championships coach_years current_team overall_record coach_team awards current_title sport current_record article_title name
1992 colonial athletic association championships one conference usa title southern conference regular season and tournament championships three 1992-1997 1998-2002 western carolina university east carolina university 441-231-3 western carolina east carolina 1988 '94 and '97 socon coach of the year 1999 and mvp 2001 east region coach-of-the-year of the southern conference tournament 1992 , head coach baseball wcu 229-135-2 ecu 212-96-1 keith leclair
 keith leclair
keith leclair

keith leclair was both a star athlete and later head baseball coach at western carolina university -lrb- player-1985-88 & coach-1992-97 -rrb- .
during his playing days , leclair played for current clemson head baseball coach jack leggett at western carolina .
he was an all-southern conference selection in 1988 while earning socon tournament mvp honors the same season .
the former walk-on established catamount baseball records for hits and total bases in a season .
leclair played on four consecutive southern conference championship baseball teams -lrb- 1985 -- 88 -rrb- .
he ranked in the top 10 in six different wcu hitting categories while posting a career .375 batting average and was named mvp of the 1988 southern conference tournament -lrb- batted .600 / 12 rbi -rrb- .
leclair signed with the atlanta braves after completing his collegiate career and spent the summer of 1988 as an outfielder for idaho falls in the pioneer league .
after a spring training stint with the san francisco giants in 1989 , he was offered a student assistant coaching position at western carolina , which led to full-time responsibilities shortly thereafter .
he became western carolina 's head coach in 1992 and coached the catamounts to three southern conference tournament titles and three southern conference regular season titles .
leclair was a three time southern conference coach of the year with a career record at wcu of 229-135 .
leclair became the head baseball coach at east carolina university in 1997 , coaching there until he was forced to step down by illness in 2002 .
leclair became the second-winningest baseball coach in east carolina history in just five seasons , compiling a 212-96-1 -lrb- .688 -rrb- record .
he guided the pirates to four straight ncaa regional appearances , three colonial athletic association championships and one conference usa title .
he won the american baseball coaches association 's east region coach-of-the-year award in both 1999 and 2001 .
he was inducted into both the east carolina university and western carolina athletic hall of fame in the fall of 2002 .
leclair was honored as the first recipient of the conference usa student-athlete advisory committee 's -lrb- saac -rrb- coaches choice award .
in addition , the conference usa baseball coach-of-the-year award was named in honor of leclair .
leclair battled amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , commonly referred to as als or lou gehrig 's disease , for the five years prior to his death on july 17 , 2006 .
leclair is survived by his wife , lynn , son , j.d. , and daughter audrey .
`` coaching third : the keith leclair story '' by bethany bradsher was published in 2010 -lrb- whitecaps media , isbn 978-0-9826353-0-8 -rrb- .
