STATESBORO - The Georgia Southern Athletics Department is mourning the passing of Jack Stallings, who is still the winningest head coach in Eagle baseball history. Stallings was 87 years old.
Stallings served as the head coach of the Eagle baseball squad from 1976-99, posting an 859-582-5 record at Georgia Southern. He led the Eagles to 10 conference regular season titles and five conference tournament titles, helping the Eagles make their second College World Series appearance in 1990. Stallings coached 22 All-Americans at Georgia Southern and his No. 1 jersey was the first baseball number to be retired by the school.