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Illinois baseball, and athletic communities throughout the world, mourn the recent loss of pitching coach Mark Allen, aged 49 ...

Mark Allen, the pitching coach for the Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team, has passed away following a battle with cancer ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Mark Allen, who had been Illinois’ pitching coach for the last five seasons, has died. He was 49.