DUANE JOSEPH MCCOY

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1979

NEW ORLEANS, LA

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1980

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

DUANE MCCOY, WHO LED HIS WOMEN’S TEAMS TO A PAIR OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND CARRIED THEM TO 10 STRAIGHT CLASS “A” WORLD TOURNAMENTS, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MANAGER CATEGORY.

A NATIVE OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, MCCOY’S FIGHTING GREEN AND GOLD WON THE 1972 WOMEN’S WORLD IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, PLAYING UNDER THE MUXWORTHY’S SPONSORSHIP.

HIS TEAM TURNED THE TRICK AGAIN IN 1977, WINNING IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN UNDER THE PACE BANNER. THEY WERE SECOND AT SOUTHGATE, MICHIGAN IN 1978.

UNDER MCCOY, THE ROCHESTER TEAM COMPILED A 629-98 RECORD DURING A 10-YEAR PERIOD AND WAS THE MOST CONSISTENT WOMEN’S SOFTBALL TEAM IN THE NATION. MCCOY WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE WOMEN’S PROGRAM. DUE TO HIS EFFORTS, HUNDREDS OF YOUNG WOMEN HAVE ENJOYED THE GAME OF SOFTBALL AS IT SHOULD BE ENJOYED.