Danny Price
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Danny Price was the head coach of the Florida International University
baseball
team, a position that he held from 1980 until May 2007. During that span, he became one of the few collegiate baseball coaches to record a thousand coaching victories, reaching that milestone on March 10, 2005.
Price, the son of a sharecropper born in North Carolina
, attended FIU and played on its baseball team as a student in 1973-74. He made the first hit
for FIU, which had opened its doors a year before. He graduated in 1974, and returned as a hitting instructor in 1976.
Former FIU baseball players coached by Price include Major League Baseball
star Mike Lowell
, and over one hundred other students signed to play professional baseball with major and minor league teams.
Florida International University
Florida International University is an American public research university in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States, with its main campus in University Park...
baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
team, a position that he held from 1980 until May 2007. During that span, he became one of the few collegiate baseball coaches to record a thousand coaching victories, reaching that milestone on March 10, 2005.
Price, the son of a sharecropper born in North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, attended FIU and played on its baseball team as a student in 1973-74. He made the first hit
Hit (baseball)
In baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice....
for FIU, which had opened its doors a year before. He graduated in 1974, and returned as a hitting instructor in 1976.
Former FIU baseball players coached by Price include Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
star Mike Lowell
Mike Lowell
Michael Averett Lowell is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball third baseman. During a 13-year career, Lowell played for the New York Yankees , Florida Marlins , and the Boston Red Sox...
, and over one hundred other students signed to play professional baseball with major and minor league teams.