Posted: Feb 07, 2023

Mt. SAC Legend Art Mazmanian Inducted Into 2022 College Baseball Hall of Fame Class

Art Mazmanian, who coached the Mt. San Antonio College baseball team for 31 seasons, was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame as part of its 2022 class. Mazmanian, who passed away in 2019 at the age of 91, helped USC to the 1948 national championship as an All-American second baseman and played against Yale and future U.S. President George H.W. Bush in the College World Series.

He then became the head baseball coach at Mt. San Antonio, where his teams won 731 games (1968-1998), and was the Mounties coach during the very first season of South Coast Conference baseball in 1970. The baseball field at Mt. SAC was named in his honor in 2006. More than 120 of his players played professionally, including such major leaguers as Doug Bird, Ron Roenicke, Rob Nelson, Brett Tomko and Terry Clark.

Mazmanian also served as an assistant coach for the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team under USC coach Rod Dedeaux.

He was signed by the New York Yankees the same year that Mickey Mantle signed with the organization for less money in 1949, but played only six years at the minor league level. He became head coach at his alma mater of Dorsey High where he coached baseball for 13 seasons, directing the team to the LA City championship in 1958.

In 2016 at 88 years old, Mazmanian finished his coaching career as an assistant coach at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College.