Dick Bergquist

Richard Bergquist

• School Bates College, University of Massachusetts
• High School Orange (MA) High School

• Born June 27, 1932 in Orange, MA USA
• Died February 24, 2019 in Amherst, MA USA

Biographical Information

Dick Bergquist is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Bergquist played both baseball and football at Bates College for two years, then served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He then played baseball and football at UMass, which retired his number 26. He got his Master's degree from the University of Maryland in 1958.

Bergquist was freshman baseball coach at UMass from 1960-1966. He coached the UMass varsity from 1967-1987, going 392-321-5 and setting the school record to wins. He took the school to the 1969 College World Series. He coached Mike Flanagan, Jeff Reardon and Gary DiSarcina at UMass.

Bergquist was head coach of Team USA for the 1975 Intercontinental Cup, when the country won its first Intercontinental Cup. His son Carl Bergquist was on the team. He coached for the US in 1981; they won both the 1981 World Games and 1981 Intercontinental Cup. He was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1999.

Sources: USA Baseball

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1967	University of Massachusetts	17-11	8-2	CWS District Tournaments
1968	University of Massachusetts	12-10-1	6-4
1969	University of Massachusetts	22-10	9-1	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1970	University of Massachusetts	15-11	4-6
1971	University of Massachusetts	21-10	12-3	CWS District Tournaments
1972	University of Massachusetts	16-5	8-4
1973	University of Massachusetts	21-9-1	6-1	CWS District Tournaments
1974	University of Massachusetts	9-16	0-8
1975	University of Massachusetts	11-18	4-4
1976	University of Massachusetts	24-13	3-5
1977	University of Massachusetts	20-17	5-3
1978	University of Massachusetts	23-22	5-3	CWS Regionals
1979	University of Massachusetts	24-17	7-3
1980	University of Massachusetts	19-13-2	7-3	Eastern 8
1981	University of Massachusetts	22-17	4-4
1982	University of Massachusetts	14-20-1	3-4
1983	University of Massachusetts	20-17	9-5
1984	University of Massachusetts	18-26	3-9
1985	University of Massachusetts	26-19	8-4	Atlantic-10
1986	University of Massachusetts	16-24	4-7
1987	University of Massachusetts	22-16	10-4	Atlantic-10

Further Reading

• Obituary
• Massachusetts Baseball Mourns Passing of Dick Bergquist