{"id":1735,"date":"2015-06-05T14:27:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T18:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/2015\/06\/05\/jack-leggett-releases-statement\/"},"modified":"2015-06-05T14:27:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T18:27:35","slug":"jack-leggett-releases-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/2015\/06\/05\/jack-leggett-releases-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Leggett Releases Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-header\" id=\"fs-article\">\n<div class=\"pic-wrapit\">\n<div id=\"attachment_31628\" class=\"aligncenter feat_img lazybk\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.fansided.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/293\/files\/2015\/05\/jack-leggett-ncaa-baseball-acc-tournament-clemson-vs-miami.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31628\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.fansided.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/293\/files\/2015\/05\/jack-leggett-ncaa-baseball-acc-tournament-clemson-vs-miami.jpg\" class=\"c12\" alt=\"Jack Leggett Releases Statement\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">May 25, 2013; Durham, NC, USA; Clemson Tigers coach Jack Leggett watches their game against the Miami Hurricanes during the ACC baseball tournament at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Mandatory Credit: Liz Condo-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"category-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rubbingtherock.com\/category\/baseball\/\" title=\"View all posts in Baseball\">Baseball<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sliderwrap nosli entry-content hentry\">\n<article>\n<p><em><strong>Former Clemson Head Coach Jack Leggett released a statement today, thanking Clemson fans and student-athletes for his time here at Clemson University.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is the statement released, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clemsontigers.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28500&amp;ATCLID=210133791\">via Clemson Tigers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blockquote\">I would like to thank all of my present and former student-athletes whom I have had the privilege to coach over the past 24 years at Clemson as well as the 14 years prior. I am grateful for their efforts, both on and off the field, and in the classroom. I\u2019m extremely proud to have been their coach and teacher and of all our accomplishments together.<\/p>\n<p>I also want to thank all of my present and former assistant coaches, who have worked so hard and have been so loyal. \u00a0Many of them have gone on to do great things. \u00a0I appreciate very much our hard-working and helpful support staff who have been instrumental in helping make our program so respected.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a great pleasure to work alongside so many outstanding coaches and great people who have made a lasting impact on myself as well as Clemson. \u00a0I truly have met some of the greatest people in my life during my time here as leader of this program.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all of the loyal and positive fans for your undying love of the Clemson Baseball program. \u00a0Your enthusiasm and support will never be forgotten! For close to a quarter of a century, I put my heart and soul into this baseball program and I wish nothing but continued success to the players, coaches, and Clemson Baseball. \u00a0I will always cherish my time spent here at Clemson.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"biolink_1\" class=\"biolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clemsontigers.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?&amp;ATCLID=205530255&amp;DB_OEM_ID=28500\">Jack Leggett<\/a> #7<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We would like to thank Coach Leggett for his time and effort he has poured into the Clemson baseball program over the past two decades. He has been a great role model and mentor for student-athletes and has always represented Clemson University with the utmost class and due diligence. Thank you Coach Leggett for what you have meant to Clemson University.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"tag-list\"><strong class=\"tag-title\">Tags:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/rubbingtherock.com\/tag\/clemson-baseball?utm_source=FanSided&amp;utm_medium=Network&amp;utm_campaign=Tag\" title=\"Clemson Baseball\" class=\"tags\">Clemson Baseball<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/rubbingtherock.com\/tag\/jack-leggett?utm_source=FanSided&amp;utm_medium=Network&amp;utm_campaign=Tag\" title=\"Jack Leggett\" class=\"tags\">Jack Leggett<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<nav role=\"navigation\" class=\"navigation-post\">\n<\/nav>\n<p>Click below for the full article<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rubbingtherock.com\/2015\/06\/05\/jack-leggett-releases-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Leggett Releases Statement<\/a><br \/>\nSource: Rubbing the Rock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 25, 2013; Durham, NC, USA; Clemson Tigers coach Jack Leggett watches their game against the Miami Hurricanes during the ACC baseball tournament at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Mandatory Credit: Liz Condo-USA TODAY Sports Baseball Former Clemson Head Coach Jack Leggett released a statement today, thanking Clemson fans and student-athletes for his time here at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}