Redraiders.com · Jun 28, 2015
Segrist, Texas Tech baseball bedrock, dies at 84
Kal Segrist, second from right, coached the Texas Tech baseball team from 1968-83. He died Friday in Lubbock. He was 84.In 2014, the Texas Tech baseball program debuted at the College World Series, won 40 games for the 12th time and played in a stadium spruced up by a recent $5 million face-lift.
In contrast, Kal Segrist had no budget to speak of, little chance to compete on even terms and a honey locust in play in his outfield. He treated his park and his players with love anyway.
“He gave it all to a program that really didn’t put much money in back then,” former Tech third baseman John Owens said Saturday.