Joe Duff

Joseph J. Duff

• School West Virginia University

• Born January 8, 1923 in New Jersey, USA
• Died July 30, 2001 in Annapolis, MD USA

Biographical Information

Joe Duff coached college baseball for four decades.

Duff was a radio operator in the Marine Corps during World War II. At West Virginia, he played baseball and basketball. He set the WVU record for free-throw percentage in a season (since broken) and played in the 1947 NIT. He coached baseball and basketball at Union High School in 1951-1952. In 1953, he came to the United States Naval Academy as assistant to Max Bishop (baseball) and Ben Carnevale (basketball).

Duff became head baseball coach at Navy in 1962 and held the job until 1993. He won five Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League titles (1962, 1963, 1979, 1982, 1986), going to the NCAA Tournament the last three times. He had a record of 595-332-11. NFL star Roger Staubach played under Duff at Navy.

Source: Navy obituary

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1962	United States Naval Academy	19-2	6-1
1963	United States Naval Academy	15-7	6-3
1964	United States Naval Academy	10-12	4-5
1965	United States Naval Academy	11-8-2	5-4
1966	United States Naval Academy	13-5-1	6-3
1967	United States Naval Academy	14-8	5-4
1968	United States Naval Academy	14-8	5-4
1969	United States Naval Academy	10-9-1	2-4-1
1970	United States Naval Academy	20-7	9-5
1971	United States Naval Academy	15-11	7-6
1972	United States Naval Academy	16-11	5-9
1973	United States Naval Academy	12-11-2	4-8-1
1974	United States Naval Academy	17-7	7-5
1975	United States Naval Academy	21-7	11-3
1976	United States Naval Academy	19-11	7-5
1977	United States Naval Academy	18-10-2	9-4-1
1978	United States Naval Academy	18-7	9-4
1979	United States Naval Academy	22-9	10-4	CWS Regionals
1980	United States Naval Academy	22-6	9-5
1981	United States Naval Academy	24-7	11-3
1982	United States Naval Academy	29-14-1	13-4-1	CWS Regionals
1983	United States Naval Academy	31-10-1	13-5
1984	United States Naval Academy	15-15	9-7
1985	United States Naval Academy	25-7-1	14-4
1986	United States Naval Academy	30-10	15-3	CWS Regionals
1987	United States Naval Academy	21-10	13-3
1988	United States Naval Academy	23-16	12-6
1989	United States Naval Academy	18-14	7-11
1990	United States Naval Academy	16-20	6-12
1991	United States Naval Academy	18-15	9-7
1992	United States Naval Academy	18-20	6-8
1993	United States Naval Academy	21-18	11-9