University of Massachusetts Amherst
Flanagan attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he played baseball in 1972 and 1973. He earned first team All-Yankee Conference and first team All-New England honors in 1973, after he compiled a 9–1 record with a 1.52 ERA and 91 strikeouts, to lead the team in all three categories. The nine wins and .900 winning percentage also set school single-season records at the time. Flanagan had a career ERA of 1.19 and a career winning percentage of .923 (12–1), which are both still the best marks in school history. He also played in the outfield while at UMass, hitting .320 with six homers and 29 RBIs in 128 career at-bats.
Flanagan also played freshman basketball at UMass, where he crossed paths with Julius Erving. Flanagan said, "I really didn’t know much about Dr. J until I came down on a fast break and pulled up to take a jump shot. Dr. J was nowhere in the area but, out of nowhere, he blocked the shot and nine players were running the other way. First thing I thought? Better work on my slider, because this is a whole different level of play." He received his degree from the UMass School of Education in 1975, and he was inducted into the UMass Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.
He was a pitcher and outfielder for the Falmouth Commodores in the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) during the summer of 1972. He had a 7–1 record and a 2.18 earned run average (ERA), while batting .286 with seven home runs. He was a member of the CCBL's inaugural Hall of Fame class in 2000.
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