Chick Doak

Charles Glenn Doak (Chick)

• School Guilford College

• Born October 7, 1884 in North Carolina USA
• Died April 21, 1956 in Raleigh, NC USA

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Biographical Information

Chick Doak was a minor league infielder for nine years then was a college coach. His brother Bob Doak was also a college coach while his son Robert Doak played in the minors.

Chick played basketball at Guilford College. He debuted in 1908 with the Greensboro Champs and hit .200 as their starting second baseman. He outhit teammate Joe Walsh, who would be in the majors two years later. Doak improved to .220 his second season with the Champs, near the middle of the squad in the heart of the Deadball Era. His third year with them, he batted .248 (second on the team) while playing third base full-time. In 1911, the team became the Greensboro Patriots and Doak hit .256 while fielding .905 at the hot corner. The next season, he batted .253. In 1913, his 6th year with Greensboro, Chick batted .285 and slugged .359. He was third in the North Carolina State League with 27 doubles.

Doak spent 1914-1915 as the third baseman for the Charlotte Hornets but his offensive numbers fell - .244 AVG, .296 SLG in 1914, .219 AVG and .270 SLG in 1915. In 1916, he hit .265 between two NCSL teams and three South Atlantic League teams. Overall, he had batted .244 in 896 career games as a pro.

Chick coached Guilford College (early 1910s), the University of North Carolina (1915-1916), Duke University (1920; the school was known as Trinity College at the time) and North Carolina State University (1924-1939, going 145-131-6). At NCSU, he coached future major leaguers Johnny Lanning, Jimmy Brown, Jake Wade, Kemp Wicker, Dutch Holland, Chink Outen, Stu Flythe, Buck Redfern and Fred Johnston. At North Carolina, he had coached Larry Woodall and Marsh Williams. He coached Ernie Shore and Luke Stuart at Guilford. He also coached basketball at Duke from 1916-1918, the same post held by his brother previously.

In 1936, he wrote a book called "Baseball: How to Play and Coach It".

NC State's Doak Field is named after him.

Sources

• Wikipedia
• Doak's obituary