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Former Stanford Baseball Coach Mark Marquess, Who Won 2 College World Series Titles, Dies at 78

Marquess led Stanford baseball for 41 seasons with a .649 winning percentage and 14 College World Series appearances, retiring as the fourth-winningest Division I coach.

  • On Friday, Stanford announced the death of Mark Marquess, National College Baseball Hall of Famer and longtime Stanford baseball coach, saying he was 78 with no details on the cause.
  • During a four-decade run at Stanford, Marquess built the program into a national powerhouse, winning national titles in 1987-88 and retiring in 2017.
  • A look at the numbers shows Marquess's teams posted a 1,627-878-7 record with 14 College World Series appearances, 30 NCAA Tournament berths, six Super Regionals, 8 regional titles, and over 200 MLB draftees, including Kyle Peterson.
  • Former players and assistants mourned, noting Rusty Filter, Kyle Peterson and Stephen Piscotty praised Marquess's mentorship, and he is survived by his wife, Susan, and daughters Bridget, Anne and Maureen.
  • Marquess's legacy also features induction into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2021, coaching the 1988 U.S. Olympic team to gold, a No. 9 jersey retirement in 2017, and a special assistant role at Santa Clara since October 2018.
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Former Stanford baseball coach Mark Marquess has died at age 78

Mark Marquess, a National College Baseball Hall of Famer who coached Stanford to a pair of national titles over 41 years beginning in 1977, has died. He was 78.

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The Hamilton Spectator broke the news in Hamilton, Canada on Friday, January 30, 2026.
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