We move to my #9 story of 2018…..
Coach John Burgi, retired from coaching at the end of the 2018 Hollister Tiger Baseball Season. He remains the schools athletic director.
Burgi had been the baseball coach at Hollister since the 2012-2013 school year. He came to Hollister after a highly successful stint at Jonesboro Valley View High School in Arkansas. In ten seasons leading the Blazers, Burgi was 229-83. He won two state titles, guided another edition to the semifinals. He won five regionals and sent seven of the 10 teams to the state tournament.
Burgi also spent nine years leading the baseball program at Carthage High School and another nine as the head man at Hutchison Community College in Kansas.
He is among the most personable guys you would ever want to meet. His knowledge of the game is hard to match. Its easy to say that he is a mentor and friend to tons of coaches all over Missouri, Arkansas, and Kansas.
Last January he was inducted into the Missouri Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.
