Hall of Fame
Head baseball coach for 15 seasons (1946-60) ... Posted a record of 263-219 (.546) ... His teams advanced to the NCAA District Playoffs in three of his final five years, and his 1960 team was ranked as #5 in the nation ... The Pepperdine baseball team currently grants the John Scolinos Award to an exemplary player each year ... He also coached Pepperdine's football team for five seasons (1955-59), and his teams went 17-26-1 ... He went on to build the Cal Poly Pomona baseball program, where his teams won three NCAA Division II national championships ... Graduated from Pepperdine in 1950 with a degree in physical education ... Inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2020.
