{{Short description|American athletics coach and administrator (1926–2022)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Jack Kaiser | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|10|06}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|05|25|1926|10|06}} | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1946–1949 | player_team1 = St. John's | player_years2 = 1950 | player_team2 = Oneonta Red Sox | player_years3 = 1951 | player_team3 = Roanoke Ro-Sox | player_years4 = 1952 | player_team4 = Albany Senators | player_positions = Outfielder | coach_years1 = 1953–1955 | coach_team1 = St. John's (Asst) | coach_years2 = 1956–1973 | coach_team2 = St. John's | coach_years3 = 1957–1958 | coach_team3 = Lexington Red Sox | admin_years1 = 1973–1995 | admin_team1 = St. John's | overall_record = 366–132–1 | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = | CBASEHOF_year = }}
'''John Warren Kaiser''' (October 6, 1926 – May 25, 2022)<ref>[https://nypost.com/2022/05/25/jack-kaiser-former-st-johns-ad-and-baseball-coach-dead-at-95/ Jack Kaiser, legendary St. John’s athletic director and baseball coach, dead at 95]</ref><ref name=nyhistory>{{cite web|url=http://sports.nyhistory.org/jack-kaiser/|title=Jack Kaiser|publisher=New York Historical Society|accessdate=March 26, 2017|date=September 26, 2011}}</ref> was Athletics Director Emeritus at St. John's University in Queens, NY. He was an American baseball player, college coach, and administrator. A graduate of St. John's Preparatory School Kaiser continued on to the Vincentian Father's St. John's University, where as a player, he helped St. John's to the 1949 College World Series. After a brief minor league career, he became head coach at St. John's.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://digitalmemory.stjohns.edu/digital/collection/redmanews/id/5 |title=Redmanews |date=April 11, 1956 |publisher=St. John's University |work=www.digitalmemory.stjohns.edu |accessdate=September 21, 2020}}</ref> Kaiser managed the short-season Class D Lexington Red Sox in 1957 and 1958.{{cn|date=July 2022}} Kaiser led the now-named St. John's Red Storm baseball team to eleven postseason appearances, including three trips to the College World Series (1960, 1966 and 1968) in his 18-year career as head coach. Kaiser then became athletic director at St. John's, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Big East Conference.{{cn|date=July 2022}}
==Honors== * Kaiser was inducted into the ABCA Hall of Fame in 1979. * Kaiser was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. * The Big East Conference baseball tournament Most Outstanding Player Award is named in his honor. * Jack Kaiser Stadium, home baseball field of the St. John's Red Storm, was constructed in 2000 and is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abca.org/information/board/Kaiser_Jack|publisher=ABCA|title=Jack Kaiser|accessdate=April 19, 2016|archive-date=May 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504194325/http://www.abca.org/information/board/Kaiser_Jack|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecacsports.com/hall_of_fame/2014-15/bios/jack_kaiser|publisher=ECAC Sports|accessdate=April 19, 2016|title=ECAC Hall of Fame Spotlight - Jack Kaiser|date=April 13, 2015|archive-date=May 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509193425/http://www.ecacsports.com/hall_of_fame/2014-15/bios/jack_kaiser|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scout.com/high-school/new-york/story/966397-jack-kaiser-still-making-impact-at-sju|publisher=Scout|title=Jack Kaiser: Still Making Impact At SJU|author=Jack Sullivan|date=April 28, 2010|accessdate=April 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballplayermagazine.com/news_article/show/100994?referrer_id=74119-news|publisher=Baseball Player Magazine|date=August 28, 2011|title=Simply The Best; Jack Kaiser|author=Steve Sidoti|accessdate=April 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/091712aac.html|publisher=Red Storm Athletics|title=St. John's Legend Jack Kaiser To Be Inducted Into NYC Basketball Hall Of Fame|date=September 27, 2012|accessdate=April 19, 2016|archive-date=April 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425231016/http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/091712aac.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Head coaching record==
===College baseball=== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = St. John's Redmen | conference = Metropolitan New York Conference | startyear = 1956 | endyear = 1963 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1956 | overall = 16–4 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = NCAA tournament }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1957 | overall = 21–5 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = NCAA tournament }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1958 | overall = 14–10 | conference = | confstanding = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1959 | overall = 17–6 | conference = | confstanding = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1960 | overall = 20–7 | conference = 10–4 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = College World Series }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1961 | overall = 20–4 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = NCAA tournament }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1962 | overall = 22–2 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = NCAA tournament }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1963 | overall = 22–5 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = NCAA tournament }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = St. John's Redmen | conference = Independent | startyear = 1964 | endyear = 1973 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1964 | overall = 20–6 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = NCAA tournament }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1965 | overall = 12–10–1 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1966 | overall = 25–9 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = College World Series }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1967 | overall = 22–6 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = NCAA tournament }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1968 | overall = 25–10 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = College World Series }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1969 | overall = 25–7 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1970 | overall = 22–16 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1971 | overall = 24–5–1 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1972 | overall = 21–6 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = NCAA tournament }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | name = St. John's | season = 1973 | overall = 19–15 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = St. John's | overall = 367–133–2 | confrecord = }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = 367–133–2 }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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