Please answer the following question: Facts: - sport: baseball - cbasehof year: 2007 - death date: 12 june 1994 - coach team: arizona state - coach years: 1972-1994 - awards: national , 1984 , 1988 -rrb- coach of the year -lrb- 1977 , 1981 - birth date: 24 july 1936 - name: jim brock - overall record: 1,099-441-1 - championships: 1977 cws national championship , 1981 national championship - death place: mesa , arizona - alma mater: arizona state university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jim brock .
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jim brock -lrb- july 24 , 1936 -- june 12 , 1994 -rrb- was the head coach of the arizona state sun devils baseball team for 23 years from 1972 until his death in 1994 .during his first year as head coach , brock managed his team to a 64-6 record .that mark remains the ncaa record for all-time winning percentage in a single season -lrb- .914 -rrb- .jim brock 's record at asu was 1,100-440 -lrb- .714 -rrb- , and he also led asu to thirteen college world series appearances .in 1994 , brock battled liver and colon cancer that would take his life one day after the conclusion of the college world series .though his strength was waning , brock did not miss a conference game through the '94 season .he led his team through the regional tournament at knoxville , tennessee , and was in the dugout when the sun devils beat university of miami , 4-0 , in the opener of the college world series .speaking in little more than a whisper , he gave his team an inspirational pep talk after a scoreless first inning when he sensed that the sun devils were flat .'' you can make an assumption that you 'll be up because it 's the college world series , '' brock said , '' but you spend so much emotion in the final game of the regional that you sometimes have to find a way to regain that emotion . ''on his way to rosenblatt stadium -lrb- home of the college world series -rrb- , for the second game of the series , brock 's condition worsened .the sun devils went on to lose to the university of oklahoma , 4-3 , in the home half of the eleventh inning .brock was airlifted from omaha to a mesa hospital shortly before game number three .his sun devils went on to hit five home runs to eliminate top seeded miami , 9-5 , presenting him with his 1,100 th coaching victory .later , oklahoma eliminated asu from the series and went on to capture the national title .on june 12 , 1994 , three days after his team 's season ended , brock died of colon cancer .he was 57 .brock was posthumously voted into the college baseball hall of fame...