Frank Deak

The head coach at DeWitt High School from 1968-1969 and 1980-1999, Frank Deak posted a sensational .782 winning percentage. Deak won 567 games at DeWitt (and 621 games total), capturing 16 League Championships, 13 District Championships, five Regional Championships, the 1983 Class State Championship and the 1993 Class B State Championship, taking the Panthers to the Final Four four times. During the 1993 title run, DeWitt won 33 consecutive games on their way to a 38-3 record; Frank Deak finished runner-up for National Coach of the Year. That same year, Deak was inducted into the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Upon his retirement from DeWitt, he built the Lansing Community College baseball program in 2000, coaching at LCC for five seasons.