Mike Bianco

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Ole Miss
Conference	SEC
Record	868–487–1 (.640)
Biographical details
Born	(1967-05-03) May 3, 1967 (age 56) Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Playing career
1986–1987	Indian River CC
1988–1989	LSU
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1992	Northwestern State (GA)
1993–1997	LSU (asst.)
1998–2000	McNeese State
2001–present	Ole Miss
Head coaching record
Overall	968–558–1 (.634)
Tournaments	47–40 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
College World Series (2022) 2x College World Series appearance (2014, 2022) SEC regular season (2009) 2× SEC Tournament (2006, 2018) 4× SEC West (2005, 2009, 2014, 2018) 8× NCAA Super Regionals (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022) Southland Conference regular season (2000)
Awards
2x Collegiate Baseball National Coach of the Year (2020, 2022) Seminole High School Hall of Fame Indian River Community College Hall of Fame All-Alex Box Omaha Era Team

Michael F. Bianco (born May 3, 1967) is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Ole Miss Rebels. He played college baseball at Indian River Community College before transferring to LSU where he played for coach Skip Bertman from 1988 to 1989.

Bianco served as the head coach of the McNeese State Cowboys (1998–2000) before being named head coach at Ole Miss.^[1] He has led the Rebels to two College World Series appearances (2014 and 2022), with Ole Miss winning their first national championship in 2022.

Playing career

Bianco attended Seminole High School in Seminole, Florida^[2] where following the conclusion of a senior year, he was drafted in the 13th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft by the Boston Red Sox.^[3] Bianco played two seasons at Indian River Community College in Florida before transferring to LSU from 1988 to 1989.^[4] He was the Tigers' starting catcher and team captain on the 1989 team that finished third at the College World Series.

Coaching career

On June 8, 2000, Bianco was named the head baseball coach of Ole Miss. During his tenure, Ole Miss has hosted nine NCAA baseball regionals and three NCAA baseball Super Regionals. The program has won four SEC Western Division Championships under his guidance (2005, 2009, 2014, 2018), the 2006 SEC Baseball Tournament, the 2018 SEC Baseball Tournament, the 2009 Southeastern Conference Co-championship, and eight NCAA regional championships (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022). In 2005, 2006, and 2009, his teams hosted Super Regionals.

Ole Miss reached the College World Series for the first time under Bianco in 2014, advancing to the semifinals. Eight years later at the 2022 College World Series, Bianco and the Rebels won their first national championship with a two-game sweep of Oklahoma.

Head coaching record