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In this oral history, retired high school teacher and athletic coach Fred Mack recounts his life in Mill Valley. Born in San Francisco in 1945, Fred's family moved to Mill Valley when he was 5 years old, settling into the formerly unincorporated Alto neighborhood. Fred describes his father's love of baseball and how both father and son became involved in Little League. Additionally, he vividly evokes Mill Valley's blue collar baseball culture during the 1950s and 1960s. Fred attended Tamalpais High School where his mother Eunice taught. While at Tam he was approached by scouts to play professional baseball, though an injury ultimately blocked this path. After graduating from Tam, he attended College of Marin and Chico State, where he continued to play baseball and majored in biology. Following in the footsteps of his mother, he got a job at Tam after college, becoming a teacher of assorted subjects, a coach of various sports, and finally the athletic director. He and his wife Carol raised a son, Eric. After some 25 years at Tam, Fred transferred to Redwood High School in 1995, retiring from there five years later. Fred recounts how he then became involved in professional and international baseball, while also coaching locally and doing considerable volunteer work. Throughout this oral history Fred emphasizes the important influence his parents, coaches, and mentors had on him and how he has sought to follow their example in his teaching, coaching, and work in the community.
Identifier
11F11EDE-0A4F-45FE-A132-683638837128 2019.026.001
Subject
Alto Area Alto Sutton Manor Baseball Baseball players Baseball scouts Coaches (Athletics) Coaching (Athletics) Fishing Mack, Charles Frederick Mack, Eunice Helen Mack, Fred Maguire, Red MV history - Baby boom years (1950s and early 1960s) Oral history - Education Oral history - Sports and recreation Pitchers Science Tamalpais High School Taylor, Red Teachers Teaching
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