Coached the baseball team from 1938-74, except for a four-year term while in the military
Led the Cyclones to 340 wins, three conference titles and two trips (1957 and 1970) to the College World Series
National Coach of the Year in 1957
Member of the NCAA Baseball Rules and Tournament Committees for 11 years and served as President of the American Association of Baseball Coaches in 1959
Inducted into the Iowa Baseball and College Baseball Halls of Fame
Pushed for the requirement that helmets include ear flaps, ending what he called “a hoax on our players in regard to their personal safety”