Mark Marquess : Interview for the Stanford Athletics Oral History Project
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Mark Marquess, who was the head coach of Stanford’s baseball team from 1977 to 2017, speaks about growing up in Stockton, California, and playing both football and baseball at Stanford as an undergraduate. He shares memories of coaches John Ralston, Dick Vermeil, Dutch Fehring, and Ray Young, and reflects on his career in minor league baseball and the differences between playing collegiate and professional baseball. Marquess describes his journey to becoming first an assistant coach and then the head coach at Stanford, his working relationship with assistant coach Dean Stotz, and the recruiting and admissions process for student athletes. He emphasizes the role of college coaches as teachers, recalling how he encouraged students go to class and get their degrees above all else.
Description
| Type of resource | moving image, text |
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| Extent | 2 video files; 1 text file |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
| Date created | August 16, 2021 - August 26, 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
| Interviewee | Marquess, Mark | |
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| Creator | Marquess, Mark | |
| Interviewer | Porras, Jerry I. | |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
| Subject | Stanford University |
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| Subject | Stanford University. Department of Athletics |
| Subject | Baseball coaches |
| Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
| Biographical Profile | One of the premier coaches in college baseball history, Mark Marquess finished his forty-one-year career at Stanford in 2017 as the Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball. A member of the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame, he finished as the fourth-winningest coach in Division I history with a career record of 1,627-878-7 (.649). A three-time NCAA Coach of the Year recipient and nine-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year honoree, Marquess guided his Stanford clubs to 230 NCAA Tournament appearances, two College World Series championships (1987 and 1988), six NCAA Super Regional titles, sixteen NCAA Regional crowns, and twelve Pac-10 regular season championships. Another testament to his achievement is the fact that fifty-two of the sixty players that reached the majors under Marquess have earned their degrees. In 1988, he led the United States Olympic team to a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. During his own college days, Marquess was one of the greatest two-sports athletes ever on The Farm. A three-year starter at first base for Stanford (1967-69), he earned first-team All-America honors in 1967 and garnered second-team All-America recognition in 1968. He also played three seasons on the Stanford football squad as a quarterback, split end, defensive back, and punt returner. After graduation, Marquess signed with the Chicago White Sox organization in 1969 and spent four seasons as a professional baseball player. He was an assistant coach for the Boulder Collegians and spent five seasons (1972-76) as an assistant under Ray Young at Stanford before assuming the head coach position in 1977. Marquess earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Stanford in 1969. He completed his master’s degree in political science at San Jose State in 1976. Since his retirement from Stanford, he has served as the Special Assistant to the Director of Athletics at Santa Clara University in a role where he mentors coaches in a variety of sports. |
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| Transcript |
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| Finding Aid | |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/kk742wt1722 |
| Location | SC0932 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Collection
Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022
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