Howard Boyd Coffie was a minor league baseball player, manager, college coach, scout and executive.

He attended McMinn County High School

McMinn County High School

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 and then Rollins College

Rollins College

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Playing career

In 1959, Coffie won the Florida Intercollegiate Conference MVP Award. He was an NAIA

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

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 All-American in 1958 and 1959 While at Rollins College, he was also an All-Conference basketball player.

He began his professional career in 1959, playing in the New York Yankees

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 chain from 1959 to 1961. His first season was spent with the Kearney Yankees

Kearney Yankees

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, hitting .286 with 11 home runs in 56 games. He played for the Greensboro Yankees in 1960, and in 92 games his average dropped to .216, and he hit only five home runs. His averaged dropped again in 1961 to .211, as he played in 39 games for the Binghamton Triplets

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He missed 1962 and 1963 to military service, but from 1964 to 1966 he played for the Orlando Twins in the Minnesota Twins

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 farm system. In his first year back, he hit .228 in 66 games. His averaged dropped to .206 in 1965, but he raised it to .251 in his final season, 1966.

Overall, Coffie batted .235 in 413 minor league games, over a span of six seasons.

Year-by-year managerial record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
1968	Auburn Twins Auburn Twins The Auburn Twins, affiliated with the Minnesota Twins were a minor league baseball team that existed from 1967 to 1971. They played in the New York-Penn League and were located in Auburn, New York. They played their home games at Falcon Park....	New York-Penn League	49-27	1st	Minnesota Twins Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...	Lost League Finals
1970	Auburn Twins Auburn Twins The Auburn Twins, affiliated with the Minnesota Twins were a minor league baseball team that existed from 1967 to 1971. They played in the New York-Penn League and were located in Auburn, New York. They played their home games at Falcon Park....	New York-Penn League	43-26	1st	Minnesota Twins Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...	League Champs
1971	Auburn Twins Auburn Twins The Auburn Twins, affiliated with the Minnesota Twins were a minor league baseball team that existed from 1967 to 1971. They played in the New York-Penn League and were located in Auburn, New York. They played their home games at Falcon Park....	New York-Penn League	42-28	2nd	Minnesota Twins Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...	none

He also managed the Columbus Red Stixx for part of 1997 while manager Jack Mull

Jack Mull

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 was away on medical leave.

Coaching career

Coffie was the head coach of the Rollins College baseball team from 1972 to 1991. He had a record of 586-419-6 at Rollins and was the Sunshine State Conference

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 coach of the year in 1983 and 1986. In 1982, he was named the Florida Coach of the Year He holds the record for most wins by a coach in Rollins College history .

He also served as Rollins' basketball coach for a spell He was honored with the Distinguished Achievement in Athletic Award by the Rollins College athletic department.

Following his retirement, he was enshrined in the Sunshine State Conference, Florida Sports and North Carolina Halls of Fame.

Executive career

Coffie served as the farm director of the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 from 1993 to 1994. He was the Director of Instruction in minor league operations for the Indians in 1995. In 1996, he served as the Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies

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minor league field coordinator. He also served as the Rockies' roving catching instructor.

Death

Coffie died from cancer at the age of 68 in 2006. In his honor, a golf tournament known as the Boyd Coffie Golf Classic is played annually.