Summer 2025 closure

The D. H. Hill Jr. Library will be closed beginning on Monday, May 5, 2025, for planned electrical work. The Special Collections Research Center is located in Hill Library, and will be closed for all appointments during this period. Special Collections can only make appointment requests until April 25th and after August 3, 2025. During the closure, Special Collections staff will be available to answer questions about our collections, if they are accessible, and to support researchers using digital materials for their research. Please contact us!
Contact us

Please note that some historical materials may contain harmful content and/or descriptions. Learn how we're addressing it.

Item information

Title:
Vic Sorrell, coach
Description:
Vic Sorrell tied Sam Esposito for the longest tenure of any coach at N. C. State. His teams were 96-89 in thirteen years in the ACC and twenty-nine of his players gained All-Conference honors, with three named All-American. A former Wake Forest Deacon, Sorrell played with the Detroit Tigers for nine years, including the 1934 and 1935 championship teams. Before coming to NC State, he coached minor league baseball and, according to class of 1958 player Bob Kennell, was a "pure baseball man."
Topics:
People
Sports
Subjects:
Baseball
Baseball coaches
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:
5 x 7 in.
Item identifier:
0007718
Genre:
Portrait photographs
Names:
Sorrell, Vic (Victor G.), 1901-1972 more info on Sorrell, Vic (Victor G.), 1901-1972 
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs