Kevin Leighton
Kevin Leighton | |
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Sport(s) | Baseball |
Current position | |
Title | Head Coach |
Team | Fordham |
Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Brewster, New York | August 28, 1979
Playing career | |
1998–2001 | Seton Hall |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2002–2005 2006–2011 2012–Present |
Manhattan (Asst.) Manhattan Fordham |
Kevin Leighton (born August 28, 1979) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Fordham Rams baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2012 season.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Playing career
After a successful high school career in Brewster, New York, Leighton was drafted in the 1997 MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. He instead chose to attend college, and played four seasons with Seton Hall, helping the Pirates to the 2001 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament title, and a pair of NCAA Division I Baseball Championship appearances. Leighton earned his degree from Seton Hall in 2001, and would later add a master's degree from Manhattan College.[1]
Coaching career
After graduating, Leighton accepted an assistant coach position at Manhattan, serving under then head coach Steve Trimper. With Trimper's departure for Maine, Leighton was elevated to head coach, after just four years as an assistant. He led the Jaspers to a pair of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament titles and NCAA Division I Baseball Championship appearances. In his first season, the Jaspers won the MAAC Tournament and advanced to regional final the NCAA Tournament, resulting in Leighton being named the American Baseball Coaches Association Northeast Region Coach of the Year in 2006. Manhattan would repeat the performance in 2011, but fell in both NCAA Tournament games. In his time at Manhattan, Leighton coached 51 All-Conference players and produced eleven professional players. On July 18, 2012, Leighton was named head coach at Fordham.[1]
Head coaching record
This table shows Leighton's record as a head coach at the Division I level.
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Manhattan (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2006–2001) | |||||||||
2006 | Manhattan | 34–23 | 17–9 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2007 | Manhattan | 35–19 | 21–5 | 2nd | MAAC Tournament | ||||
2008 | Manhattan | 31–20–1 | 19–5 | 1st | MAAC Tournament | ||||
2009 | Manhattan | 35–18 | 18–6 | 1st | MAAC Tournament | ||||
2010 | Manhattan | 31–20 | 15–9 | 4th | MAAC Tournament | ||||
2011 | Manhattan | 34–19 | 20–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
Manhattan: | 200–119–1 | ||||||||
Fordham (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2012–present) | |||||||||
2012 | Fordham | 22–34 | 12–12 | 8th (13) | |||||
2013 | Fordham | 22–33 | 8–16 | 12th (15) | |||||
Fordham: | 44–67 | 20–28 | |||||||
Total: | 244–186–1 | ||||||||
National champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference tournament champion
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See also
- Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kevin Leighton". Manhattan Jaspers. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ↑ 2013 Yearbook. Manhattan Jaspers. p. 88. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ↑ "2013 Baseball Coaching Staff". Fordham Rams. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Kevin Leighton named Fordham coach". ESPN. July 18, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Leighton takes over as head coach at Fordham". College Baseball Insider. July 18, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Leighton takes over at Fordham". NCAA. July 18, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Ex-Manhattan Jaspers Coach Kevin Leighton Moves To Fordham". CBS 2. July 19, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ↑ Dennis Waszak Jr. (June 2, 2011). "Upset-minded Manhattan ready for NCAAs, Florida". USA Today. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
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