Tom Langfitt (1986) - Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame

Tom Langfitt

Induction:
1986
Class:
1966

Recruited to Marshall by basketball coach Jule Rivlin, Tom Langfitt became one the top players in the Mid-American Conference for Ellis Johnson, who had taken over as the Thundering Herd coach by the time was on the court. A baseball and basketball star at Washington High School in Pennsylvania – all-state in baseball and all-conference in basketball – Langfitt also played both sports at Marshall. During the era when freshmen were ineligible to play for the varsity, Langfitt was a three-year starter at guard as Johnson built his program. As a sophomore he led Marshall in scoring, at 15.5 points per game, and as a junior upped that mark to 21.2 points per game, which led to first-team All-MAC accolades. By the time his career was complete, Langfitt had scored 1,173 points in his three seasons of varsity competition. Langfitt also played baseball at Marshall, and led the 1965 team with 25 base hits, a .287 batting average and 12 runs batted in. Langfitt also received his master’s degree from Marshall and went on to a career as teacher at coach at Myrtle Beach High School in South Carolina, where as head coach of the golf team he turned the program into a perennial power that won multiple South Carolina state championships. Langfitt was inducted into the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986.