Mark Marquess finished his illustrious 41-year career leading the Stanford baseball program as the fourth-winningest coach in Division I history with a career record of 1,627-878-7 (.649).
A three-time NCAA Coach of the Year recipient and nine-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year honoree, Marquess guided his Stanford clubs to 30 NCAA Tournament appearances, a pair of College World Series championships (1987 and 1988), six NCAA Super Regional titles, 18 NCAA Regional crowns and 11 Pac-10 regular season championships.
Stanford reached the College World Series a total of 14 times and advanced to the CWS final on five occasions during Marquess' tenure.
Over 200 Cardinal players were chosen in the draft during his tenure.
He is a member of the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame, the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame (2017), and the National College Baseball Hall of Fame (2021).
Marquess was also a well-known coach on the international level. In 1988, he won International Coach of the Year honors after leading the United States Olympic team to a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Marquess guided his club to a 4-1 record, defeating Japan, 5-3, to capture the first gold medal in baseball for the United States.
Prior to arriving in Seoul, Marquess led the national team to the silver medal at the World Amateur Baseball Championships in Italy.
As head coach of the USA National Team, Marquess skippered the club to a silver medal at the 1987 Intercontinental Cup Tournament in Cuba. In the summer of 1984, he served as an assistant coach on the USA squad that competed at the World Amateur Championships that were also played in Cuba.
Serving as head coach of USA Baseball in 1981, Marquess guided the U.S. collegiate team to a gold medal at the World Games in Santa Clara. Following that accomplishment, he led the club to the gold medal at the Intercontinental Cup in Edmonton, Canada. His squad edged Cuba, 5-4, in the finals to mark the first time since 1970 that the United States had beaten the Cubans in international competition. In addition, Marquess became the only person ever to post victories over the Cuban team as both a player and a coach.
From 1989-98, Marquess served as president of USA Baseball.
Marquess' success as a coach can be traced to his days as a player. A three-year starter at first base for Stanford (1967-69), he earned first-team All-America honors in 1967 and garnered second-team All-America recognition in 1968. He was also named first-team All-Pac-8 and All-District-8 in both 1967 and 1968.
Marquess is one of only 10 to have both played in and coached at the College World Series.
Marquess competed on the 1967 USA Pan American Games team that captured the gold medal. One of the greatest two-sport athletes ever on The Farm, he completed his collegiate baseball career with three seasons on the Stanford football squad as a quarterback, split end, defensive back and punt returner.
After graduation, Marquess signed with the Chicago White Sox organization in 1969 and spent four seasons as a professional baseball player before getting a taste of coaching as a player and coach with Des Moines' Triple-A team in 1973. Marquess was an assistant coach on the Boulder Collegians squad that captured the 1975 National Semi-Pro championship. The following year, his Boulder team placed third at the national tournament.
Prior to his appointment as head coach at Stanford in 1977, Marquess spent five seasons (1972-76) as an assistant under Ray Young at Stanford.
Marquess made his broadcasting debut for CBS during the network's coverage of the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis. He later served as a color commentator for the baseball venue during NBC's coverage at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.
Marquess earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Stanford in 1969. He completed his master's degree in political science at San Jose State in 1976.
