Nov. 15, 2006

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame officially announced its 2007 Enshrinement Class on Wednesday, which includes former Missouri baseball coach Gene McArtor. McArtor is the winningest coach in Tiger Baseball history, compiling a record of 733-430-3 over 21 years as head coach.

The 2007 Induction Ceremony is Sunday, Feb. 11 at the University Plaza Convention Center in Springfield, Mo. As a player at Missouri, McArtor won all-conference and all-district honors as a first baseman from 1961-63. He played on two Big Eight Conference Championship teams and two squads which advanced to the College World Series. He served as team captain as a senior.

He returned to MU as assistant baseball coach in 1969 after coaching and teaching at the high school level in his hometown, St. Louis. McArtor served in that role until 1974 when he succeeded John "Hi" Simmons as the Tigers' head coach. During his 21 years at the helm, McArtor compiled a 733-430-3 record and won Big Eight Championships in 1976 and 1980. He guided six teams to the NCAA Tournament, coached 13 All-Americans and 41 all-conference players.

McArtor served on the NCAA Baseball Committee from 1987-92, including two years as chairman, during a period of unprecedented growth for the CWS. Former president of the American Baseball Coaches Association, McArtor is a member of the ABCA Hall of Fame, the Webster Groves High School Hall of Fame and the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame.

Since retiring as baseball coach, he has continued to serve MU first at the Senior Associate Director of Athletics and now as Director of Project Management. He also served as the Interim Director of Athletics for several months in 1998.

Tickets for the induction ceremony are $150 and $1,500 for a table of 10. Tickets are on available by calling (417) 889-3100. The event will kickoff with an afternoon reception beginning at Noon on Feb. 11. The evening reception gets underway at 5 p.m. with the ceremony set to begin at 6 p.m.

2007 Missouri Sports Hall of Fame Class
Bruce Sutter- Baseball
Walt Jocketty- Baseball
Curtis McClinton- Football
Jim Eisenreich- Baseball
Jay Randolph, Sr.- Sportscaster
Pat Leahy- Football, Soccer
Erma M. Bergmann- Amateur Softball, Professional Baseball
Gene McArtor- Baseball
Ron Zetcher- Sports Officiating
Russ Sloan- Football
Brian Reynolds- Swimming
Doug Potts- Football
Bill Ross- Basketball, Golf
Mark Curp- Long Distance Runner
Lou Adamie- Scorekeeper
1941-58 Missouri Valley College Football Teams