Elliott Avent (born May 1, 1956) is a

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coach, who is the current head baseball coach of the NC State Wolfpack. He attended

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, but he did not play for the baseball program. In his 25th season of coaching the Wolfpack, Avent has compiled both the most wins and most losses of any head baseball coach in NC State history.

Early life

Avent attended

, and had intentions of playing

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for the Wolfpack, but when he saw the way coach

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treated other players Avent considered better than him, he decided to not try out for the team. Avent left NC State when he was only about 20 credits away from a degree in

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in order to focus on a career as a baseball coach. He started by accepting an assistant coaching job at North Carolina Wesleyan University. He would later finish a degree at

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. In 1993, Avent managed the

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, a

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team in the prestigious

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Head coaching record

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Early life

Head coaching record

See also

References