Jack Leggett

Jack Leggett (born March 5, 1954) is the head baseball coach for Clemson University. In 17 seasons, he has led the Tigers to 767 wins (an average of 45 per season). The Tigers have reached the NCAA Tournament in 16 of his 17 seasons as head coach, including the College World Series six times.

He was named ACC Coach of the year in 1994, 1995 and 2006. In 1994, his team won 57 games (second most in ACC history behind the record 60 wins set by the 1991 Clemson team). He has a career record of 1144-644-1 (.640), with six conference titles, and 21 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, N.C. He is the only person to be the head coach at both NCAA Division I schools nicknamed the Catamounts (Vermont and Western Carolina).

Leggett was inducted into the Western Carolina University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Vermont Principals Association Hall of Fame in 2009.

The son of longtime University of Vermont swim coach Les Leggett, he grew up in South Burlington, Vermont and was an outstanding three-sport athlete at South Burlington High School helping lead the Rebels to Vermont state titles in baseball and football while shining on the basketball court. He went on to the University of Maine where he earned all-conference honors in both football (defensive back, kickerl) and baseball (infielder) captaining the Black Bears in 1976 when they advanced to the College World Series in Omaha. He still holds the Maine record for the longest field goal, a 52-yarder.

Every summer, Leggett opens a summer baseball camp for kids from ages 11 to 18.