The water showered down from the bullpen cooler, dousing the new winningest baseball coach in University of Central Arkansas history.
"Never thought I'd ever coach college," said Gum, 47, who earned his 210th career victory when the Bears beat the UALR Trojans 5-1 at Gary Hogan Field in Little Rock on Tuesday night. "I thought I'd be coaching high school baseball my whole life."
Gum coached Batesville High to two Class AAAA state runner-up seasons in 2002 and 2003 before Southern Arkansas University hired him as an assistant baseball coach.