Joe Walsh (college)

Joe Walsh

• School Suffolk University
• High School Catholic Memorial High School

• Born 1953
• Died July 31, 2012 in Chester, NH USA

Biographical information

Joe Walsh has been a college coach.

Walsh was head coach of Suffolk University, his alma mater, from 1981-1995, going 222-176-1. He replaced former major leaguer Jim Willoughby who resigned after 7 games. Walsh also coached in the Cape Cod League. In 1988 he was named manager of the expansion Brewster Whitecaps. He was also pitching coach of the Wareham Gatemen from 1991-1998. He was hired as Harvard's head coach in 1996, the first endowed baseball coach in school history (a former Harvard player had donated $2.5 million to endow the coach's job as one would a professorship). Walsh went 34-16 in 1997, leading Harvard to its first Ivy League title, then beat fourth-ranked UCLA in the NCAA Tournament. Harvard repeated as Ivy League champs in 1998 (when they set a school record with 36 wins and were ranked 24th nationally at year's end) and 1999. Walsh reached 500 career wins in April 2007. He was 350-387-2 at Harvard before dying suddenly in July 2012, of a presumed heart attack.

Sources: Harvard bio Tributes

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1981	Suffolk University	4-9		replaced Jim Willoughby (1-6)
1982	Suffolk University	8-12
1983	Suffolk University	16-14
1984	Suffolk University	15-9
1985	Suffolk University	20-7
1986	Suffolk University	19-11
1987	Suffolk University	7-14
1988	Suffolk University	10-14
1989	Suffolk University	15-12
1990	Suffolk University	16-8-1
1991	Suffolk University	14-14
1992	Suffolk University	21-12
1993	Suffolk University	12-16
1994	Suffolk University	19-13
1995	Suffolk University	26-11
1996	Harvard University	23-17	14-6	Ivy
1997	Harvard University	34-16	18-2	Ivy / CWS Regionals
1998	Harvard University	36-12	16-4	Ivy / CWS Regionals
1999	Harvard University	28-20	17-3	Ivy / CWS Regionals
2000	Harvard University	18-25	10-10
2001	Harvard University	18-26	11-9
2002	Harvard University	20-26	13-7	Ivy / CWS Regionals
2003	Harvard University	20-23	11-9	Ivy /
2004	Harvard University	21-18-1	13-7
2005	Harvard University	29-17	15-5	Ivy / CWS Regionals
2006	Harvard University	21-20-1	14-6	Ivy
2007	Harvard University	18-18	12-7
2008	Harvard University	10-30	8-12
2009	Harvard University	13-28	10-10
2010	Harvard University	17-26	10-10
2011	Harvard University	9-36	5-15
2012	Harvard University	12-30	8-12