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Ed Cheff (1943 – January 15, 2022) was an American college baseball coach. He was the head coach for Lewis–Clark State College from 1977 to 2010. He was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.

Ed Cheff

Biographical details
Born	1943 Butte, Montana
Died	January 15, 2022 (aged 78) Sequim, Washington, U.S.
Alma mater	Lewis–Clark State College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977–2010	Lewis–Clark State College
Head coaching record
Overall	1,705–430–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
16× NAIA World Series (1984, 1985, 1987–1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006–2008)
College Baseball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2012

Biography

Cheff was born in Butte, Montana, and raised in Woodland, Washington.[1] He graduated from Woodland High School[2] and Lewis–Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. He started his coaching career as a high school football coach in Tillamook, Oregon.[1] His first baseball coaching position was with Lower Columbia College (Washington), where he coached the baseball team to a 120–24 (.833) win–loss record in four seasons.[3]

In 1977, Cheff became the head coach of the Lewis–Clark baseball team. His teams won 16 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) titles.[4][5] A total of 114 of his former players have gone on to play professionally, with 14 reaching Major League Baseball.[5] Cheff was named NAIA coach of the year eight times.[5] Despite playing at the NAIA level, his teams defeated NCAA Division I baseball teams, including having a winning record against the Washington State Cougars.[6]

Cheff was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1994 and the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame in 2006.[7] He won the ABCA's Lefty Gomez Award, given for lifetime achievement in amateur baseball, in 2009.[8] He was a coach with the United States national baseball team (1991, 1994) and managed the Alaska Goldpanners and Anchorage Bucs in the Alaska Baseball League.[1]

Cheff retired in 2010, after compiling a 1,705–430–2 (.798) record at Lewis–Clark.[9][5] He was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.[10]

Personal life and death

Cheff and his wife, Karen, a retired elementary school teacher, had three sons: Trever, Tyler, Toby.[5] Cheff died at his home in Sequim, Washington, on January 15, 2022, at the age of 78.[11]

See also

• List of college baseball coaches with 1,100 wins

References

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