Record-setting Carlmont softball coach dies
Record-setting Carlmont softball coach dies
Mr. Liggett, who retired last season after a state-record 1,009 victories and eight Central Coast Section titles, died Sunday night from complications related to ALS.
“There will never be anyone like him,” said Marco Giuliacci, who was an assistant coach for three years with Mr. Liggett, succeeded him this season and whose two daughters played for him.
A former Triple-A outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles, Mr. Liggett originally dreaded the thought of coaching underhand pitching and slap hitting.
“To be honest, I don’t miss the three-hour baseball games,” Mr. Liggett said in a 2003 interview.
No other softball coach in California has more than 732 wins.
“The reason coach Liggett had so much success is because he has a way of bringing out the best in his players,” Chinn told Prep2Prep writer Harold Abend at that milestone game.
Giuliacci, who wasn’t aware of the when ALS diagnosis was made, said Mr. Liggett had had trouble getting around while coaching the last couple years.
MaxPreps.com senior writer Mitch Stephens covers high school sports for The San Francisco Chronicle.