Tony Vittorio

Tony Vittorio
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Dayton Flyers
Record 408-425
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990
1991–1994
1995–1996
1997–1999
2000–present		 Indiana (asst.)
Lincoln Trail CC
Kentucky (asst.)
IPFW
Dayton
Head coaching record
Overall 632–623

Tony Vittorio is the head baseball coach of the Dayton Flyers baseball program.

Vittorio has been the head coach at Dayton since the 2000 season, accumulating over 350 wins and overseeing the construction of the Flyers' Woerner Field.[1]

Early years

Vittorio grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana and graduated from Southport High School in 1994. He then attended and graduated from nearby Hanover College in 1988 with a double major in business administration and physical education. Vittorio played four years of college baseball at Hanover. Vittorio then attended the University of Kentucky, where he graduated in 1997 with a master's degree in sports management.[1]

Career

After spending one season as a volunteer assistant at Indiana University, Vittorio landed his first head coaching job at age 24 for the Lincoln Trail Community College Statesmen. In the season prior to his arrival, Lincoln Trail had a 2–48 record, but Vittorio rebuilt the program over four seasons, winning 144 games and sending over twenty players to four-year college programs.[1]

Vittorio then moved to the University of Kentucky, where he spent two years as an assistant coach while working on his master's degree. Vittorio was hired in 1996 by then-Division II school Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), where he spent three seasons coaching the Mastodons, winning a total of 80 games during his tenure.[1]

In the fall of 1999, Vittorio was hired by the University of Dayton, where he has coached since. Prior to Vittorio's arrival, Dayton had had one winning season (1998). In 2001, Vittorio guided the Flyers to a 32–26 record and a second-place finish in the Atlantic 10 West Division, marking Dayton's second winning season and first appearance in the Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament. In 2009, Vittorio was named Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year after leading the Flyers to a 38–19 record, a program-best 21–6 conference record, and the program's first conference regular season championship. In 2012, Vittorio led the Flyers to their first appearance in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1][2][3]

Head coaching records

The following is a table of Vittorio's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[1][4]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Lincoln Trail CC Statesmen (Community College) (1991–1994)
1991 Lincoln Trail CC 20–41
1992 Lincoln Trail CC 39–32
1993 Lincoln Trail CC 40–30
1994 Lincoln Trail CC 45–28
Lincoln Trail CC: 144–131
IPFW Mastodons (Division II) (1997–1999)
1997 IPFW 24–23
1998 IPFW 30–17
1999 IPFW 26–27
IPFW: 80–67
Dayton Flyers (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2000–present)
2000 Dayton 23–32 10–11 4th
2001 Dayton 32–26 15–7 2nd Atlantic 10 Tournament
2002 Dayton 32–21 14–10 4th Atlantic 10 Tournament
2003 Dayton 16–36 4–20 6th
2004 Dayton 25–28 11–13 4th
2005 Dayton 36–23 16–8 2nd Atlantic 10 Tournament
2006 Dayton 33–24 18–9 3rd Atlantic 10 Tournament
2007 Dayton 21–33 9–18 11th
2008 Dayton 31–25 13–14 7th
2009 Dayton 38–19 21–6 1st Atlantic 10 Tournament
2010 Dayton 23–32 12–15 10th
2011 Dayton 32–27 15–9 3rd Atlantic 10 Tournament
2012 Dayton 31–30 17–7 2nd NCAA Regional
2013 Dayton 11–39 3–21 15th
2014 Dayton 24–30 14–13 6th Atlantic 10 Tournament
Dayton: 408–425 192–181
Total: 632–623

      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

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Tony Vittorio bio". Dayton University. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "2012 College Station Regional". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Sean Ryan and Phil Stanton. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  3. ↑ Fulks, Sonny. "Catching Up with Tony Vittorio? Not Likely!". PressProsMagazine.com. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  4. ↑ Atlantic 10 Conference Standings