Selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 25th round of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft, Marquess played minor league baseball for the White Sox organization from 1969 to 1973, the last year as a player-coach for the Iowa Oaks, the White Sox' top affiliate.[5][6]
Coaching career
From 1972 to 1976, Marquess was an assistant coach at Stanford under Ray Young before being promoted to head coach in 1977.[2]
In his 41 years at Stanford, he compiled a record of 1,627–878–7 (.649). His teams made the postseason 23 times, and had a record of 109–50 there. His teams had a 65–25 record in the NCAA Regionals, a 10–2 record. in the NCAA Super Regionals, and a 34–23 record in the College World Series, with back-to-back national titles in 1987 and 1988. He is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. He announced his retirement in 2016.[7]
Head coaching records
The following is a table of Marquess's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[2][8]
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion