Barry Chasen spent 28 years in the home dugout at the Windsor High baseball field.

Now, the school’s field will bear his name forever.

The Windsor Town Council passed a resolution to name the field in honor of the former Norwich Free Academy athlete at a dedication ceremony on a day to be determined this spring.

“To get this honor, it’s icing on the cake,” Chasen said. “It caps off a coaching career that I put an awful lot in to and I’m very proud of. It’s a distinct honor. But no one does this alone. Over 100 kids I coached went on to play college baseball, from JUCO (junior college) all the way to Division I. The talent I had and the assistant coaches I had helped me build the team.”

Chasen, who began his career at New London High in 1969 as an assistant football, basketball and baseball coach, took over the Windsor baseball program in 1975. He led the Warriors to 403 wins, 10 league titles, 27 state tournament appearances and a pair of Class LL state titles (1979, 1991) in his 28 seasons at the helm.

Windsor's 1979 team finished the season ranked No. 3 in the Collegiate Baseball national poll. In 1991, Windsor was ranked No. 1 in the state coaches poll at season’s end.

“The 1979 team was 20-2, that was a very good team,” Chasen said. “A number of those kids went on to play in college. There was no state poll then, but I have to believe we would have been number one. My 1991 team got into the Windsor High Athletic Hall of Fame in November, so both teams are in there, which is really nice to see.”

He also coached football (1970-78) and basketball (1977-83) at the school, guiding the girls’ basketball team to Class LL final in 1980.

Chasen was the Connecticut High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 1986, the NHSACA Region I Coach of the Year in 1992 and 2001, the American Baseball Coaches Association Region I Coach of the Year in 1992 and 2000, and the ABCA Division II national Coach of the Year in 2000.

He is a member of seven Halls of Fame, including the Norwich Hall of Fame, Windsor Hall of Fame, CHSCA Hall of Fame, and American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

“All the awards and honors I’ve gotten are the result of having good players and good assistant coaches,” Chasen said. “I’ve been fortunate to be inducted into seven Halls of Fame, and they all humble you. The American Baseball Coaches Association is the largest amateur baseball coaches organization in the world. When I got the award in Anaheim (in 2017), about 20 of my former players all went out there with me. I was blessed to be one of the people chosen.”