Mark Calvi

Mark Calvi
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team South Alabama
Conference Sun Belt Conference
Record 88-87
Biographical details
Born November 5, 1969
Marco Island, Florida
Playing career
1990–1992 Nova Southeastern
Position(s) C
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–2004
2005–2010
2011
2012–Present		 FIU (Asst.)
South Carolina (Asst.)
South Alabama (Asst.)
South Alabama
Accomplishments and honors

Awards

2010 Collegiate Baseball Pitching Coach of the Year

ABCA Regional Head Coach of the Year 2013

Mark Calvi (born November 5, 1969) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the South Alabama Jaguars baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 2012 season.[1][2]

Playing career

Calvi lettered three times in baseball as a catcher at Nova Southeastern, and signed with the Seattle Mariners after completing his college career in 1992. He played the 1992 season with the Bellingham Mariners of the Class-A Northwest League. He then served the 1993 season as a scout for the Mariners.[1]

Coaching career

After ending his time as a scout, Calvi accepted a position on the staff of FIU, where he would remain for 11 years. He became a highly regarded pitching coach, helping to lead the Golden Panthers to seven NCAA Tournaments and a Super Regional in 2001. During his time at FIU, his pitching staffs placed among the top nationally in shutouts, strikeouts, and ERA, including the 1995 campaign in which the Golden Panthers recorded 16 shutouts, tied for 6th most all-time in NCAA history.[1]

In 2005, Calvi moved to South Carolina, where he made most notably helped lead the Gamecocks to the 2010 National Championship. In that same season, he earned the Collegiate Baseball Pitching Coach of the Year Award. Calvi's staffs again ranked among the nation's best during his time in Columbia, finishing among the top teams in ERA, strikeouts, innings pitched, hits allowed, and many other statistical categories.

After then South Alabama head coach Steve Kittrell announced his intention to retire after the 2011 season, the Jaguars hired Calvi as Associate Head Coach, with the intention to elevate him to head coach the following season. In his second season at the helm of South Alabama, the Jaguars earned the Sun Belt Conference regular season championship and an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament.[3][4]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
South Alabama (Sun Belt) (2012–present)
2012 South Alabama 23-34 15-15 T-4th Sun Belt Tournament[lower-alpha 1]
2013 South Alabama 43-20 20-10 T-1st NCAA Regional
2014 South Alabama 22-33 11-18 T-6th Sun Belt Tournament[lower-alpha 2]
South Alabama: 88-87 46–43
Total: 88-87

      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

  1. ↑ The top 8 finishers of the Sun Belt's 10 teams qualified for the tournament in 2012.
  2. ↑ The top 8 finishers of the Sun Belt's 10 teams qualified for the tournament in 2014.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Staff Directory". South Alabama Jaguars. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mark Calvi Profile". South Carolina Gamecocks. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ Neil White (July 16, 2010). "Success breeds opportunity for Calvi". The State (Columbia, SC). Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ Tommy Hicks (February 17, 2012). "South Alabama baseball begins new era under Mark Calvi, getting to Omaha is the goal". Mobile, AL: Press Register. Retrieved December 14, 2013.