Big East Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

Big East Conference Baseball Coach of the Year
Awarded for Most outstanding baseball coach in the Big East Conference
Country United States
First awarded 1985
Currently held by Ed Servais, Creighton

The Big East Conference Baseball Coach of the Year award is presented annually to the conference's most outstanding coach, as voted by the conference's coaches at the end of each regular season. From 1985 to 2013, the award was sponsored by the old Big East Conference. Since 2014, it has been sponsored by the new Big East.

In 2014 season, Creighton's Ed Servais won the new conference's inaugural award. Creighton had a 30-16 (14-4 Big East) regular season to win the conference title. Three of the last four winners, including Servais, have won or shared the conference's regular season title. From 1999 to 2006, by contrast, only two regular-season champions won the award.[1]

Ed Blankmeyer of St. John's has won the award five times, a record. That includes back-to-back awards in 2007 and 2008, a feat matched only by his Red Storm predecessor Joe Russo (1990 and 1991) and Connecticut's Jim Penders (2010 and 2011).[1]

Providence is the only school to have three coaches win the award (Don Mezzanotte in 1986, Paul Kostacopoulos in 1995, and Charlie Hickey in 1999). Three other schools have had multiple coaches win the award: St. John's (Russo and Blankmeyer), Connecticut (Andy Baylock and Penders), and Pittsburgh (Mark Jackson and Joe Jordano).[1][2]

Winners

By season

Season Coach School Conf. (Rk.) Overall
1985[1][3] Mike Sheppard Seton Hall 15-3 (1st, South) 44-19-1
1986[1][4] Don Mezzanotte Providence 11-7 (T-1st, North) 28-23
1987[1][3] Mike Sheppard (2) Seton Hall 16-2 (1st, South) 45-10
1988[1][5] George Bennett Villanova 16-2 (1st, South) 32-22
1989[1][3] Mike Sheppard (3) Seton Hall 16-2 (1st, South) 33-19-1
1990[1][6] Joe Russo St. John's 15-6 (2nd) 29-18
1991[1][6] Joe Russo (2) St. John's 18-2 (1st) 34-14-1
1992[1][7] Andy Baylock Connecticut 13-7 (3rd) 25-20-1
1993[1][5] George Bennett (2) Villanova 14-7 (1st) 27-15-1
1994[1][8] Mark Jackson Pittsburgh 16-5 (1st) 31-16
1995[1][9] Paul Kostacopoulos Providence 16-5 (1st) 44-15
1996[1][10] Ed Blankmeyer St. John's 14-10 (3rd, American) 26-18
1997[1][11] Greg Van Zant West Virginia 17-7 (1st, American) 36-19
1998[1][12] Fred Hill Rutgers 17-3 (1st) 33-16
1999[1][13] Charlie Hickey Providence 18-8 (3rd) 49-16
2000[1][14] Pete Hughes Boston College 12-11 (5th) 35-20
2001[1][15] Paul Mainieri Notre Dame 22-4 (1st) 49-13
2002[1][14] Pete Hughes (2) Boston College 15-11 (T-3rd) 30-25
2003[1][11] Greg Van Zant (2) West Virginia 18-6 (2nd) 36-19
2004[1][2] Joe Jordano Pittsburgh 17-9 (T-2nd) 38-18
2005[1][10] Ed Blankmeyer (2) St. John's 19-4 (1st) 41-18
2006[1][16] Jim Penders Connecticut 18-6 (2nd) 39-18-1
2007[1][10] Ed Blankmeyer (3) St. John's 20-7 (T-1st) 41-19
2008[1][10] Ed Blankmeyer (4) St. John's 20-7 (1st) 42-16
2009[1][17] Lelo Prado South Florida 18-9 (2nd) 34-25
2010[1][16] Jim Penders (2) Connecticut 20-6 (2nd) 48-16
2011[1][16] Jim Penders (3) Connecticut 22-5 (1st) 45-20
2012[1][10] Ed Blankmeyer (5) St. John's 18-9 (T-1st) 40-23
2013[18][2] Joe Jordano (2) Pittsburgh 18-6 (T-2nd) 42-17
2014 Ed Servais Creighton 14-4 (1st) 32-17

By school

The following is a table of the schools whose coaches have won the award, along with the year each school joined the conference, the number of times it has won the award, and the years in which it has done so.

School (year joined) Awards Seasons
St. John's (1985)[lower-alpha 1] 7 1990, 1991, 1996, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012
Connecticut (1985) 4 1992, 2006, 2010, 2011
Pittsburgh (1985)[lower-alpha 2] 3 1994, 2004, 2013
Seton Hall (1985)[lower-alpha 3] 3 1985, 1987, 1989
Providence (1985)[lower-alpha 4] 3 1986, 1995, 1999
Boston College (1985)[lower-alpha 5] 2 2000, 2002
Villanova (1985)[lower-alpha 6] 2 1988, 1993
West Virginia (1996)[lower-alpha 7] 2 1997, 2003
Creighton (2014) 1 2014
Notre Dame (1996)[lower-alpha 8] 1 2001
Rutgers (1996) 1 1998
South Florida (2006) 1 2009

Notes

  1. ↑ St. John's left to join the Big East Conference following the 2013 season.
  2. ↑ Pittsburgh left to join the Atlantic Coast Conference following the 2013 season.
  3. ↑ Seton Hall left to join the Big East Conference following the 2013 season.
  4. ↑ Providence cut its baseball program after the 1999 season.
  5. ↑ Boston College left for the Atlantic Coast Conference following the 2005 season.
  6. ↑ Villanova left to join the Big East Conference following the 2013 season.
  7. ↑ West Virginia left to join the Big 12 Conference following the 2012 season.
  8. ↑ Notre Dame left to join the Atlantic Coast Conference following the 2012 season.

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  12. ↑ D'Alessandro, Dave (February 20, 2014). "Rutgers Baseball Coach Fred Hill Steps Down After 30 Seasons". NJ.com. Newark Star-Ledger. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Charlie Hickey". CCSUBlueDevils.com. CCSU Sports Communication. Archived from the original on June 25, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  14. 1 2 "Pete Hughes to Be Oklahoma Coach". ESPN.com. June 27, 2013. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  15. ↑ Schneider, Steve. "Paul Mainieri to Be LSU's New Head Baseball Coach; Barbier to Join Team as Assistant". WAFB.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
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  17. ↑ "USF Bulls' Lelo Prado Named Big East Baseball Coach of the Year". TampaBay.com. May 18, 2009. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
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