Ed Cheff

Ed Cheff is a retired college baseball coach.

Ed Cheff
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977–2010Lewis–Clark State College
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 16× NAIA World Series (1984, 1985, 1987–1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006–2008)
College Baseball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2012

Cheff graduated from Lewis & Clark College (Idaho) and started his coaching career as a high school football coach. His first baseball coaching position was with Lower Columbia College (Washington).[1]

Cheff became the head coach at Lewis–Clark State College since 1977, winning 16 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) titles.[2][3] 114 of his former players have gone on to play professionally, with 14 reaching Major League Baseball.[3] Cheff was named NAIA coach of the year eight times.[3] He was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1994 and the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame in 2006.[4] He won the ABCA's Lefty Grove Award, given for lifetime achievement to amateur baseball.[3] He has been a coach with the United States national baseball team (1991, 1994) and has managed the Alaska Goldpanners and Anchorage Bucs in the Alaska Baseball League.

Cheff retired in 2010.[5][3] He was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.[6]

Cheff and his wife, Karen, a retired elementary school teacher, have three sons: Trever, Tyler, Toby.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Ed Cheff (2002): Red Devil Hall of Fame: Lower Columbia College". lccreddevils.com. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  2. "Ed Cheff (2011): Warriors Athletics Hall of Fame: Lewis-Clark State College". lcwarriors.com. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  3. Velasquez, Anna (2017-04-24). "The Legacy of Retired Warrior Baseball Head Coach Ed Cheff". klewtv.com. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  4. "Cheff Elected to Coachs' Hall of Fame". Lewiston Tribune. 2005-01-25. p. B1. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  5. "Legendary LCSC baseball coach Ed Cheff to retire". lcwarriors.com. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  6. "College Hall elects Lou Brock, 6 others". espn.go.com. 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
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