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Say it ain’t so..

by Lynn Little

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Head baseball coach and MSU legend Ron Polk has decided to retire. His retirement will go into effect at the end of the current season.

“It goes without saying that we are most appreciative of the outstanding job Ron Polk has done for Mississippi State baseball,” Templeton said. “His decision does not come as a surprise because we had a conversation about this timeline even before this season started.
“With Ron making his decision public at this time, it will allow our institution to properly put together a process for the selection of our next head baseball coach,” Templeton added.

Polk has won 1,360 games as a college head coach, ranking among the nation’s top 10 all-time winningest coaches. Polk has taken 23 of his previous 34 teams to NCAA regional play, with eight of those making it to the College World Series. Six of those teams were while he was at Mississippi State.

Polk has several honors including being elected to the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame (1985), both the state of Mississippi and the Mississippi State University Sports Hall of Fame (1988), and the Georgia Southern University Hall of Fame (1990).


Posted in Baseball on March 28th, 2008

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