NJCAA Baseball Coaches Association Coaches Hall of Fame

HOF-Tolman

Jay Tolman

  • Class
  • Induction
    1982
  • Sport(s)
Tolman, was coach and Athletic Director at Colorado Mesa University (formerally Mesa State College,) Grand Junction, Colorado, for 21 years, retiring in 1977 after a 42-year career.  He worked with Homa Thomas to organize the first JUCO baseball tournament in 1958 at Miami, Oklahoma, and was a catalyst in establishing the tourney in Grand Junction in 1959.  Tolman was Chairman of first NJCAA Baseball Committee and long-time Officer and Director of NJCAA.