Baseball Recruit Information
Coaching Staff
Head Coach Jim Bagnall was a member of the
University of Arizona’s 1980 NCAA National
Championship team serving as Wildcat captain his
senior year. After a stint in the Kansas City Royals
organization, Coach Bagnall served as an assistant at
Old Dominion (where he also received his Master
of Arts degree) before moving on to the University
of Georgia where he was on staff during their
national championship season. In past summers, he
coached in the Alaskan and the Cape Cod leagues.
Coach Bagnall assumed the head position at Eastern in the
spring of 1996 and fielded his first team the
following year. He later took on the duties of EAC
Athletic Director.
Assistant Coaches
Assistant – John Chalmers
B.A., University of Arizona
J.D., University of Arizona
U.S. Navy Special Services Baseball
EAC Assistant Coach – Seven Years
Assistant – Eldon Dallas
B.A./Baseball Team, NAU
Globe HS Head Baseball Coach 21 Years
State Champions – 1995, 1997
Runners Up – 1991, 1994, 2000, 2001
AZ Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame
About the College
Eastern is Arizona’s oldest community college with
approximately 1,500 full-time students on the main
campus in Thatcher. Over 200 are athletes, the
majority of whom live in on-campus residence halls.
EAC fields teams in football, basketball (men’s &
women’s), volleyball, softball, golf (men’s), tennis
(women’s), and baseball.
Eastern is located in Graham County with a
population of 35,000. The main campus is in the
Gila Valley at the base of the beautiful Mt. Graham,
a 10,720 foot peak. Principal economic activities in
the area include farming, ranching, mining,
governmental services, and higher education.
Recreational opportunities and facilities include
swimming, skating, hunting, hiking, fishing,
camping, biking, natural hot springs, golfing,
equestrian sports, Discovery Park, and the Mt.
Graham Observatory. Both the College and the
community offer a wide variety of activities and
cultural events.
Baseball Season
EAC’s Gila Monster Baseball team is a Division I
member of the Arizona Community College
Athletic Conference (ACCAC). The ACCAC is a
12-team wood bat league playing a 38 game
schedule. Eastern fills out its 56 game schedule
with non-conference opponents including an
opening weekend trip to Yuma to face California
community college teams. Mid-season, the
Monsters participate in a 12-team, 6-game
tournament in Tucson which features visiting teams
from across the country resulting in additional
exposure for team members.
Player Success
Since 1997, Eastern’s Gila Monster Baseball
players have advanced to:
University of Arizona
Arizona State University
Grand Canyon University
University of New Mexico
New Mexico State University
Eastern New Mexico University
New Mexico Highlands University
College of the Southwest
West Texas A&M University
McNeese State University
Louisiana Tech University
University of Northern Alabama
Florida International University
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Sterling College
University of South Carolina Spartanburg
Northwest Missouri University
Southeast Missouri University
Southern Arkansas University
University of Southern Colorado
Mesa State College
Metro State College
Lewis & Clark College
University of San Francisco
Oregon State University
Cal State Fullerton
Iowa Wesleyan College
The Master’s College
Doane College
Texas Wesleyan University
Travecca Nazarene University
Bellevue University
Dana College
Contact:
Head Coach Jim Bagnall
928-428-8414
1-800-678-3808, ext. 8414
Fax: 928-428-8406
jim.bagnall@eac.edu
Assistant Coach John Chalmers
Voice: 928-348-9479
Assistant Coach Eldon Dallas Voice:
928-428-0759
Cell: 928-701-1800
eldondallas@yahoo.com
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