tutoring the club s infielders and hitters, Nakama focuses much of his efforts on developing Stanford s younger players. His guidance continued to play dividends in 2008, as Stanford s College World Series infield featured a pair of freshmen on the left side (third baseman Zach Jones and shortstop Jake Schlander), a MLB draft choice at second (Cord Phelps), and an honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection at first (Brent Milleville). Schlander became the first shortstop in Stanford history to start each game as a freshman, while Phelps.351 batting average and.975 fielding percentage vaulted him into the third round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft. Nakama has also helped with the recent development of Chris Minaker, who blossomed into a third-team All-American and All-Pac-10 selection during his 2006 senior year. Some of Nakama s other pupils include Jed Lowrie (a two-time All-American and the 2004 Pac-10 Player of the Year) and John Mayberry, Jr. (a first round pick in the 2005 MLB First-Year Player Draft). Lowrie held down the starting shortstop duties during the final months of his 2008 rookie season with the Boston Red Sox, while Minaker (Seattle Mariners) and Mayberry (Texas Rangers) continue to climb the ladder in their respective organizations. Since Nakama s return to the Cardinal in 2002, Stanford has posted each of the top five single-season fielding percentages in school history, including a record.977 mark in 2005. That club also set the school standard with a mere 51 errors in 59 games. Under Nakama s guidance, Stanford has ranked among the top-10 of NCAA Division I fielding in four of the last seven campaigns. The Cardinal s.975 fielding percentage in 2008 was the third-best ever on The Farm, led the Pac-10 and ranked ninth nationally. Stanford s offense has also done well with Nakama assisting with the instruction. The club posted its second-best offensive campaign in history during his first season in 1997 with a.334 batting average, and has hit.305 or better in six of his nine years overall. Dave is one of the very best infield coaches in college baseball, as well as a good teacher of hitting and the offensive game, explained Marquess. His work ethic and coaching abilities have played a big role in our success. It is a privilege and honor to be on the baseball coaching staff at Stanford, said Nakama. To work at a prestigious place like Stanford and for a college baseball coaching icon like Mark Marquess is an opportunity that I am very thankful for. I greatly appreciate what Mark Marquess has done for my coaching career and family. It has been a great atmosphere to raise two boys. Stanford Baseball is one of the best programs in the country, and the experiences and players that I have been associated with have made it an amazing ride. Prior to his first tenure at Stanford, Nakama spent five seasons as the head coach at Mission Junior College (1992-96) and led his squad to the California State Tournament in each of his final two campaigns. He was named the 1996 Coast Conference Coach of the Year. Nakama also served as an assistant at Northern Colorado (1984-86), Iowa (1986-88), Yavapai College (1988-90) and DeAnza College (1990-91) before his first head coaching job. In the summers of 2000 and 2001, the Honolulu native was the skipper of the Hawaii Island-Movers summer baseball squad after serving as the team s associate head coach from 1994-96. Nakama earned a Bachelor s degree in Physical Education at Willamette in 1984 before picking up a Master s degree in Physical Education from Northern Colorado in 1986. He has three children Samantha, a former student administrative assistant with the Arizona State baseball program and current intern in the Kansas athletic department, Kirk and former Cardinal batboy Brodie. INTRODUCTION 2009 SEASON OUTLOOK COACHING STAFF 2009 PLAYER PROFILES GRADUATED/DRAFTED 2008 SEASON REVIEW 2009 OPPONENTS BASEBALL HISTORY STANFORD PROFESSIONALS STANFORD UNIVERSITY WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM 41
