Bill Brooks
Baseball
Inducted: 1993
- Born in 1922, Wilson, NC
- Attended Wake Forest and Atlantic Christian (now Barton College), with World War II service sandwiched between college years
- Successful college baseball coach in Wilmington for 27 seasons
- Became head baseball coach at Wilmington College (now UNC Wilmington) in 1951
- Led team to five National Junior College Baseball Tournaments and national titles in 1961 and 1963
- Remained head baseball coach when Wilmington College became a university and moved to NAIA and NCAA play
- Honored as 1975 National NAIA Baseball Coach of the Year
- Owns a combined baseball record at Wilmington College/UNC Wilmington of 574-292-6.
- Also coached basketball team to two national tournament appearances
