CCCBCA 2022 HOF Inductee - Bob Lofrano

Bob Lofrano is a 1967 graduate of Chatsworth High School. He attended Los Angeles Pierce Community College and played baseball for the 1968 and 1969 seasons.

Upon graduating from CSUN in 1972, he started 35 years of coaching baseball in 1973, with stops at Crenshaw High, Chatsworth High, and Pierce College. His Chatsworth team won 9 straight West Valley League titles from 1981-1989, including the L.A. City Championship in 1983. In 1988 he was on the staff of the U.S.A. team that traveled to Japan to play against Japan and South Korea in the Goodwill Series. He was named the California High School State Coach of the Year by the United States Baseball Federation in 1988. He was honored in 1992 by the California Baseball Coaches Association for service and success.

At Pierce College he taught physical education and coached baseball from 1990 to 2007, winning 7 Western State Conference titles and 6 Coach of the Year awards with a total of 445 victories. He led the Brahmas to the 1992 Final Four for the only time in school history. Former Major League Baseball players Barry Zito and Covelli Crisp played for Bob in 1998 and 1999.

From 2008 to his retirement in June 2017, he served as the Athletic Director at Pierce College and is currently in his 39th year as a Pro Scout for the Chicago Cubs Organization.

Bob and his wife Carolyn have been married for 44 years and currently live in Woodland Hills.