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Nick Mingione
American baseball coach (born 1978)
Nick Mingione (born September 10, 1978) is a baseball coach and former outfielder, who is the current the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats.[2] He played college baseball at Embry–Riddle University for coach Greg Guilliams from 1997 to 2000.
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Kentucky |
Conference | SEC |
Record | 251–158 (.614) |
Annual salary | $575,000[1] |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1978-09-10) September 10, 1978 (age 45) Tarrytown, New York, U.S. |
Alma mater | Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University |
Playing career | |
1997–2000 | Embry–Riddle |
Position(s) | Outfielder |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2002 | Florida Gulf Coast (assistant) |
2003–2005 | Embry-Riddle (assistant) |
2006–2007 | Kentucky (assistant) |
2008 | Western Carolina (assistant) |
2009–2016 | Mississippi State (assistant) |
2017–present | Kentucky |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 251–158 (.614) |
Tournaments | SEC 3–7 (.300) NCAA 8–6 (.571) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
SEC Coach of the Year (2017) | |
Mingione played his college career at Embry–Riddle University.[2][3] He graduated from ERU in 2000 with a degree in aerospace studies.[4]
Kentucky
After serving as an assistant college coach for 13 seasons, Mingione was named head coach of Kentucky for the 2017 season.[5] In his first season as a head coach, he was named SEC Coach of the Year.[6][7] He also led Kentucky to its first regional win and first super regional appearance in the program's history.[8]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
2017 | Kentucky | 43–23 | 19–11 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
2018 | Kentucky | 34–22 | 13–17 | 5th (East) | |||||
2019 | Kentucky | 28–29 | 7–23 | 7th (East) | |||||
2020 | Kentucky | 11–6 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
2021 | Kentucky | 29–23 | 12–18 | 6th (East) | |||||
2022 | Kentucky | 33–26 | 12–18 | 6th (East) | |||||
2023 | Kentucky | 40–21 | 16–14 | 4th (East) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
2024 | Kentucky | 33–8 | 16–4 | 1st (East) | |||||
Kentucky: | 251–158–0 (.614) | 95–105–0 (.475) | |||||||
Total: | 251–158–0 (.614) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- "2018 'Autonomy 5' Baseball Head Coach Compensation Survey – Athletic Director U". Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- "Nick Mingione Named Kentucky Baseball Head Coach". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- Assistant Coach Nick Mingione, archived from the original on 2016-04-28, retrieved 2016-04-28
- "Former @ERAUBaseball Player and Coach Nick Mingione Named Kentucky Baseball Head Coach". Embry Riddle Athletics. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- "Nick Mingione". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- "Mingione Named Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- "2017 SEC Baseball Awards announced". Southeastern Conference. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- Mussatto, Joe (June 11, 2017). "Kentucky baseball: Nick Mingione has changed the program, players have changed his life". SecCountry.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
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