Mike Kazlausky

Mike Kazlausky
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Air Force
Conference Mountain West Conference
Playing career
1988–1991 Air Force
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1995
2000–2004
2006–2008
2011–Present		 Air Force (Asst.)
Air Force (Asst.)
Air Force (Asst.)
Air Force
Head coaching record
Overall 68–146
Tournaments MWC: 0-3

Mike Kazlausky is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Air Force Falcons baseball team. He was named to that position on an interim basis prior to the 2011 season, and was made permanent after the season.[1]

Kazlausky walked on at Air Force in 1988 and became a four year starter. He was an All-WAC player in his junior and senior seasons, led the team in batting two years, and ranks among the top Falcons in many offensive categories. He graduated with eight career records. After graduation, Kazlausky became an Air Force pilot. He returned to the Academy and served as an Assistant Coach from 1993 to 1995. He then was posted to Charleston Air Force Base, flying the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. He returned again to the Academy as an instructor in 2000, and served until 2004 as a volunteer assistant baseball coach. After two and a half years deployed abroad, Kazlausky returned again to the Academy and served his third tour as an assistant coach from 2006 to 2008. He returned again in 2011 to serve as interim head coach, and retired after 20 years of service to become full-time head coach of the Falcons in 2012.[1][2][3][4][5]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Air Force (Mountain West Conference) (2011–present)
2011 Air Force 19–36 4–20 7th (7)
2012 Air Force 14–39 5–19 5th (5)
2013 Air Force 15–37 7–23 6th (6) MWC Tournament[lower-alpha 1]
2014 Air Force 20–34 10–20 T-6th (7) MWC Tournament[lower-alpha 2]
Air Force: 68–146 26–82
Total: 68–146

      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. ↑ All of the Mountain West's six teams qualified for the Tournament in 2013.
  2. ↑ All of the Mountain West's seven teams qualified for the Tournament in 2014.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mike Kazlausky Bio". Air Force Falcons. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Maj. Mike Kazlausky Bio". Air Force Falcons. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ "LSU baseball opener reunites Paul Mainieri with his former Air Force player". Times-Picayune. February 15, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  4. ↑ Frank Shwab (June 2, 2011). "Air Force's Kazlausky trades in flight suit to keep baseball uniform". Gazette. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  5. ↑ Irv Moss (June 2, 2011). "Air Forces hires Mike Kazlausky as baseball coach". Denver Post. Retrieved December 31, 2013.

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