The National College Baseball Hall of Fame will be welcoming Wally Kincaid, the very first baseball coach in Cerritos College history, as part of the 2010 inductee class.

It all began in 1958, when Kincaid decided to take the challenge of guiding the Falcons brand new baseball program as their new head coach.

He coached the Falcons for 22 years, from1958-1977 and 1979-1980, posting an astonishing career record of 678-163 with a winning percentage of .803.

“He’s a legend” said Jack Brooks, this year’s head coach of the Falcons baseball team.

Kincaid led the school to six California State championships, 15 conference championships, six Southern California championships, and one Northern California championship.

“He is very knowledgeable about the game” said sophomore second baseman Max McEleney, former player of coach Kincaid. “He makes me proud to be a Falcon.”

By the end of his 22 year coaching period, Kincaid reached milestones that every coach dreams of reaching.

In 1966, the Falcons became the first and only community college team to go undefeated with a record of 40-0 and a state championship to go along with it.

But that’s not it; he also has a 60 game win streak under his belt that lasted for three seasons from 1965-1967, which is currently the longest ever in college baseball.

Kincaid will not only make history as a Hall of Fame coach, but also as the first coach coming from a two-year institution to ever be included in the class.

“We are very pleased that coach Kincaid will be apart of this year’s hall of fame class” said Mike Gustafson, Hall of Fame chairman and the Executive Director of the College Baseball Foundation.

Votes ranging from retired and active coaches, media members, and previous inductees decide who gets the privilege of entering the hall of fame, with the only requirement being the inductee is no less than 75 years old.

As a result of coach Kincaid’s legendary career, Cerritos College named its baseball stadium “Kincaid Field” in 1990 in his honor.

Baseball America Magazine also jumped on the Kincaid train by bestowing him the award as the National Community College Baseball Coach of the Century in the spring of 2000.

His success at coaching not only produced championships and record breaking seasons, but also propelled his players into professional baseball and coaching careers.

“He has influenced so many guys” said Ken Gaylord, assistant coach of the Falcons and former player of coach Kincaid. “He won with teams that had great players and with teams that had so-so players.”

Gaylord also puts Kincaid in the same category as John Wooden, the Hall of Fame basketball coach of UCLA who led the Bruins to ten NCAA titles.

Even after his time at coaching the Falcons, he never left the game of baseball. He went on to coach three College World Series teams at Cal State Long Beach, and also coached at Cal State Fullerton and Santa Ana College.

Kincaid made a return back to the Falcon uniform as an assistant coach for the 2009 season, helping them to and overall season record of 27-17 and a South Coast Conference record of 16-8.