Reaction to the death of Ron Fraser

"He competed hard, but when the game was over, we were all friends, we'd go out and get a beer and talk baseball. He wasn't a guy who tried to keep everything to himself. He passed along his ideas to many coaches in the promotion and the teaching area. He was just a guy who was a great, if not the greatest, promoter of college baseball that we've ever had."

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Texas coach Augie Garrido, the winningest coach in Division I history:

"He brought creativity and innovation to the sport. You could say he was the Bill Veeck of college baseball in that he found different ways and taught college baseball coaches how to fundraise and promote their product. No one did it better and it taught us that if you believe in something, you can be successful. ... He was unique in a different period of time and his vision was important to the progress of college baseball."

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Current Miami coach Jim Morris, who took over the Hurricanes one year after Fraser retired:

"Coach Fraser was like a father to me ... He was the most influential man in my career and a great friend who I knew I could always rely on. He played such a significant role in the history of college baseball and of this program and we will always be a tribute to him."