Show Baseball Coach Steps Down I Justin McBride Sports Editor The Athletic Department of Salt Lake Community College announced the resignation of head baseball coach Bill Groves on Monday Coach Groves has been at the helm of the Bruin baseball team since the team was formed in 1996 Under Groves the Bruins had wins and losses Groves led the Bruins to the championship in 2002 and was instrumental in the con con- of new baseball facility Cate Gate Field on the Jordan Campus Over the past four seasons the Bruins enjoyed a lot of success with an western regional appearance up runner-up in 1999 and 2000 Groves was named Western Regional Coach of the Year in 2002 The 2003 team was ranked nationally in season pre-season polls Bill was very instrumental in bringing baseball to Salt Lake Community College said Athletic Director Norma Nonna i Carr We appreciate all he did to establish the program and get it to the level that it is We wish him well in his future pursuits Groves had the opportunity to coach several talented players including 35 conference all-conference players play play- ers over 40 who went on to play Division I baseball and eight players drafted into professional professional professional baseball assistant coach DG Nelson Nelso has been named the interim interim interim inter inter- im head coach for Groves will be pursuing other professional opportunities O |