St. John's University Athletics
June 1 Proclaimed Jack Kaiser Day in New York City
5/31/2022 3:28:00 PM | General
St. John’s University longtime coach and athletic director passed away last week at the age of 95
QUEENS, N.Y. – In celebration of a life dedicated in service to St. John's University, Mayor Eric Adams has proclaimed that June 1 will be "Jack Kaiser Day" in New York City.
Kaiser passed away on Wednesday, May 25, at the age of 95 after dedicating parts of nine different decades to his beloved alma mater. After attending St. John's Prep as a youth in Brooklyn, Kaiser was a three-sport star at the University before signing on as a coach and later becoming the school's athletic director, a post he occupied for 22 years. Following his retirement in 1995, Kaiser stayed on as the University's athletic director emeritus until his passing.
The first person to appear in the College World Series as both a player (1949) and a coach (1960, 1966, 1968), Kaiser was one of the seven founding administrators of the BIG EAST Conference, a league that has gone on to shape the landscape of college sports since its founding in 1979.
The baseball stadium at St. John's was renamed in Kaiser's honor in 2007.
A funeral mass for Kaiser will be held on Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. at St. Thomas More Church on the Queens campus. A live stream of the service will be available at www.stjohns.edu/church for those that are unable to attend. In lieu of flowers: http://www.stjohns.edu/coachkaiser
Kaiser passed away on Wednesday, May 25, at the age of 95 after dedicating parts of nine different decades to his beloved alma mater. After attending St. John's Prep as a youth in Brooklyn, Kaiser was a three-sport star at the University before signing on as a coach and later becoming the school's athletic director, a post he occupied for 22 years. Following his retirement in 1995, Kaiser stayed on as the University's athletic director emeritus until his passing.
The first person to appear in the College World Series as both a player (1949) and a coach (1960, 1966, 1968), Kaiser was one of the seven founding administrators of the BIG EAST Conference, a league that has gone on to shape the landscape of college sports since its founding in 1979.
The baseball stadium at St. John's was renamed in Kaiser's honor in 2007.
A funeral mass for Kaiser will be held on Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. at St. Thomas More Church on the Queens campus. A live stream of the service will be available at www.stjohns.edu/church for those that are unable to attend. In lieu of flowers: http://www.stjohns.edu/coachkaiser
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