June 22nd 2011 Time: 10:17 PM
We are proud to present Clint Myers as our guest speaker at the
manager's dinner on Tuesday, July 12th.
THE CLINT MYERS BIO
In ASU Softball's now 45-year history, the sport has only had three coaches, and in only six years, Clint Myers has become one of the most successful and prolific coaches to ever grace the title. In his six years at the helm of the program, Myers has done everything a Head Coach can do; from setting ASU and NCAA records to leading the program to its first NCAA title in 2008 with an astonishing 66-5 record which garnered he and his coaching staff 2008 NFCA Coaching Staff of the Year honors. Three seasons later - he did it again taking the 2011 team to the final game of the NCAA Women's College World Series Championship where the beat
Florida 7 - 2. His coaching staff was named the 2011 West Region Coaching Staff of the Year.
A coach at various levels in both softball and baseball, Clint Myers came to Tempe by way of 19 highly successful years at Central Arizona College where he compiled an overall record of 887-235 between both softball and baseball. Prior to coaching the baseball team at CAC from 1996-2005, Myers ran the Vaqueros' softball team, building a record of 481-43 and guiding the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) powerhouse to six national titles, including five in a row (1988-1992), while earning the NJCAA National Coach of the Year honor six times. His teams also captured seven regional titles and nine ACCAC Conference titles.
An inductee into the NJCAA Softball Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Arizona Softball Foundation Hall of Fame in 2001, Myers also was selected as the National Softball Coaches Association (NSCA) regional and National Coach of the Year in 1990, 1991 and 1992. All of Myers' success and honors led up to him taking over the baseball program at the start of the 1996 season. In his 10 seasons with the team, Myers compiled a record of 406-192 with two appearances in the Junior College World Series in Grand Junction, Colo. His 2002 CAC baseball team captured the national title. The NJCAA National Coach of the Year in 2002, Myers' teams won the Western District twice (1999,2002) and finished runner-up three other times (2000, 2001 and 2004). The Vaqueros' also won ACCAC Conference titles on five occasions (1997,
2001-2004) and were crowned NJCAA Region I champions five times as well (1999-02, 2004).
On the field, Myers got his start playing for Lakewood Senior High School and helped his team to the 1970 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Championship. He then headed east and joined the Sun Devils, playing from 1970 through 1973. With the maroon and gold, Myers was a member of the CWS National Runner-up in both 1972 and 1973 before being drafted in the third round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1973. In the Cardinals' organization, Myers played three years at the single, double and triple 'A' designations before jumping into the coaching ranks following the 1975 season.
Myers and his wife Katie (34 years) have two sons, Casey and Corey. Casey played and starred for the Sun Devils winning the Pac-10 Baseball Player of the Year award in both 2000 and 2001. He is also a volunteer assistant to his father in the ASU Softball program. Corey was the 4th overall pick in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft. In fall of 2006, the Myers family was happy to welcome Corey and his wife Caitlin Myers' (ASU grad '04) first child and Coach Myers' first grandchild, Cole Elijah Myers on September 9. In 2008, another Sun Devil joined the Myers' family as Corey and Caitlin welcomed their second son, Christian James on Octoberb 20. "Grandpa Coach" lives by the motto family first always. |
