Wally Kincaid (c. 1926 – November 16, 2015) was a

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. He coached the baseball team at

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from 1958 through 1980. He was inducted in the

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in 2010.

Biography

Kincaid attended

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and

Whittier College Whittier College (Whittier Academy (1887–1901)) is a private liberal arts college in Whittier, California. It is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and, as of fall 2022, had approximately 1,300 (undergraduate and graduate) students. It was ...

. He was named head coach of the baseball program at Cerritos, a

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that competes in the South Coast Conference of the

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, upon its inception in 1958. Kincaid led the Cerritos baseball team to a 678–163

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, 15 conference championships, and six state titles. He retired as the winningest coach in junior college history. He trained successful coaches, including

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, Don Sneddon,

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, Ken Gaylord, and

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. Cerritos renamed their baseball field after Kincaid upon his retirement in 1980. ''

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'', a baseball magazine, named Kincaid the National Community College Baseball Coach of the Century. A tournament, called the Wally Kincaid 4 July Wood Bat Series, began in 2008. He was inducted in the

in 2010. He died on November 16, 2015 at the age of 89.

References

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