Hall of Fame
Coached Ferrum College baseball team 23 years (1985-2007) … 643-236-3 career coaching record … USA South Athletic Conference regular season or tournament titles in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 … Naff’s teams earned NCAA Division III playoff berths in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2007 … His 2007 team won the USA South regular season and tournament titles, and was two outs from advancing to the College World Series … Naff ranked among the top five in NCAA Division III winningest active coaches, holding as high as the #4 spot under the highest “winning percentage” category … He was 7th among Div. III coaches in winning percentage in the past five seasons, and 14th among Div. III coaches in victories … Holds the #26 spot on the all-time winning percentage list (all divisions) … One of only two coaches from the Commonwealth of Virginia listed in the all-time top-50, #32 Gerry Thomas (Naff's college coach at Lynchburg) is the other … Coached 20 All-Americans … 22 of Naff’s players went on to play some form of professional baseball … Among those are New York Mets closer Billy Wagner, a six-time Major League Baseball All-Star, and Eric Owens, who spent eight years in the pros and is currently a hitting instructor with the Anaheim Angels … Coached 67 Academic All-Conference and three Academic All-District selections during his tenure as head coach … Member Lynchburg College Sports Hall of Fame and Salem-Roanoke Baseball Hall of Fame … USA South Coach of the Year in 1989, 1992, 2003, 2004 … Virginia Small College Coach of the year in 1990, 1992, 1993, 2003, 2007 … Ferrum’s Director of Athletics since January of 2004 … In his 15-plus years in this role, the College’s athletic facilities have seen tremendous improvements.
