Joe Arnold
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 26, 1947 Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Alma mater |
Miami-Dade Community, A.A. Florida Atlantic University, B.A. Arizona State University, M.A. |
| Playing career | |
| 1966–1967 | Miami-Dade |
| 1968 | Arizona State |
| 1968–1969 | Houston Astros |
| Position(s) | Pitcher, shortstop, second baseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977–1983 | Florida Southern |
| 1984–1994 | Florida |
| 1997–1998 | Oneonta Yankees |
| 1999–2000 | Staten Island Yankees |
| 2007–2010 | Polk State |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
NCAA Division II (1978, 1981) Sunshine State Conference (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983) Southeastern Conference (1984, 1988) SEC Tournament (1984, 1988, 1991) |
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| Awards | |
| Division II Coach of the Year (1978, 1981) SEC Coach of the Year (1984, 1988) |
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Joseph A. Arnold (born February 26, 1947) is a former American college and professional baseball coach. During his twenty-four seasons as a head coach, Arnold led the college baseball teams at Florida Southern College, the University of Florida, and Polk State College, and also served as the manager of two Class A minor league teams within the New York Yankees organization.
Arnold was born in Daytona Beach, Florida. He attended Lake Worth High School in Lake Worth, Florida, where he was a pitcher for the Lake Worth Trojans high school baseball team.
He attended Miami-Dade Community College, where he was a standout pitcher for the MDCC baseball team, and was recognized as a junior college All-American in 1966 and 1967. After he exhausted his junior college eligibility, he transferred to Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, where he played for the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team in 1968.
Following the 1968 college season, the Houston Astros selected Arnold in the third round (fifty-fifth pick overall) of the 1968 MLB Draft. He appeared in 114 games while playing for four different Class A affiliates of the Astros in 1968 and 1969; in two seasons, he batted .221 and won his only appearance as a pitcher.
From 1977 to 1983, Arnold was the head coach of the Florida Southern Moccasins baseball team of Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida. In seven seasons, he led the Mocs baseball team to an overall win-loss record of 316–69 (.821), four Sunshine State Conference (SSC) championships (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983), six consecutive appearances in the Division II College World Series, two Division II national championships (1978, 1981) and two national second-place finishes (1979, 1982).
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