Charles Doak
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| Charles Doak | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | NC State | |
| Sport | baseball | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 145-131-6 | |
| Championships | ||
| South Atlantic Conference champions 1924, 1928 | ||
| Playing career | ||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1924-1939 | NC State Trinity College North Carolina Guilford College |
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Coach Charles Doak coached baseball at North Carolina State University from 1924 to 1939 where he racked up 145 wins, 131 losses, 6 ties.
Coach Doak also played in the minor leagues and coached several college teams, such as at Guilford College, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Trinity College.
Coach Doak led the Pack (the players were known as the "Doakmen") to the South Atlantic Championship only twice in his 16 seasons as coach (1924 and 1928), but his view that "the best defense is a hell of an offense" made for exciting games. Doak remained on NC State's physical education faculty until 1955. The baseball field to the east of Reynolds Coliseum (a space now occupied by the Coliseum parking deck) was named in his honor, and the name persisted to the fields current site. Coach Doak's sons, Charles and Robert, both played baseball for the Pack.
