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Yale's John Stuper Joins NCAA.com Baseball Chat
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Courtesy of NCAAsports.com
Photo Credit: Yale
The NCAA.com Baseball Chat Series continues on Thursday, May 14 with our special guest, Yale coach John Stuper.
Coach Stuper is the third of four current college coaches joining us this season, and all four have one thing in common - they were all major league players before entering the college coaching ranks.
Now in his 17th season as the Mazzuto Family Head Coach of Baseball, John Stuper is now first on Yale's all-time wins list, with 335. Stuper reached the 100-win mark faster than any coach in program history and oversaw the best four-year period (104-68) in Yale baseball history from 1993-96.
The 13th head coach in program history, Stuper has led the Bulldogs to three Red Rolfe Division titles and two Ivy League championships. The 1993 squad, Stuper's first, was his best, winning a school-record 33 games, earning an NCAA Regional appearance, and setting numerous school records, including 160 stolen bases in 44 games. He earned 1993 New England Division I Coach of the Year and Northeast Region Division I Coach of the Year honors. The Bulldogs won the Ivy League championship in each of his first two seasons.
Stuper pitched in the major leagues for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds from 1982-85, appearing in a total of 111 games. He posted a 32-28 overall record with a 3.96 earned run average. His most memorable performance came with the Cardinals in the sixth game of the 1982 World Series. With St. Louis trailing the Milwaukee Brewers, three games to two in the best-of-seven series, the right-hander helped the Cardinals even the series with a 13-1 complete-game, four-hit victory.
The only two-time all-conference baseball and basketball player at Butler County Community College (1976-77), Stuper fashioned a 34-3 collegiate record. He also helped Point Park (Pa.) College to the NAIA World Series in 1978, while earning NAIA All-America honors.
Send in your questions NOW, and come back at on Thursday, May 14 at 4pm, as we ask Coach Stuper your questions.
