Nick Mingione
Mingione as the Head Coach of the Kentucky Wildcats
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamKentucky
ConferenceSEC
Record218–150 (.592)
Annual salary$575,000[1]
Biographical details
Born (1978-09-10) September 10, 1978 (age 45)
Tarrytown, New York, U.S.
Alma materEmbry–Riddle Aeronautical University
Playing career
1997–2000Embry–Riddle
Position(s)Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002Florida Gulf Coast (assistant)
2003–2005Embry-Riddle (assistant)
2006–2007Kentucky (assistant)
2008Western Carolina (assistant)
2009–2016Mississippi State (assistant)
2017–presentKentucky
Head coaching record
Overall218–150 (.592)
TournamentsSEC 3–7 (.300) NCAA 8–6 (.571)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
SEC Coach of the Year (2017)

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.

Playing career

Mingione played his college career at Embry–Riddle University.[2][3] He graduated from ERU in 2000 with a degree in aerospace studies.[4]

Coaching career

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]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
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
Kentucky: 218–150–0 (.592) 79–101–0 (.439)
Total: 218–150–0 (.592)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ "2018 'Autonomy 5' Baseball Head Coach Compensation Survey – Athletic Director U". Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  2. ^ a b "Nick Mingione Named Kentucky Baseball Head Coach". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  3. ^ Assistant Coach Nick Mingione, archived from the original on 2016-04-28, retrieved 2016-04-28
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Nick Mingione". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Mingione Named Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  7. ^ "2017 SEC Baseball Awards announced". Southeastern Conference. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  8. ^ 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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