Jim Senske, shown giving his New Ulm team a pregame talk in May 2003, died in February. (JEFF WHEELER/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Jim Senske, the first of just three high school baseball coaches in Minnesota history to reach 700 career victories, died Feb. 28.

Senske, of New Ulm, was 86.

Senske coached high school baseball at New Ulm High School for 40 years. He retired in 2003 with a 707-171 (.805 winning percentage) career record. His teams won 26 conference titles, and he took 19 teams to the state tournament. The Eagles finished as runners-up in 1970 and 1994 before winning the Class 3A championship in 2002 in Senske’s next-to-last season.

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