Elliott Avent, North Carolina State ’75, recently coached North Carolina State in the 2021 College World Series.

Avent is in his 25th year as NC State’s baseball head coach. In February 2020, he has surpassed more than 1,1000 career wins – one of only 11 active coaches to achieve the distinction. His overall record at that time was 1,113-744.

Last Thursday, Avent was named 021 ABCA/ATEC Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year.

From North Carolina State’s baseball page:

Avent's 24 years in Raleigh have created a legacy of victories and of individual and collective achievement:

889 career victories
18 NCAA regionals
4 NCAA Super Regionals
34 All-Americans
7 of the 9 first-team All-Americans in the program's 117-year history
37 first-team All-ACC selections
83 total All-ACC selections
112 players taken in the MLB draft, 39 since 2014
ACC and National Coach of the Year in 2003
Selected for the USA Baseball coaching staff in 2004 and won a Gold Medal at the World University Games in Chinese Taipei

Since 2003, Avent has elevated NC State baseball to an entirely new level:

673 victories -- an average of more than 38 per season
15 NCAA Tournament appearances
A school-record six consecutive NCAA appearances from 2003-08, and nine NCAA appearances in the last 10 seasons
First-ever NCAA Regional hosted on campus in 2008, second in 2012, third in 2013, fourth in 2016 and fifth in 2018
Four NCAA Regional championships, three Super Regional appearances, and one Super Regional championship
30 All-Americans and 61 All-ACC selections

You can read more about this successful alumnus here.