2003 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE | DR. B. HAROLD STOUT
Dr. B. Harold Stout is perhaps one of the most admired coaches locally. He has been elected to the Tennessee Baseball Hall of Fame, was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year during his reign at ETSU, received an Award of Merit from the NAIA for his outstanding Leadership in Coaching and received the American Association of Baseball Coaches Award (Outstanding Coach).
"I have loved coaching," said Stout, who was also named to the NAIA Coaches Hall of Fame in 1987. Stout received this honor based on his 33 years as a coach in Tennessee and Virginia.
"I believe Pat Gunn said it best in the last stanza of his poem, 'The Evening Score,' 'If you would ask me one question, and leave me no room to rave; I'd have to be honest, and tell you I got a lot more than I gave.' For me, that sums up everything."
Stout coached for 31 years on the college level, perhaps widely known for his 24 years at Milligan College, as well as his successful seven-year reign at East Tennessee State University.
"I have retired three times," joked Stout. "I enjoyed several years at Milligan, then I went to ETSU, and I coached a team for the prison."
Stout won a remarkable 621 games as a head coach, with a winning percentage of 65 percent, making him the 11th all-time winningest coach in the NAIA as of 1988.
Stout began his collegiate sports career as a pitcher for ETSU, where he had a phenomenal 36-4 record during his four years. He was named All-Conference and All-District as well as receiving an All-American honorable mention honor from the NAIA.
Baseball wasn't his only sport, as Stout excelled for three years on the hardwood, and later as a professor in the classroom. Stout graduated from ETSU in 1956 and the University of Tennessee in 1959, completing his master’s degree. He received his doctorate in education in 1974 at ETSU.
In his years of coaching, Stout's teams were the winner or runner-up 15 times in VSAC and NAIA District 24. Stout was named Coach of the Year 13 times (VSAC - 7, NAIA Dist. 24 - 6) and Area 5 Coach of the Year twice.
For his contributions to the profession of coaching, it is our pleasure to induct Dr. Harold Stout into Milligan's Athletics Hall of Fame.