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Passing of a Colleague
It's with great sadness we share the news that former SCC coach Del Bandy has passed away. Del was the head baseball coach at SCC for nine years, leading the Panthers to three conference championships (1966, 1967, 1968) and two Nor Cal Championships (1967 & 1968). After his time at SCC, Del was hired as one of the first faculty at CRC. He served as the school's first athletic director, a position which he held for seven years (1970-1977). Bandy coached softball at CRC from 1979-1989, where his teams won five conference championships (1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, & 1989), along with seven Northern California Regional Tournaments.
In high school, Del was a standout baseball and basketball athlete at Folsom High School, Sacramento City College and Sacramento State. Bandy also played baseball professionally for two years before he decided to begin teaching at CK McClatchy High School in 1955. He started his coaching career at CK McClatchy in 1958, where he coached the Lions for four years, winning three league championships (1958, 1959, and 1960).
Del has earned numerous awards for his work in coaching. In 1968, he was awarded "Outstanding Community College Coach" by the Sacramento City County Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame. In 1984, he was given a "Special Award" by the Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame. In 1989, he received the "Jerry Conway Award" from the Northern California Athletic Hall of Fame. Del was inducted into the Sacramento State College Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992. He was inducted into the Christian Brothers La Salle Club Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Christian Brothers La Salle Club Coaches Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2005, he was inducted into the California Community College Fastpitch Softball Coaches Hall of Fame followed in 2006 where he was inducted into the first class of CRC's Hall of Fame in 2006.
Del retired from CRC in 1990 where he lived in Elk Grove, spending his free time with his family and enjoying time with his grandchildren.
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