8 Jeff AUSTIN ASSISTANT COACH Stanford (1999) 2nd Season Coaching Staff Jeff Austin, who was the 1998 National Collegiate Player of the Year during a storied career at Stanford, returns for his second on the staff of his alma mater in 2009. Once again, the former Major League hurler will be charged with tutoring the Cardinal pitchers. Having Jeff back at Stanford has been tremendous for both parties, said Cardinal head coach Mark Marquess. He is an outstanding coach, he has a great personality, and has a great appreciation for both Stanford and college baseball. Our pitchers love working with him he has instant credibility, having pitched at both the college and professional levels. Austin was instrumental in the development of a Stanford pitching staff that ranked third in the Pac-10 with a 4.45 ERA in 2008. Two of his charges were named first-team All-Pac-10 (Erik Davis and Drew Storen) and two earned honorable mention all-conference accolades (Jeremy Bleich, Jeffrey Inman and Austin Yount), while Storen was tabbed a freshman All-American. Bleich, Davis and Yount were all selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft, topped by Bleich s selection during the Compensation A round. Despite losing Bleich for much of conference play due to injury, and through the adjustment of Storen from a high school starter into a collegiate closer, Austin guided a staff that posted the Pac-10 s second-best ERA during conference play at 4.47. Stanford pitchers were at their best when it mattered most, with a 3.95 ERA during 11 postseason contests. Jeff had a tremendous impact on our pitching staff last year, commented Marquess. We don t go anywhere without the pitching, and we went to the College World Series; Jeff deserves a lot of credit for that. There were a lot of obstacles in the way to be successful, and Jeff had a lot to do with our guys overcoming that and having career years. Prior to returning to The Farm in 2008, Austin had previously donned the Stanford uniform as a player from 1996-98 during a fantastic three-year collegiate career that was capped when he was named the National Collegiate Player of the Year by Baseball America and a first-team All-American in 1998. He was also the Pac-10 Southern Division Pitcher of the Year that same season, as well as a first-team All-Pac-10 Southern Division pick and a nominee for both the Golden Spikes and Rotary Smith awards presented annually to the top player in collegiate baseball. Austin was 12-4 with a 3.11 ERA during his banner 1998 junior campaign, striking out 136 batters (tied for seventh on Stanford s all-time single-season list) in 133.0 innings of work. He appeared as a starter in all 18 of his games and completed eight. Austin also had solid freshman and sophomore seasons on The Farm in 1996 and 1997. He began his Stanford career by going 6-4 with a 3.81 ERA and one save in his 1996 rookie collegiate season to earn Freshman All-American honors from Collegiate Baseball. He pitched in 16 contests (15 starts) and recorded one complete game, while striking out 88 batters in 89.2 frames. It is very special for me to be back at Stanford, Austin said. Stanford is near and dear to my heart. It is a pleasure and an honor to be associated with Stanford in any way, and it has been a dream come true to wear the uniform again. Austin was used as both a reliever and starter during his sophomore season in 1997, when he posted a 5-2 record and a 4.14 ERA with four saves. Austin made starts in eight of his 25 appearances and struck out 93 batters in 87.0 innings. He finished his Stanford career with a 23-10 all-time record, a 3.60 ERA and five saves. Austin s 317 career strikeouts in 309.2 innings pitched still ranks sixth all-time on The Farm. Austin was the fourth overall selection by the Kansas City Royals in the first round of the 1998 MLB First-Year Player Draft. He was called up to the big leagues by Kansas City for the first time on June 26, 2001, and pitched in the majors for portions of the next three seasons. He also pitched for the Royals in 2002 before being traded to Cincinnati prior to the 2003 campaign. Austin won his first MLB game for the Reds and posted a 2-3 record with an 8.58 ERA before shoulder surgery ended his 2003 season. Austin never made it back to the big leagues, finishing his MLB career with a 2-3 record, 6.75 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 65.1 innings over 38 games (seven starts). He pitched in the minors and independent baseball in 2004 and 2005 before retiring from the sport on July 4, 2005. Austin has a Bachelor s degree in English from Stanford. He and his wife, Courtney, live in Redwood City. Jeff Austin was the 1998 National Collegiate Player of the Year and later pitched in the Major Leagues for the Kansas City Royals and Cincinnati Reds. 42 WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM