Gary Adams (born September 4, 1939) is an American former college baseball coach, the head baseball coach of the UCLA Bruins from 1975–2004. Adams also served as the first head coach at UC Irvine from 1970–1974, winning two Division II national championships there.[1]
Gary Adams
Biographical details
Born
(1939-09-04) September 4, 1939 (age 84) Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.
2 Division II National Championships (1973, 1974) 1 Division I College World Series Appearance (1997) 11 Division I NCAA tournament Appearances (1979, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004) 5 Division II NCAA tournament Appearances (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974) 3 Pac-8/Pac-10 South Division Titles (1976, 1979, 1986) 1 Pac-10 Title (2000)
Awards
1 Division II Coach of the Year Award (1974) 2 Division II District VIII Coach of the Year Awards (1973, 1974) 1 Pac-10 Coach of the Year Award (2004) 2 Pac-10 South Coach of the Year Awards (1979, 1986)
Adams attended UCLA, where he played baseball from 1959–1962. After his playing career, Adams was an assistant coach at UC Riverside from 1965–1968 before becoming a head coach.[1][2]
Adams was named the first head coach of the Division IIUC Irvine baseball program prior to the 1970 season. Under Adams, the Anteaters reached the Division II NCAA tournament in each of the program's first five seasons. In both 1973 and 1974, the team advanced to the College World Series and won the Division II National Championship.[3][4]
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion
After spending 41 years coaching college baseball, retirement brought on a new set of challenges and opportunities. With five daughters now grown and gone, there has been plenty of time on Gary's hands, and he and his wife, Sandy, have embarked on an exciting new life – publishing books and a new passion, growing high- quality Syrah grapes for wine. Currently, The Adams’ are in their tenth season of producing estate Syrah and third season of Malbec. Adams has five children's books available, as well as the hard cover book, "Conversations With Coach Wooden" a book that brings delightful stories and surprises to the readers about the great coach, great man and even greater friend John Wooden.
Adams has five daughters, Kristy, Kimberly and Katherine (previous marriage); Jessica and Audrey.
Notesedit
Adams has written number of books, including Conversations with Coach Wooden, and children's books, The Ladybug Story, So Flat, So Deep, So Far, and The Little Clock Who Had No Hands.
^ ab. UCLABruins.com. UCLA Sports Information. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^"Baseball: Gary Adams Headed to UCLA Hall of Fame". PE.com. Press-Examiner. 3 November 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^ ab(PDF). 2010 UC Irvine Baseball Media Guide. UC Irvine Sports Information. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
^"All-Time Results" (PDF). NCAA Division II Baseball Record Book. NCAA. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
^ ab(PDF). UCLA Sports Information. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^Manuel, John (2 July 2004). "Savage Takes Over at UCLA". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^. Pac-12 Conference. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
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Gary Adams born September 4 1939 is an American former college baseball coach the head baseball coach of the UCLA Bruins from 1975 2004 Adams also served as the first head coach at UC Irvine from 1970 1974 winning two Division II national championships there 1 Gary AdamsBiographical detailsBorn 1939 09 04 September 4 1939 age 84 Hamilton Ohio U S Alma materUniversity of California Los AngelesPlaying career1959 1962UCLA BruinsPosition s Second baseCoaching career HC unless noted 1965 1968UC Riverside asst 1970 1974UC Irvine1975 2004UCLAHead coaching recordOverall1169 891 12Accomplishments and honorsChampionships2 Division II National Championships 1973 1974 1 Division I College World Series Appearance 1997 11 Division I NCAA tournament Appearances 1979 1986 1987 1990 1992 1993 1996 1997 1999 2000 2004 5 Division II NCAA tournament Appearances 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 3 Pac 8 Pac 10 South Division Titles 1976 1979 1986 1 Pac 10 Title 2000 Awards1 Division II Coach of the Year Award 1974 2 Division II District VIII Coach of the Year Awards 1973 1974 1 Pac 10 Coach of the Year Award 2004 2 Pac 10 South Coach of the Year Awards 1979 1986 Adams attended UCLA where he played baseball from 1959 1962 After his playing career Adams was an assistant coach at UC Riverside from 1965 1968 before becoming a head coach 1 2 Contents 1 Coaching career 2 Head coaching record 3 Writing Wine Making and Family 4 Notes 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksCoaching career editAdams was named the first head coach of the Division II UC Irvine baseball program prior to the 1970 season Under Adams the Anteaters reached the Division II NCAA tournament in each of the program s first five seasons In both 1973 and 1974 the team advanced to the College World Series and won the Division II National Championship 3 4 Adams replaced Art Reichle as the head coach at UCLA following the 1974 season Adams coached at UCLA for 30 seasons appearing in 11 NCAA tournaments and the 1997 College World Series Adams retired following the 2004 season and was replaced by then UC Irvine head coach John Savage 5 6 Adams has coached big league greats such as Eric Karros Todd Zeile Troy Glaus Chase Utley Eric Byrnes and Casey Janssen Head coaching record editStatistics overview Season Team Overall Conference Standing PostseasonIndependent College Division 1970 1973 1970 UC Irvine 33 12 3 NCAA Regional1971 UC Irvine 27 17 1 NCAA Regional1972 UC Irvine 33 19 1 NCAA Regional1973 UC Irvine 44 12 College World SeriesIndependent 1974 1974 1974 UC Irvine 48 8 College World SeriesUC Irvine 185 68 5UCLA Pacific 10 Conference 1975 2004 1975 UCLA 31 22 7 11 3rd South 1976 UCLA 35 25 16 8 1st South Pac 8 Tournament1977 UCLA 31 30 10 8 2nd South 1978 UCLA 39 20 9 9 2nd South 1979 UCLA 43 18 21 9 1st South West Regional1980 UCLA 31 22 3 15 15 t 3rd South 1981 UCLA 21 35 7 23 6th South 1982 UCLA 38 27 11 19 4th South 1983 UCLA 28 24 1 12 18 5th South 1984 UCLA 28 32 8 22 6th South 1985 UCLA 34 30 1 13 17 5th South 1986 UCLA 39 23 21 9 1st South West Regional National Seed 1987 UCLA 40 25 1 16 14 2nd South West II Regional1988 UCLA 31 28 12 18 5th South 1989 UCLA 27 32 10 20 5th South 1990 UCLA 41 26 14 16 4th South Midwest Regional1991 UCLA 29 30 13 17 4th South 1992 UCLA 37 26 14 16 3rd South Mideast Regional1993 UCLA 37 23 17 13 2nd South Central I Regional1994 UCLA 22 36 11 19 5th South 1995 UCLA 29 28 12 8 5th South 1996 UCLA 36 28 16 14 3rd South Central I Regional1997 UCLA 45 21 1 19 11 2nd South College World Series1998 UCLA 24 33 11 19 5th South 1999 UCLA 31 33 13 11 T 3rd Wichita Regional2000 UCLA 38 26 17 7 t 1st Baton Rouge Super Regional2001 UCLA 30 27 9 15 7th2002 UCLA 26 35 9 15 7th2003 UCLA 28 31 11 13 t 5th2004 UCLA 35 29 14 10 t 3rd Oklahoma City RegionalUCLA 984 823 7 388 424Total 1169 891 12 National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion 3 5 7 Writing Wine Making and Family editAfter spending 41 years coaching college baseball retirement brought on a new set of challenges and opportunities With five daughters now grown and gone there has been plenty of time on Gary s hands and he and his wife Sandy have embarked on an exciting new life publishing books and a new passion growing high quality Syrah grapes for wine Currently The Adams are in their tenth season of producing estate Syrah and third season of Malbec Adams has five children s books available as well as the hard cover book Conversations With Coach Wooden a book that brings delightful stories and surprises to the readers about the great coach great man and even greater friend John Wooden Adams has five daughters Kristy Kimberly and Katherine previous marriage Jessica and Audrey Notes editAdams has written number of books including Conversations with Coach Wooden and children s books The Ladybug Story So Flat So Deep So Far and The Little Clock Who Had No Hands See also editList of college baseball coaches with 1 100 winsReferences edit a b 13 Gary Adams UCLABruins com UCLA Sports Information Archived from the original on 29 September 2012 Retrieved 20 December 2012 Baseball Gary Adams Headed to UCLA Hall of Fame PE com Press Examiner 3 November 2011 Archived from the original on 20 December 2012 Retrieved 20 December 2012 a b Anteater in the Draft Year by Year Results PDF 2010 UC Irvine Baseball Media Guide UC Irvine Sports Information Archived from the original PDF on 18 October 2012 Retrieved 14 August 2012 All Time Results PDF NCAA Division II Baseball Record Book NCAA Retrieved 18 December 2012 a b 2011 UCLA Bruins Baseball Media Guide PDF UCLA Sports Information Archived from the original PDF on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 20 December 2012 Manuel John 2 July 2004 Savage Takes Over at UCLA BaseballAmerica com Archived from the original on 20 December 2012 Retrieved 20 December 2012 2012 Pac 12 Conference Baseball Media Guide Pac 12 Conference Archived from the original on 3 January 2013 Retrieved 20 December 2012 External links editGary Adams Books website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gary Adams baseball amp oldid 1199897238, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
