When Bob Hegarty played baseball and basketball
for Stonehill College, little did he know he’d be coming back
to Stonehill as a basketball coach. Bob captained baseball his
junior and senior years and was named Stonehill Athlete of the Year
in 1958. Bob batted a career .444 in four years of baseball, a
record which still stands. As a basketball player, Bob scored 38
points in a game during the 1958 season, which was a single-game
record at the time. He was named to the New England College
All-Star Team as a senior. Three years after graduation in 1958,
Bob returned to Stonehill to coach basketball (1961-74). He was an
assistant to Jim Dougher on the 1970-71 men’s team,
Stonehill’s first NCAA qualifier.
Bob served Stonehill as a freshman
coach and his teams had an 80 percent winning percentage. In 1968,
he was selected New England Freshman Coach of the Year by the
officials. Bob is a social studies teacher at Archbishop Williams
High School in Braintree. He lives in Easton and in the summer
coaches the Bridgewater Cardinals in the Cranberry Baseball League.
Prior to that, Bob coached American Legion baseball in Easton. Bob
has also coached the Brockton Invitational Tryout Camp during past
summers. He married the late Louise Hegarty, a popular Stonehill
professor.
When Bob Hegarty played baseball and basketball
for Stonehill College, little did he know he’d be coming back
to Stonehill as a basketball coach. Bob captained baseball his
junior and senior years and was named Stonehill Athlete of the Year
in 1958. Bob batted a career .444 in four years of baseball, a
record which still stands. As a basketball player, Bob scored 38
points in a game during the 1958 season, which was a single-game
record at the time. He was named to the New England College
All-Star Team as a senior. Three years after graduation in 1958,
Bob returned to Stonehill to coach basketball (1961-74). He was an
assistant to Jim Dougher on the 1970-71 men’s team,
Stonehill’s first NCAA qualifier.