Mike Bianco
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| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Ole Miss |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 662–395–1 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 3, 1967 Wilmington, Delaware |
| Playing career | |
| 1986–1987 | Indian River CC |
| 1988-1989 | LSU |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991-1992 | Northwestern State (GA) |
| 1993-1997 | LSU (Asst) |
| 1998-2000 | McNeese State |
| 2001-present | Ole Miss |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 762–466–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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1 College World Series 1 SEC Regular Season Championship 1 SEC Tournament Championship 3 SEC West Championships 15 NCAA Regionals 5 Super Regionals 1 Southland Conference Regular Season Championship | |
| Awards | |
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Seminole High School Hall of Fame Indian River Community College Hall of Fame All-Alex Box Omaha Era Team | |
Mike Bianco (born May 3, 1967) is an American college baseball coach, currently the head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels baseball team. He has held the position since the start of the 2001 season. Bianco is the longest active head coach in the SEC among the three major sports of baseball, men's basketball and football. With 662 victories at Ole Miss, Bianco is the winningest active coach in the SEC and ranks sixth on the conference's all-time wins list.
Championships
Under Bianco, Ole Miss has hosted seven NCAA baseball regionals and three NCAA baseball Super Regionals. The program won three SEC Western Division Championships under his guidance (2005, 2009, 2014), the 2006 SEC Baseball Tournament, the 2009 Southeastern Conference Co-Championship, and five NCAA regional championships (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2014). In 2005, 2006, and 2009, his teams hosted Super Regionals. In 2014 Bianco led the Rebels to victory in the Lafayette Super Regional, defeating the #1 ranked Ragin' Cajuns, and advanced to the College World Series.
Playing career
Bianco played two seasons (1988–89) at LSU after transferring from Indian River Community College in Florida. He was the Tigers' starting catcher and team captain on the 1989 team that finished third at the College World Series.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| McNeese State Cowboys (Southland Conference) (1998–2000) | |||||||||
| 1998 | McNeese State | 30–26 | 13–10 | 3rd | |||||
| 1999 | McNeese State | 31–25 | 12–15 | 8th | |||||
| 2000 | McNeese State | 39–19 | 20–7 | T–1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| McNeese State: | 100–70 | 45–32 | |||||||
| Ole Miss Rebels (Southeastern Conference) (2001–present) | |||||||||
| 2001 | Ole Miss | 39–23–1 | 17–13 | T–2nd (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2002 | Ole Miss | 37–19 | 14–16 | 6th (West) | |||||
| 2003 | Ole Miss | 35–27 | 17–13 | 4th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2004 | Ole Miss | 39–21 | 18–12 | T–2nd (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2005 | Ole Miss | 48–20 | 18–12 | T–1st (West) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2006 | Ole Miss | 44–22 | 17–13 | 3rd (West) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2007 | Ole Miss | 40–25 | 16–14 | 3rd (West) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2008 | Ole Miss | 39–26 | 15–15 | 3rd (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2009 | Ole Miss | 44–20 | 20–10 | T–1st (West) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2010 | Ole Miss | 39–24 | 16–14 | 3rd (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2011 | Ole Miss | 30–25 | 13–17 | T–5th (West) | |||||
| 2012 | Ole Miss | 37–26 | 14–16 | 4th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2013 | Ole Miss | 38–24 | 15–15 | 4th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2014 | Ole Miss | 48–20 | 19–11 | 1st (West) | College World Series | ||||
| 2015 | Ole Miss | 30–28 | 15–14 | 4th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2016 | Ole Miss | 43–19 | 18–12 | 4th (West) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2017 | Ole Miss | 32–25 | 14–16 | 6th (West) | |||||
| Ole Miss: | 662–395–1 | 276–233 | |||||||
| Total: | 762–466–1 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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